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

Disparate impact analysis is often used in legal contexts to assess potential discrimination under various anti-discrimination laws. The disparate impact (DI) ... For example, if the model predictions ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Legal advocates point out that plaintiffs using disparate impact analysis are generally required to show statistically significant differences that cannot be explained by ... For example, law ...