Topic
algorithmic bias
184 published works
Privacy World
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Risk of Bias in Recruitment Decisions
As part of the UK data protection authority’s new three-year strategy (ICO25), launched on 14 July, UK Information Commissioner John Edwards announced an investigation into the use of AI systems…
TechLaw Crossroads
Data Analytics: It’s All About The Question You Ask
Data doesn’t lie. But sometimes, you have to ask it better questions to get anywhere meaningful. In making criminal justice decisions, courts and prosecutors have tried to use…
Financial Services Perspectives
CFPB Provides New Guidance on Discrimination in Algorithmic Credit Decisions
By Andrew J. Narod, David T. Long Jr., Beryl Newchurch Billings
As we have repeatedly discussed this year in our Financial Services Perspectives blog, the current leadership of the CFPB has placed a significant emphasis upon fair lending. Seemingly once a…
Employment Law Watch
EEOC issues guidance on employer use of AI under the ADA
By Claire Throckmorton, James A. Holt
Employers routinely strive to find innovative ways to recruit, retain, and manage top talent. Proponents of artificial intelligence (AI) advocate that it can be a powerful tool for such purposes…
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
CFPB’s 2021 Fair Lending Report Reframes Fair Lending to Include Nondiscrimination UDAAP Matters
By Chris Willis, Mark Furletti, Stefanie Jackman
On May 6, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released its Fair Lending Report for 2021. As in 2020's report, published last year, the CFPB shows that its…
Financial Services Perspectives
CFPB Director Addresses the Final Report of the Interagency Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity
By Beryl Newchurch Billings, Andrew J. Narod, Christy W. Hancock, David T. Long Jr.
The current leadership of the CFPB has not been shy about highlighting the importance of fair lending—and it is becoming increasingly clear that fair lending and equity within the financial…
Privacy World
NIST Publishes AI Risk Management Framework and Updates on Bias in AI
Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have led to a wide range of innovations in many aspects of our society and economy, including in a wide range of industry verticals such…
Consumer Finance and Fintech Blog
CFPB Seeks to Prevent Algorithmic Bias in Automated Home Valuation Models
By Moorari Shah, A.J. Dhaliwal, Sherwin Root
On February 23, the CFPB outlined a proposal for upcoming joint rulemaking to prevent algorithmic bias in automated home valuation models (AVMs). Here, the CFPB is specifically focused on the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Algorithm v. Algorithm"
The title of this post is the title of this new Duke Law Journal article authored by Cary Coglianese and Alicia Lai. Though not discussing sentencing at length, regular readers…
Consumer Financial Services Review
CFPB Publishes Proposals to Prevent Algorithmic Bias in AVMs
By Stephanie C. Robinson, Tori K. Shinohara, Grace Kim
On February 23, 2022, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) took the first step in an eventual rulemaking by publishing an outline of proposals and alternatives under consideration to…