On August 9, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced the settlement of the agency’s first lawsuit involving the alleged discriminatory use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in […]
EEOC Hits “Rewind”: What the Rescission of Harassment Guidance Means for Employers | FordHarrison
The EEOC recently rescinded its 2024 workplace harassment guidance, removing a key resource many employers relied on for interpreting federal anti-discrimination laws. While the underlying legal obligations have […]
EEOC Issues New Enforcement Guidance on Workplace Harassment
On April 29, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) published its long-awaited Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace (the “Guidance”). The Guidance—the first issued by […]
EEOC Opens EEO-1 Data Collection and Cautions Employers There Is No “Diversity Exception” to Title VII
Updated August 6, 2025. On August 1, 2025, DOJ’s Civil Rights Division announced it had terminated a 1981 court-ordered consent degree in Luevano v. Ezell. The press release […]
President Trump Removes EEOC and NLRB Officials
May 27, 2025 Update. On May 22, 2025, the Supreme Court issued an order granting President Trump’s request to stay decisions by the lower courts that enjoined the […]
EEOC and DOJ Intensify Focus on Ensuring Non Discrimination Against Americans Based on their National Origin
By: Camille A. Olson, Andrew L. Scroggins, and Dawn M. Lurie This alert was first published as an update on November 24. Employers that include foreign talent as […]
Perkins Coie Injunction Doesn’t Bar EEOC From Investigating Other Law Firms, Judge Clarifies
U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell of the District of Columbia on Tuesday granted a government motion for clarification regarding her permanent injunction against President Donald Trump’s executive order […]
Skadden, Milbank Say EEOC Request Is Resolved as Part of Deal With Trump
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Milbank both say a request by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that went out to 20 law firms seeking information about […]
EEOC DEI Letters Challenge Law Firms’ Involvement with Diversity-Oriented Nonprofits
While the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission targeted law firms’ own DEI efforts and metrics in letters sent to 20 firms earlier this month, the agency also asked all […]
EEOC Approves $15M Settlement in US Marshals Race Discrimination Case
EEOC Approves $15M Settlement in US Marshals Race Discrimination Case | Law.com Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/2024/06/25/eeoc-approves-15m-class-action-settlement-in-us-marshals-race-discrimination-case/ (Credit: Vitalii Vodolazskyi/Adobe Stock) NEWS “This agreement is the culmination of more […]