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Discrimination
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Legal Profession Blog
I Really Don’t Care, Do You?
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a discrimination claim after the plaintiff "stormed out" of her depositionDefendant Todd Hunter, in his official capacity as Acting…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
UCLA Williams Institute Publishes Policy Brief on Trump’s Executive Order “Redefining Sex”
By Jamie Abrams
The UCLA's Williams Institute has published an informative policy brief analyzing the impact of the Executive Order Defining Sex on Transgender, Nonbinary, and Intersex People. The authors are Elana Redfield and…
Law and the Workplace
EEOC, Like NLRB, Lacks Quorum, Stalling Rulemaking Under New Administration
By Evandro Gigante, Keisha-Ann Gray, Steven J. Pearlman, Laura M. Fant, Delia Karamouzis
On Monday, January 27, 2025, President Trump removed Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC” or the “Commission”) commissioners Charlotte A. Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels, the two confirmed in separate statements. …
Legal Profession Blog
Discrimination Claim Against Washington Post Revived Over Dissent
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit against The Washington Post and of its several editorsFelicia M. Sonmez, a national news reporter employed by The Washington Post,…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Trump illegally guts the EEOC of its Democratic members
Remember last week when I told you that Trump would try to dismantle all of our federal workplace discrimination laws? Well, the first shoe has just dropped—right on the EEOC’s…
Legal Theory Blog
Skinner-Thompson on Transgender Disenfranchisement
Scott Skinner-Thompson (University of Colorado Law School) has posted Transgender Disenfranchisement (102 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW (forthcoming 2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Transgender and gender variant people are…
Levy Employment Law Blog
DEI in Crisis Part II: What Is Now Gone, What Is Targeted, and New Mandates for Federal Contractors and Grant Recipients
By Tracey Levy
Sweeping changes have come about as a result of a new Trump Executive Order entitled, “Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity – The White House.” The primary impact will…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
Analyzing President Trump’s Latest Executive Order Titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity”
By Alexis Cherry, Denise Giraudo
On January 21, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” This Executive Order is a major pivot in federal policy regarding affirmative…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
Trump Targets OFCCP, DEI in Executive Order
By Peter J. Eyre, Kris D. Meade, Amy Laderberg O'Sullivan, Rebecca Springer, Katie Erno, Ted North
Late on the night of January 21, 2025, President Trump signed the “Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” Executive Order (the “EO”). This EO, like a number of the…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
New Jersey: It’s Illegal To Discriminate, so It’s Also Illegal To Discriminate Using AI
By Odia Kagan
The New Jersey Attorney General recently issued guidance to clarify how the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) applies to algorithmic discrimination. Key points: If your conduct is discriminatory without…