Job bias claims, to put it mildly, are going through the roof, according the The WSJournal.  From November through April of 2010, more than 70,000 people filed claims with the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) saying they had suffered job discrimination.  That's 60% higher than the same period a year earlier.  Not all of these complainants will sue, but plenty will.

Laid-off workers who can quickly find another job are more apt to move on with their lives and not want to be burdened with the hassle of filing a bias claim, lawyers said.  “But employees are having a tougher time getting replacement jobs, and so they are likelier to sue,” said Miami attorney Mark Cheskin.

Older workers or those with a disability have been particularly aggrieved of late, lawyers said, because companies perceive these workers to be relatively costly and unproductive.  “In a down economy, companies look to replace older workers with younger workers who they can hire at lower salaries,” said Cliff Palefsky of San Francisco. 

In other words, young lawyers, bankruptcy law is so 2009;  employment litigation is where it’s at.   [WSJ Law Blog, 9/24]