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Discrimination
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Aspiring lawyer can amend Charter claim against LSO after fourth failed licensing exam: OCA
Man alleges discrimination, breaches of his rights under the Charter and Human Rights Code
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
Federal Regulators Urge The Appraisal Foundation to Revise Uniform Standards to Explicitly Prohibit Discrimination
By Chris Willis, Lori Sommerfield, Mark Furletti, Christine Emello
On February 14, Patrice Ficklin, the Fair Lending Director for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), together with senior officials from the Federal Reserve Board, Office of the Comptroller of…
Health Law Prof Blog
The Tort of Discrimination
Hanoch Dagan (Tel Aviv University), Avihay Dorfman (Tel Aviv University), The Tort of Discrimination (2023):This Essay integrates two ambitions: to lay out new theoretical foundations for antidiscrimination law and to…
Ad Law Access
ECOA and Beyond: Recent Updates and Developments in Discrimination Enforcement
On February 9, the FTC provided the CFPB with its annual summary of activities enforcing the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). The release of this summary provides a great opportunity…
Global Workplace Insider
AI in the workplace: the EEOC and New York City seek to prevent automated discrimination
On January 31, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held a public hearing entitled “Navigating Employment Discrimination in AI and Automated Systems: A New Civil Rights Frontier”.[1] During…
LenderLaw Watch
Court Dismisses CFPB’s ECOA Action Alleging Discrimination Against Prospective Applicants Against Nonbank Lender
By CC Jiao
On February 3, 2023, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted Defendants Townstone Financial, Inc., a mortgage broker/lender, and Barry Sturner’s, Townstone’s owner, motion to…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
What does an employer have to do to lose $366 million?!
$366 million dollars. That's how much a jury awarded Jennifer Harris, a Black sales manager targeted and then fired by FedEx after she complained to human resources that her boss…
WSNYC Blog: The Latest in Employment Law
Golf Club Manager Fired for Speaking Out Against Sexual Harassment, Discrimination in Hiring
By Jade
A former manager of the Twin Mills Golf Club in North Carolina sued his employer for allegedly retaliating against him after he spoke out against pervasive sexual harassment at the…
Regulatory Oversight
New York AG Scrutinizes Madison Square Garden Facial Recognition Technology Banning Attorneys
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
In January 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter to Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corporation (MSG), seeking information about its use of facial recognitional technology to prohibit…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
EEOC Examines Risks of AI‑Driven Employment Decisions
Yesterday, the EEOC held a public hearing to examine the use of automated systems, including artificial intelligence (AI), in employment decisions and how discrimination can occur even when utilizing seemingly…