On January 23, 2025, a coalition of Attorneys General from ten states, led by AG Ken Paxton of Texas, penned a letter to six major U.S. financial institutions, warning that their embrace of “race-and-sex-based quotas” and...more
2/11/2025
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The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) has released its highly anticipated FAQs, providing additional guidance to employers seeking to comply with Local Law 144. As we discussed here and...more
7/14/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
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Bias ,
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Human Rights
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s first commission meeting of 2023, entitled Navigating Employment Discrimination in AI and Automated Systems: A New Civil Rights Frontier, kicked off the New Year addressing...more
For years, employers have been exploring the possibility of how automated tools (ranging from basic computer screening methods to advanced artificial intelligence systems) may be able to improve and simplify the hiring...more
As employers continue to introduce a variety of software, algorithmic and artificial intelligence (“AI”) based tools into the workplace to assist and support employment-based decisions, there is an increasing concern that...more
6/10/2022
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
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Artificial Intelligence ,
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