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Disparate Impact Liability Under Fire

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On Wednesday, April 23, 2025, President Trump signed EO 14281, titled Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy (EO), stating a new Trump Administration policy “to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in...more

Frantz Ward LLP

Trump Attempts to Eliminate Disparate Impact Theory via Recent Executive Order

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The disparate impact theory has long been used to argue that an employer’s facially neutral policy has a detrimental effect on a protected class of individuals. An often cited example is the use of an arrest to reject an...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Navigating DEI in a Shifting Legal Landscape

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Workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs face more scrutiny than ever in light of President Trump’s recent executive orders regarding DEI policies and programs across the public and private sectors, recent...more

Jenner & Block

US Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Civil Rights Enforcement in Williams v. Reed Case

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In a 5-4 opinion by Justice Kavanaugh, joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson, the Supreme Court reversed the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision and established a significant precedent...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Court Denies Preliminary Injunction in Uber Lawsuit Arguing that California’s AB 5 is Unconstitutional; Other Challenges Continue

- A California district court has denied a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought by Uber and Postmates challenging the constitutionality of California’s new worker classification law, Assembly Bill 5 (“AB 5”), finding...more

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