The U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming review of the role of disparate impact evidence in a school admissions dispute comes as the Trump administration has pushed to eliminate the decades-old legal theory, and could have implications for how the doctrine operates in the employment sphere.
A California property management company cannot force a former employee to arbitrate her proposed wage class action because it required arbitration as a condition of her employment, a state appeals court ruled, finding the agreement unenforceable under California law.
New religious discrimination lawsuits brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rose about 50% in fiscal year 2026, an indication that the commission is following through on pledges to make religious bias a top enforcement priority. Here, Law360 looks at four things to know about the upswing in new suits.