Facebook is facing a gender discrimination lawsuit that accuses the company of allowing employers advertising on its platform to target employment ads exclusively to male candidates. The American Civil Liberties…
Fed’s Consumer Protection Agency Sheds Outside Advisory Boards
The Consumer Financial Protection Board has jettisoned its principal outside advisory group, an action widely interpreted as a sign of the financial regulator’s diminishing interest in championing strong consumer rights…
Can Technology Be Used To Limit Who Sees An Employment Ad?
Plaintiffs allege targeted job ads discriminate against them. Amazon, T-Mobile, Cox Communications and Media Group, Ikea, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and the University of Maryland Medical Center are defendants in an age…
How a Recent Supreme Court Ruling Affects Workers’ Rights
In a decision that could impact roughly 25 million employees, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled workers may not come together in class action suits to contest federal labor law violations.…
How the #MeToo Movement Is Impacting the American Legal Landscape
Civil Rights lawyer Gloria Allred says impact goes beyond Bill Cosby’s conviction. According to Exchange Magazine, the #MeToo hashtag has been posted more than 12 million times since January 1,…
U.S. Lawyers: Should Your Firm Be GDPR-Compliant?
Beginning May 25, a new European privacy law known as the General Data Protection Regulation takes effect in Europe and, possibly, around the world. The GDPR is significantly more demanding…