EEOC, BofA, Ebix, Zimbabwe, BNY Mellon, Munis: Compliance

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission must pay $4.6 million in attorneys’ fees and expenses to CRST, an Iowa trucking company, because of a sexual harassment and discrimination suit that was thrown out.

The award, considered to be the biggest of its kind in an EEOC case, is a “rare occurrence,” according to Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., an employment lawyer at Seyfarth Shaw LLP who isn’t involved in the case. “You read decisions every day, but this is stunning in terms of its significance,” he said yesterday in a phone interview.