9th Circuit Upholds Ruling For Employees In Suit Over Polygraphs

Mealey's (August 8, 2018, 1:36 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 3 upheld a ruling for linguists suing over being forced to take polygraph tests to keep their jobs and also affirmed a finding that their private employer was 60 percent responsible while the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was 40 percent responsible (Francisco Bates, et al. v. Metropolitan Interpreters and Translators, Inc., Nos. 15-56647 and 15-56658, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 21738)....