U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Holds Disparate Impact Claim Is Timely Despite No Challenge To Adoption Of Hiring Practice

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This week, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a class of plaintiffs could assert a disparate impact claim based upon a hiring process even though the plaintiffs did not challenge the adoption of that process within the 300-day statute of limitations period. The Court ruled that the limitations period began anew each time the results of that process were used to choose candidates for hire.

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