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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +

State AGs Write Amicus Brief Arguing Nasdaq Diversity Rule Is Unconstitutional

Troutman Pepper on 12/7/2023

Republican attorneys general (AGs) from 19 states, led by Utah AG Sean D. Reyes, filed an amicus brief urging the Fifth Circuit to rehear a case after a panel of judges declined to entertain a lawsuit challenging diversity...more

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (May 16, 2022)

Wiley Rein LLP on 5/17/2022

Alvaro Bedoya Sworn in as FTC Commissioner Following Senate Confirmation. On May 16, Alvaro Bedoya was sworn in as FTC Commissioner. The U.S. Senate confirmed Bedoya to the FTC’s open Commissioner on May 11. ...more

Diversity or Discrimination? Amicus Brief Argues Against Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rule

Cozen O'Connor on 1/7/2022

A group of 17 Republican AGs, led by Arizona AG Mark Brnovich, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC, No. 21-60626, in support of a challenge to...more

CFPB files amicus brief in Eleventh Circuit ECOA case

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/12/2017

The CFPB has filed an amicus brief in Regions Bank v. Legal Outsource PA, a case on appeal to the Eleventh Circuit that involves two important issues under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA): whether the ECOA provides a...more

DOJ amicus brief in employment discrimination case undermines CFPB position on ECOA protection for sexual orientation

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/3/2017

The Department of Justice has filed an amicus brief in a case pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that presents the question of whether the prohibition on employment discrimination on the basis of...more

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