Case: EEOC v. PHILIPS COMMUNICATION

2:01-cv-04929 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2001

Closed Date: Nov. 1, 2002

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Case Summary

The Philadelphia District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Philips Communication & Security Systems, Inc., in September of 2001, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The only document available from PACER is the docket. From the docket we can find that the case was resolved by consent decree on the day the trial was supposed to begin, November 1, 2002. No other documentation of the case or the consent decree is available.

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Alex Bean (6/26/2007)

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2:01-cv-04929	Docket EEOC v. Philips Communication	Nov. 1, 2002	Nov. 1, 2002 Docket

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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…	April 1, 2022	April 1, 2022 https://cris.tau.ac.il/...

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Docket

Last updated April 15, 2024, 3:12 a.m.

ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	Complaint. (aam) (Entered: 09/28/2001)	Sept. 28, 2001	Sept. 28, 2001
	Summons(es) issued; 1 original mailed to: Counsel 9/28/01 (aam) (Entered: 09/28/2001)	Sept. 28, 2001	Sept. 28, 2001
	Demand for jury trial by PLAINTIFF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT (aam) (Entered: 09/28/2001)	Sept. 28, 2001	Sept. 28, 2001
	Standard Case Management Track. (aam) (Entered: 09/28/2001)	Sept. 28, 2001	Sept. 28, 2001
2	Affidavit of: Gerald Taylor re: served summons and complaint upon (person who refused to give name and title) DEFENDANT PHILIPS COMMUNICATIO . Served by: Personal Service on 10/18/01 . (afm) (Entered: 11/09/2001)	Nov. 8, 2001	Nov. 8, 2001
3	Affidavit of: Gerald Taylor re: served summons and complaint upon person not cooperative on behalf of DEFENDANT PHILIPS COMMUNICATIO . Served by: Personal Service on 10/18/01 . (afm) (Entered: 11/19/2001)	Nov. 19, 2001	Nov. 19, 2001
4	Amended complaint by PLAINTIFF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT. (td) (Entered: 11/21/2001)	Nov. 21, 2001	Nov. 21, 2001
	Summons(es) on amended complaint issued. Mailed to counsel 11/21/01. (td) (Entered: 11/21/2001)	Nov. 21, 2001	Nov. 21, 2001
5	Answer to Complaint by DEFENDANT PHILIPS COMMUNICATIO with Affirmative Defenses to plaintiff's first amended complaint, Certificate of Service. (afm) (Entered: 12/24/2001)	Dec. 24, 2001	Dec. 24, 2001
	ISSUE JOINED. (afm) (Entered: 12/24/2001)	Dec. 24, 2001	Dec. 24, 2001
	Preliminary Pre-trial conference will be held at 4:45 on 1/30/02 (afm) (Entered: 01/14/2002)	Jan. 11, 2002	Jan. 11, 2002
6	SCHEDULING ORDER THAT COUNSEL SHALL JOINTLY REPORT TO COURT IN WRITING ON OR BEFORE 5/30/02 WITH RESPECT TO AS WHETHER CASE IS SETTLED, FURTHER ORDERED THAT CASE SHALL PROCEED AS DISCOVERY TO BE COMPLETED BY 8/8/02 ; ANY MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT BE FILED BY 8/22/02 ; PLAINTIFF'S PRETRIAL MEMORANDUM DUE 10/18/02 ; DEFENDANT'S PRETRIAL MEMORANDUM DUE 10/25/02 ; THIS CASE WILL BE PLACED ON THE TRIAL LIST ON 11/1/02 ( SIGNED BY JUDGE JAN E. DUBOIS ) 2/4/02 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED. (afm) (Entered: 02/04/2002)	Feb. 1, 2002	Feb. 1, 2002
7	CONSENT DECREE WITH COURT APPROVAL. ( SIGNED BY JUDGE JAN E. DUBOIS ) 11/4/02 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED. (afm) (Entered: 11/04/2002)	Nov. 1, 2002	Nov. 1, 2002
	Case closed (kv) (Entered: 11/08/2002)	Nov. 1, 2002	Nov. 1, 2002