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Discrimination
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Global Policy Watch
<em>DOJ, FTC, CFPB, and EEOC Statement on Discrimination and AI</em>
By Micaela McMurrough, Libbie Canter, Teresa Lewi, Carolyn Rashby, Holly Fechner, Jennifer Johnson, Jayne Ponder
On April 25, 2023, four federal agencies — the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) — released a…
Health Law Prof Blog
Mindful Debiasing: Meditation as a Tool to Address Disability Discrimination
Elizabeth F. Emens (Columbia University), Mindful Debiasing: Meditation as a Tool to Address Disability Discrimination, 53 Conn. L. Rev. 4 (2022):Antidiscrimination law is at a critical juncture. The law prohibits…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
Federal Agencies Issue Joint Statement Warning of AI‑Related Discrimination Risks
Earlier today, the EEOC, DOJ, CFPB, and FTC released a joint statement on “enforcement efforts to protect the public from artificial intelligence (AI) and automated systems.” The statement noted that…
New York Business Law and Commercial Litigation Blog
Improper Development, Deployment, Use or Marketing of Artificial Intelligence Will Result in P(ai)n
For anyone who thinks they can develop, deploy, use, or market artificial intelligence with impunity, think again. Today the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division…
Inside Business Immigration
A Cautionary Tale: IER Settles After Investigating Unlawful Discrimination Against U.S. Citizen During PERM Recruitment
By Laura Foote Reiff ‡, Rebecca B. Schechter ‡
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached another settlement with a company in Boise, Idaho, over allegations that it violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by unlawfully discriminating…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Lambda Law Publishes 2022 “Protected and Served?”
By Jamie Abrams
Lambda Law has published its 2022 edition of "Protected and Served?" This survey examines the "experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) people and people living with HIV with…
Consumer Finance Monitor
CFPB pushes the ECOA coverage envelope again
By Richard J. Andreano, Jr., John L. Culhane, Jr.
The CFPB has filed a Statement of Interest in a case pending before a Florida federal district court in which the plaintiffs allege that the defendant engaged in discriminatory targeting…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Examining Whether Sex-Based Disparities Still Exist in the Experience and Treatment of Pain
By Tracy Thomas
Diane E Hoffman, Roger Fillingim & Christin Veasley, The Woman Who Cried Pain: Do Sex-Based Disparities Still Exist in the Experience and Treatment of Pain?, 50 Journal of Law, Medicine…
Employment Class Actions: A General Counsel Briefing
EEOC Shares Why Investigators “Red Flag” Charges for Potential Systemic Investigation and Class Litigation
Recently, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Phoenix District Office held a webinar on Selected Emerging and Developing Issues. The presentation emphasized EEOC’s prioritization of new and developing legal…
California Employment Law Update
California Concludes It’s Been Too Hard On Employers, Offers Apology (Nah, Just Kidding!)—A New Raft Of “Job-Killer” Bills Is Heading This Way!
By Tony Oncidi, Ariel Brotman, Morgan Peterson
Spring in California can only mean one thing, and no, it’s not Coachella, Dodgers games or even the return of the swallows to San Juan Capistrano—it’s the annual release of…