On November 19, 2025, President Donald Trump nominated M. Carter Crow to be the general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Under Crow’s leadership, employers can expect the EEOC to continue the...more
11/26/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Government Agencies ,
Presidential Nominations ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Risk Management ,
Senate Confirmation Hearings ,
Trump Administration
In a major shift in federal civil rights enforcement, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will no longer pursue complaints based on the legal theory of “disparate impact,” according to an internal agency memo...more
10/6/2025
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Disparate Impact ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Government Agencies ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
A government shutdown looms at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1, when the current government funding expires. Appropriations bills that fund government operations are not expected to pass before the start of the new fiscal...more
10/1/2025
/ COBRA ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Shutdown ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Labor Relations ,
Layoffs ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Unemployment ,
Unions ,
USCIS ,
Wage and Hour ,
WARN Act
On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the “background circumstances” rule in “reverse” employment discrimination claims brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act in a unanimous decision overturning...more
6/6/2025
/ Ames v Ohio Department of Youth Services ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Disparate Treatment ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Muldrow v City of St Louis ,
Pleading Standards ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Summary Judgment ,
Title VII