Time is dwindling in the current Supreme Court session, and the justices have yet to offer their opinion on a case connected with the use of disparate impact, one of the sharpest tools the Consumer ...

TREATING AMERICANS EQUALLY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order eliminating the use of disparate-impact liability in various contexts to ensure equal treatment under the law.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday moved to dislodge a cornerstone of modern civil rights law through a sweeping executive order that strips the federal government of the key tool it used to enforce ...

The U.S. civil rights agency responsible for enforcing worker rights will stop investigating complaints about company policies that don’t explicitly discriminate but may disproportionately harm ...

The U.S. civil rights agency responsible for enforcing worker rights will stop investigating complaints about company policies that don’t explicitly discriminate but may disproportionately harm ...

Disparate impact can be utilized as an alternative standard for alleging and ultimately proving discrimination in the workplace and in other anti-discrimination contexts. An employee pursuing a ...

Measured in Trump time, it took eons to announce — but the White House has finally taken the most important step it can to restore meritocracy to American society: eliminating disparate-impact theory ...

Even as the government shutdown stalls work in Washington, D.C., the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is taking additional steps to undermine its mission. The primary federal agency charged by ...

President Donald Trump waits to greet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the entrance of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 27, 2025. POOL/AFP via Getty Images The ...

Sara H. Jodka of Dickinson Wright PLLC discusses issues raised over AI in hiring and protections against discrimination, and notes the increased role of state agencies following a federal executive ...