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Discrimination
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Inside Government Contracts
The Executive Order 11246 Grace Period Ends Today (April 21)
By Scott A. Freling, Jennifer Plitsch, Lindsay Burke, Carolyn Rashby
On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14173, titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (“EO 14173”), which, among other things, revoked Executive Order 11246 (“EO 11246”),…
Health Care Reform Dashboard
Section 1557: Deadlines Approach, But Long-Term Prognosis Unclear Under Executive Orders
By D. Finn Pressly, Edward I. Leeds
Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act mandates nondiscrimination in health care programs managed or funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), with upcoming deadlines for compliance…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Damage caps for discrimination claims don’t work
$75,000. That’s what Morton Salt just paid to settle a lawsuit brought by the EEOC. The agency alleged that Morton Salt discriminated against a Black employee because of his race…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
California’s Wait Is Nearly Over: New AI Employment Discrimination Regulations Move Toward Final Publication
By By Danielle Ochs, Jennifer G. Betts, Publisher, Zachary V. Zagger
Quick Hits The California Civil Rights Department finalized modified regulations for employers’ use of AI and automated decision-making systems. The regulations confirm that the use of such technology to make…
Employer Law Report
What employers need to know about the EEOC’s guidance regarding discrimination related to DEI and Title VII
By Kelsey Gee
After President Trump’s DEI-related Executive Orders and Presidential Acts, employers have grappled with their DEI policies. Employers now have some agency guidance on what the Trump Administration considers illegal DEI…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
NYC Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Weight Discrimination Claim
New York City employers: In one of first judicial decisions concerning the 2023 New York City Human Rights Law amendments adding height and weight to the list of characteristics protected…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss Retaliation Claims Over Sephora’s Hiring Practices
By Anne Hall
A U.S. District Court judge in Georgia has declined to partially dismiss a former store manager’s discrimination and retaliation claims against Sephora. Nixaliz Mestre, who is Latina, was terminated from…
Legal Theory Blog
Moreau on Critics of “Faces of Inequality” by Moreau
Sophia Moreau (New York University School of Law) has posted Equality, Subordination, and Methodology in Discrimination Theory: A Reply to Critics (Dialogue 63.1 (2024): 95-117) on SSRN. Here is the…
California Corporate & Securities Law Blog
Intentionally Discriminatory Public Offering Stalled At The SEC
In this February post, I pondered the question of whether an issuer could allocate shares on the basis of race, gender or ethnicity. That post was inspired by the case…
Legal Theory Blog
Moreau on Equality Outside of Anti-Discrimination Law
Sophia Moreau (New York University School of Law) has posted Beyond Anti-Discrimination Law: Realizing Equality Through Other laws, Such as Tort Law (4 AM J.L. & Equal 427 (2024)) on…