Case: EEOC v. DOURON, INC.

1:05-cv-02553 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 2005

Closed Date: June 7, 2009

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Case Summary

The EEOC's Baltimore District Office filed this suit against Douron, Inc., d/b/a Douron Corporate Furniture, in September 2005 alleging discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ("ADEA"). Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendant denied the charging party a promotion because of his age, hiring a less-qualified but younger individual instead. The defendant filed an answer to the complaint in October 2005, and it then appears there was little or no action in the case until June 2006 when the parties settled through a consent decree. Under the terms of the three-year decree, containing a non-discrimination clause, the defendant agreed to: post EEOC-provided posters and notices, provide ADEA training to its managers and officers, and pay the charging party $30,000. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement took place; the case was presumably closed in 2009.

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Michele Marxkors (5/29/2007)

Clearinghouse (6/10/2017)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

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1:05-cv-02553	Docket [PACER] EEOC v. Douron, Inc.	June 7, 2006	June 7, 2006 Docket
1 1:05-cv-02553	[Complaint] EEOC v. Douron, Inc.	Sept. 14, 2005	Sept. 14, 2005 Complaint
6 1:05-cv-02553	Consent Decree EEOC v. Douron, Inc.	June 7, 2006	June 7, 2006 Settlement Agreement

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Under the Radar: Visibility and the Effects of Discrimination Lawsuits in Small and Large Firms Carly Knight, Frank Dobbin, Alexandra Kalev	Research on how discrimination lawsuits affect corporate diversity has yielded mixed results. Qualitative studies highlight the limited efficacy of lawsuits in the typical workplace, finding that lit…	March 2022	April 1, 2022 https://cris.tau.ac.il/...

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Docket

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ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	COMPLAINT against Douron, Inc. , filed by EEOC. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(apl, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 09/15/2005)	Sept. 14, 2005	Sept. 14, 2005
	Jury Trial Demand by EEOC. (apl, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 09/15/2005)	Sept. 14, 2005	Sept. 14, 2005
2	NOTICE OF LAWSUIT AND REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS by EEOC (apl, Deputy Clerk). (Entered: 09/15/2005)	Sept. 15, 2005	Sept. 15, 2005
3	WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed by EEOC. Douron, Inc. waiver sent on 10/17/2005, answer due 12/16/2005. (Andrew, Regina) (Entered: 10/20/2005)	Oct. 20, 2005	Oct. 20, 2005
4	ANSWER to Complaint by Douron, Inc..(Burch, Traci) (Entered: 10/24/2005)	Oct. 24, 2005	Oct. 24, 2005
5	SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Consent Decree by EEOC. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit "A"# 2 Exhibit "B")(Andrew, Regina) (Entered: 06/07/2006)	June 7, 2006	June 7, 2006
6	CONSENT DECREE and approval. Signed by Judge Andre M Davis on 6/7/06. (jlb, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 06/08/2006)	June 7, 2006	June 7, 2006