⚖ Oral Arguments, with Context

Li Men challenges the loss of her laboratory job at Inguran during a cost-cutting layoff. Before she was let go, she had received a written warning and a negative performance evaluation. She says younger workers received better treatment, including a co-worker who kept his job despite a lower evaluation score. The company says it selected her because of performance and conduct, not age. Men sued for age discrimination. The district court ruled for the company without a trial, finding insufficient evidence for a jury to attribute the decision to age. She appeals. We hear the Seventh Circuit argument from September 29, 2026. Her advocate will argue that the evidence belongs before a jury, and that the court used too demanding a standard for the warning and evaluation.

Li Men v. Inguran, LLC (No. 25-3342) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, argued September 29, 2026.