On March 18, 2026, an Ohio jury delivered what may be the most consequential employer-accommodation verdict in the state’s history, and it was not even brought as an accommodation case. In Larkin v. Total Quality Logistics, LLC, the jury ordered the defendant/employer to pay $22.5 million in compensatory damages after finding the company’s refusal to …
Death By a Single Claim: How One Harassment Claim Nukes Arbitration for the Whole Case
In Bruce v. Adams & Reese, LLP (6th Cir. February 25, 2026), the Sixth Circuit became the first federal court of appeals to rule on whether the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (“EFAA”) applies to the entire case or only to individual harassment claims, and it held that it applies …