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FTC Ditches ‘Disparate Impact’

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced a policy statement Aug. 7 clarifying that it will not pursue claims based on disparate-impact or “unfair discrimination” theories. FTC s...

Beyond the EEOC- The Widening Divide in Disparate Impact Enforcement [Video]

Profound Changes Afoot to EEOC’s Guidelines and Enforcement in Disparate Impact Cases

The EEOC has announced that it will no longer pursue disparate impact claims, while a new Justice Department opinion proposes significant limits on employer liability. Martin C. Ku...

The Death of Disparate Impact? What Recent DOJ Guidance Signals to Employers

Federal rollback of disparate-impact liability expands

The Trump administration continues to advance its effort to scale back the use of disparate-impact liability, with additional federal agencies proposing or adopting changes to regu...

FTC Abandons Disparate Impact and “Unfair Discrimination” Theories: A Major Shift in Federal Consumer-Protection Law

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken a major step toward dismantling two theories of discrimination. In a new Policy Statement Regarding Disparate-Impact Claims and “Unfair...

In Some States, Disparate-Impact Policies Hanging On

The Trump administration is pushing to eliminate the approach at the federal level, but states like Maryland continue to pursue

DOJ Reinterprets Title VII Disparate Impact — Practical Implications for Employers

Education Department: No More Disparate Impact Analysis

Education Department rescinds disparate impact regulations

Civil rights advocates say students of color will be harmed by the removal of the tool used to investigate racial discrimination.

How HUD is dismantling fair housing enforcement

How HUD is dismantling fair housing enforcement Shelterforce Wed, 07/15/2026 - 07:00 Primary Image Primary Image Caption...

Title VI Shift: DOL Rescinds Disparate Impact Rules for Funding Recipients

Mortgage Bankers Association sues to block New Jersey's new disparate-impact rule

The industry says the state's new rule leaves lenders one way out - and federal law bars it

5th Circuit applies longstanding discrimination test even as judges call it ‘wrong’

A majority of the court appeared open to reconsidering the U.S. Supreme Court’s McDonnell Douglas framework, the soundness of which has come into question in recent years.

Education Department rescinds disparate impact rule, key tool used to assess school discrimination

The Education Department will no longer consider school policies that disproportionately harm one group of students as discriminatory unless the discrimination is intentional, resc...

Illinois Enacts Disparate Impact Standard for Credit Decisions: What Lenders Need to Know

Introduction Illinois has joined a growing number of states that are expanding fair lending obligations at the state level even as the federal government moves in the opposite dire...

Education Department Scraps Longstanding Discrimination Rules

Districts will no longer be liable for "disparate impact"—in discipline, course access, or CTE programs.

Education Department rescinds provisions used to prove racial discrimination

The Education Department will no longer consider school policies that disproportionately harm one group of students as discriminatory unless the discrimination is intentional, resc...

Education Department rescinds provisions used to prove racial discrimination

The Education Department will no longer consider school policies that disproportionately harm one group of students as discriminatory unless the discrimination is intentional, resc...

The continuing diversity obsession

Dozens of “gap” statistics have become so deeply embedded in our political discourse that we hardly question whether unequal outcomes are actually evidence of discrimination. “Wome...

Testing racial predictions with BISG

      Regulators expect insurance companies, banks, and others not to discriminate by race, but businesses are not allowed to collect the race of their customers. One solution fo...

Statutory Discrimination Claims and Constitutional Claims Opposing DEI Initiatives Receive Different Treatment in the Se...

Third Circuit Says Internal Transfer, BLM Statement Not Enough for Race Discrimination

‘Alienating and cruel’: EEOC files lawsuit against employer for segregating DEI training by race

This iteration of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been vocal about cracking down on DEI in the context of Title VII.