The administration is dismissing cases and unwinding settlements built on "disparate impact," which holds that even neutral policies can lead to biased outcomes.

In the housing field, the availability of disparate-impact liability has reduced unnecessary and unintentional inequities ...

The Trump administration is attacking a doctrine that allows companies to serve consumers while improving their bottom line.

On April 23, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14281, Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy (the “EO”). This EO states ...

Disparate impact is a critical tool for enforcing civil rights laws. Prohibiting intentional discrimination is important, but ...

Explainer-Why Trump Is Ending Enforcement of Civil Rights Laws That Ban 'Disparate Impact' By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - President Donald Trump recently ordered federal agencies not to enforce ...

Pending federal actions that rely on disparate impact analysis, such as civil rights lawsuits or investigations, must be assessed for compliance with this order, Trump says.

Disparate impact analysis, the Supreme Court has repeatedly made clear, is essential to fulfilling the letter and spirit of civil rights law. But the White House rejects this fact. With an Orwellian ...

Trump in April's executive order said the threat of disparate impact litigation prevents businesses from making decisions based on merit and skill, and that the legal theory wrongly presumes that ...

Disparate impact liability allows institutions to be held accountable for policies that appear neutral but disproportionately harm protected groups. Unlike intentional discrimination, which requires ...

Measured in Trump time, it took them eons to get around to it, but the White House has finally taken the most important step it can to restore meritocracy to American society: eliminating ...