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Discrimination
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Title VI Shift: DOL Rescinds Disparate Impact Rules for Funding Recipients
By Scott M. Pechaitis, Jeremy S. Schneider
The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a final rule rescinding portions of its Title VI regulations that addressed disparate impact liability for recipients of federal financial assistance. The rule…
The Employer Handbook Blog
A Supervisor’s Anti-BLM Comments Weren’t Enough to Prove Race Discrimination
An employee accused his manager of anti-Black bias over comments made eight months earlier. A federal appeals court said the comments were about politics, not race, and the case fell…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
AI-Driven Layoff Decisions Face Legal Scrutiny in New Lawsuit
Employers: A Cautionary Tale about Using AI Tools in Decision-making Twenty-six current and former employees have sued a major technology company in California federal court, alleging it used biased artificial…
The Employer Handbook Blog
She Called Equity Training Racist. Her Own Words About a Black Employee Said Otherwise.
She said the training singled out white employees as inherently racist. Her own testimony said otherwise, and that’s what sank her case. TL;DR: A federal appeals court affirmed summary judgment…
Last Month at the Supreme Court
Decision Alert: Supreme Court Upholds State Laws Governing Participation on Women’s and Girls’ Athletic Teams Based on Biological Sex
By Chantel Febus, James Azadian, Ryan VanOver, Monika Harris
On June 30, 2026, the final day opinions in argued cases for the October 2025 Term were issued, the Court held in West Virginia v. B.P.J. (No. 24-43) and Little…
Family and Fertility Australia Blog
WA surrogacy law: same-sex couples win landmark case
By Stephen Page
For far too long, Western Australia singled out gay couples, single men, and many others in the LGBTQIA+ community for unequal treatment under its surrogacy law. That discrimination has now…
JURIST
UN human rights spokesperson decries racist remarks made against Mbappé
By Rhys Groen | U. Ottawa Faculty Of Law, CA
UN Human Rights spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan on Tuesday called on states and sports organizations to prevent racism and other forms of discrimination following racist remarks against French footballer Kylian Mbappé…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Federal Enforcement of Disparate Impact Is Receding—the Data Relied Upon Is Not
By By T. Scott Kelly, Nonnie L. Shivers
Instead, the federal government has now repurposed data (through substantial requests) to show intentional discrimination on an individual or systemic basis, which points toward even more serious allegations and enforcement…
HR Law Watch
Disparate Impact Theory Faces Further Federal Scrutiny
By Noah Jennings, Brian D. Pedrow, Shirley S. Lou-Magnuson
The disparate impact theory of discrimination—under which a facially neutral policy or practice may be challenged based on its effects rather than direct evidence of discriminatory intent—is facing renewed federal…
JURIST
UN rights expert warns racism and intolerance persist in sports
A UN expert warned Thursday that racism, xenophobia, discrimination and other forms of intolerance are entrenched across professional sports. Dr. Ashwani K.P., the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of…