Mealey's (May 23, 2018, 12:50 PM EDT) -- URBANA, Ill. — An Illinois federal jury on May 18 returned a verdict for a rent-to-own retailer in a transgender discrimination suit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of a former employee who alleged that she was fired after transitioning (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Rent-A-Center East, Inc., No. 16-2222, C.D. Ill.)....