Case: EEOC v. EASTMAN KODAK

6:06-cv-06489 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2006

Closed Date: 2008

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Case Summary

In late September 2006, the New York District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Eastman Kodak Company in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ("ADEA"). Specifically, the complaint alleged that specific provisions of the defendant's releases and waivers prohibited employees who signed them from assisting any person or entity in bringing a Title VII or ADEA lawsuit. In addition, the releases and waivers required any employees who violated these provisions to return all severance payments back to the defendant and to pay the defendant's legal fees and costs associated with any resulting charges of discrimination. The parties settled almost immediately through a consent decree in early October 2006.The two-year decree contained a non-retaliation clause and prohibited the defendant from using any release or waiver which includes a provision restricting its former employees from assisting others with their claims of discrimination and from enforcing the prior releases and waivers. The defendant also agreed to: modify its current releases and waivers, provide EEO training, and inform current and former employees that the former releases and severance agreements would not be used to prevent them from assisting with claims of discrimination. The docket sheet doesn't show any further enforcement took place; the case was presumably closed in 2008.

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Summary Authors

Michele Marxkors (7/6/2007)

Clearinghouse (6/11/2017)

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For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4357997/parties/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-eastman-kodak/

Judge(s)

Siragusa, Charles J. (New York)

Judge(s)

Siragusa, Charles J. (New York)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

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6:06-cv-06489	Docket (PACER) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Eastman Kodak	Oct. 11, 2006	Oct. 11, 2006 Docket
1 6:06-cv-06489	Complaint EEOC v. Eastman Kodak	Sept. 29, 2006	Sept. 29, 2006 Complaint
2 6:06-cv-06489	Consent Decree EEOC v. Eastman Kodak	Oct. 11, 2006	Oct. 11, 2006 Settlement Agreement

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Resources

Title	Description		External URL Date / External URL
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

See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4357997/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-eastman-kodak/

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ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	COMPLAINT against Eastman Kodak, filed by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.(BJB, ) (Entered: 09/29/2006)	Sept. 29, 2006	Sept. 29, 2006
3	CONSENT DECREE (BJB, ) (Entered: 10/12/2006)	Oct. 6, 2006	Oct. 6, 2006 RECAP
2	CONSENT DECREE. Signed by Hon. Charles J. Siragusa on 10/6/06. (JHF) (Entered: 10/11/2006)	Oct. 11, 2006	Oct. 11, 2006