Legal Opinion
Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 8, 2018No. 17-1828PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, Chief Judge.
On the surface, this appeal is about a fee award entered against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission). But there is more than meets the eye. The award relates to a complaint that the Commission filed against CVS Pharmacy, Inc., alleging that CVS was using a severance agreement that chilled its employees' exercise of their rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. After an investigation, the Commission filed suit in 2014 against CVS. It contended that CVS's use of the severance agreement constituted a…
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