• Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., where the Supreme Court's decision on the Title VII statute of limitations accrual date for pay discrimination claims sparked passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, the first act of Congress signed into law by President Barack Obama
• The Supreme Court's rulings expanding the breadth of retaliation claims
• The Supreme Court's decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, addressing Title VII class actions
• The impact of the Supreme Court's multiple decisions on the viability of agreements to arbitrate employment disputes

In addition, in most chapters, footnotes now focus almost exclusively on decisions by the Supreme Court and the U.S. Courts of Appeals, avoiding cumulative and space-consuming citations, with the exception that district court decisions have been retained in instances where they constitute an important part of the developing case law (such as under newer statutes) and in fields such as procedure and evidence where there is little appellate authority.