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 theory holds that any example of racial disparity in numbers is ... The order begins a review of federal consent decrees that rely on disparate-impact analysis with “the implied ...

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 ...

Statistical analysis can be affected by “Simpson’s Paradox” when the submarkets within a REMA are radically different. For example, in the Rochester NY MSA there are 6 counties (pre-2024 ...

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.

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 ...

Ben Olinsky, senior vice president of Structural Reform and Governance at the Center for American Progress (CAP), explained to Newsweek that disparate-impact liability is: "A recognition that you ...