The federal Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act prevents health insurers and employers from discriminating against a ...

Katie Eyer discusses how courts’ statutory interpretation shapes civil rights enforcement. In a conversation with The ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 14 other attorneys general have filed an amicus brief in support of a petition to ...

Hiring or promotion practices that “prioritizes candidates from underrepresented groups” for admission, hiring, promotion, bypassing qualified candidates who do not belong to those groups. Creating a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The law "draws no distinctions between majority-group plaintiffs and minority-group plaintiffs," said Justice Ketanji Brown ...

Recent changes limit employment discrimination claims, especially for disparate impact, with the Supreme Court possibly challenging its constitutionality. The EEOC will focus only on direct ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed a lawsuit against Starbucks, claiming the international coffee chain has violated federal and state anti-discrimination laws. In ...

Over the last eight months, a Section 8 tenant has filed dozens of housing lawsuits alleging $100,000 in damages. Her lawyer calls it a fight against discrimination. Defendants call it a shakedown.

With women ages 45 to 64 making up over 17% of the U.S. labor market, employers risk losing out on an enormous talent pool if they continue ignoring their legal obligations to prevent menopause ...

A New York appeals court has stricken down a state law that bans discrimination against people who use government assistance to pay their rent. The state Supreme Court's Appellate Division, Third ...

Over the last several years, California employers have become increasingly aware of cities and counties enacting workplace requirements on a wide range of issues, including scheduling, lay offs, paid ...