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Blank Rome presents a new summer webinar series where our interdisciplinary team will unpack the most pressing legal, regulatory, and policy developments from the Trump Administration’s first 180 days. Each session offers...more
After the White House announced that it would “deprioritize” disparate impact cases, many employers may have mistakenly concluded that disparate impact liability was no longer a concern under Title VII. However, recent...more
On April 23, President Trump issued an executive order, "Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy" (EO), intending to abolish a longstanding liability theory for workplace discrimination claims. Emphasizing the need...more
On April 23, 2025, President Trump issued his executive order, Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy (“EO”). The EO’s stated purpose is “to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all contexts to the...more
An Executive Order signed by President Trump on April 23, titled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” directs federal agencies to shift their enforcement of civil rights laws away from disparate impact...more
President Trump has issued an executive order aimed at significantly reducing the use of disparate-impact analysis by federal agencies when enforcing anti-discrimination laws. Titled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and...more
In another major shift for workplaces, President Trump issued an executive order Wednesday with huge implications for employment discrimination claims. For decades, employers could face liability for policies and practices...more
Recent developments in federal AI policy, including the effective recission of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Department of Labor (DOL) guidance on AI and workplace discrimination, have raised questions...more
Federal and state civil rights and anti-discrimination laws prohibit employment discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, genetic information, and other protected characteristics....more
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has released guidance confirming that employers face potential liability if they use AI tools to screen applicants in a way that disproportionately impacts employees...more
Q. Has the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued any recent guidance regarding employers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI)? ...more
Executive Summary: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently published a technical assistance document providing guidance on when the use of artificial intelligence or algorithms in employee selection...more
The EEOC releases a technical assistance document exploring employers’ Title VII liability when incorporating AI tools and automated systems in employment selection procedures, and a new Texas district court rule prevents...more
On May 18, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued guidance for use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in employment selection to comply with Title VII (“Title VII”), the federal law that protects...more
Today employers have at their disposal many applications and automated solutions to help them with making employment decisions such as hiring, firing, promotion, or discipline. However, using these applications and automated...more
Technological advances have provided employers with a variety of algorithmic decision-making tools that may assist them in making employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, retention, promotion, transfer,...more
A growing number of companies use artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to identify and evaluate candidates, a development that promises to revolutionize recruitment and hiring. Proponents say AI-driven systems can...more
On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued a non-binding “technical assistance” document that offers employers guidance on the applicability of Title VII to the use of artificial...more
On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued the latest federal guidance on employer use of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making tools. The new guidance reinforces the...more
On May 18, 2023, the EEOC released guidance on the use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI") tools in employment decisions. Though primarily focused on the selection and hiring of candidates, the same general guidance on AI tools...more
Employers using or thinking about using artificial intelligence (AI) to aid with workplace tasks received another reminder from the federal government that their actions will be closely scrutinized by the EEOC for possible...more
On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or “the Commission”), the federal agency charged with administering federal civil rights laws (including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans...more
Everybody's favorite subject. Last week, Karla Miller -- the workplace advice columnist of The Washington Post -- had a fascinating letter with this problem: The letter writer is the only female working on a floor with...more
A Florida federal court just denied an employer’s effort to dismiss a disability discrimination claim filed by a legally blind applicant who alleges the employer asked improper pre-offer questions on its standard job...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In EEOC v. Schuster Co., No. 13-CV-4063, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 79815 (N.D. Iowa Apr. 13, 2021), the EEOC alleged that Defendant’s use of a strength test had disparate impact on female job applicants for...more