9th Circuit: Trial Court Abused Its Discretion Not Enforcing EEOC Subpoena

(May 26, 2017, 2:28 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 24, considering a case on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, vacated a trial court’s order denying enforcement of an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission administrative subpoena issued as part of the investigation of a gender bias claim because the district court based its ruling on an incorrect view of the legal standard governing relevance and remanded for further proceedings (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. McLane Company, Inc., No. 13-15126, 9th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 9027)....

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