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Executive Order 14281: The End of Fair Lending Law Enforcement Through Use of the Disparate Impact Legal Theory?
Although France has missed the June 7, 2026 deadline for transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive into national law, the government recently released a revised draft of such a law. Below are the key features of the draft...more
Key Takeaways: On June 4, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) approved a new National Enforcement Plan (NEP) for fiscal years 2025–2029, replacing the Biden-era 2024–2028 Strategic...more
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) first False Claims Act (FCA) settlement under its new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative offers key insight for federal contractors, federal funding recipients and healthcare providers. Under...more
On June 4, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Andrea R. Lucas signed the National Enforcement Plan for Fiscal Years 2025-2029 (the NEP), formally replacing the Biden-era Strategic Enforcement Plan for Fiscal...more
Every four years, post-election, many Americans come together to agree that the Electoral College is antiquated and dysfunctional. The losing side moans and groans and demands change, and then forgets about it for the next...more
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on June 11, 2026, will publish in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to roll back the agency's presumption of social disadvantage for individually owned...more
The U.S. Supreme Court’s April 29, 2026 decision in Louisiana v. Callais raises significant questions about the ongoing constitutionality of the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA). In Callais, the Supreme Court struck down a...more
On June 4, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a new National Enforcement Plan (NEP), effective immediately, replacing the Biden-era Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP). The NEP realigns federal...more
BLOG OVERVIEW: On June 4, 2026, EEOC adopted a new National Enforcement Plan (NEP) for Fiscal Years 2025–2029, replacing the prior FY2024–2028 Strategic Enforcement Plan and marking one of the most significant shifts in...more
On our May 28, 2026, Employment Law Webinar, HSB’s Matt Blake discussed one of the more nuanced intersections in employment law: the relationship between state workers' compensation systems and the Americans with Disabilities...more
This series will cover best practices for writing investigation reports and decisions in Title IX cases that comply with current regulatory requirements. Each training will take place across two days. The initial sessions...more
Can an employee sue a federally funded school for sex discrimination in the workplace under Title IX? The Supreme Court has agreed to tackle this question next term, and its answer may have huge implications for higher...more
What employers should know about key developments this week: • Two Federal Agencies Target DEI: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is urging its employees to file whistleblower complaints and report diversity, equity, and...more
The Department of Justice recently highlighted an $18.25 million back-pay distribution to resolve claims that a large tech company’s hiring and recruitment practices deterred U.S. workers from applying to positions. The...more
On June 4, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a National Enforcement Plan (NEP) which covers fiscal years 2025 - 2029. At the same time the agency rescinded the Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP)...more
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published on June 4, 2026 a National Enforcement Plan for fiscal years 2025–2029. The new plan rescinds the EEOC’s previously adopted Strategic Enforcement Plan for fiscal...more
This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2025 (hereafter “Report”), our fifteenth annual publication, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC” or “the...more
Artificial intelligence has steadily moved into a front-line decision-making role in the workplace. Connecticut’s newly enacted AI law reflects that and makes clear that, when technology influences employment decisions,...more
In a significant decision for employers navigating disability accommodation obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Redding v. Noem, No. 24-1141 (March...more
Upon her appointment as Acting Chair of the EEOC in January of last year, a position that has since been elevated to Chair, Andrea R. Lucas said: In recent years, this agency has remained silent in the face of multiple...more
The 2026 Virginia General Assembly session again resulted in numerous pieces of employment legislation being enacted that will impact Virginia employers. Covering a wide variety of topics ranging from restrictive covenants,...more
The 2026 changes to the Equal Pay Act double available damages and expand the scope of compensation at issue in such a claim, as detailed in our prior update. Now that employers are no longer busy with annual evaluations,...more
On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), joined by more than 40 federal agencies, published a sweeping proposed rule that would revise the government-wide Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost...more
X.B. by & through C.B. v. Mazzeo, No. 3:25CV756, 2026 WL 917511, at *1 (M.D. Pa. Mar. 31, 2026) - A five-year-old special education student was enrolled in the Wyoming Valley West School District and attended the State Street...more
On June 4, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its “National Enforcement Plan Fiscal Years 2025-2029” (“NEP”). The NEP rescinds the agency’s former “Strategic Enforcement Plan Fiscal Years...more
