Meta Employees’ Lawsuit Shows That if AI Fires You, Proving it Is the Hard Part July 23, 2026 By Daniel Wiessner A novel lawsuit claiming that Meta Platforms relied on discriminatory AI tools to select employees for layoffs highlights the problems...
Judge Won’t Block Meta From Laying Off Workers Who Filed AI Discrimination Suit July 20, 2026 By Daniel Wiessner A U.S. judge on July 17 rejected a bid by 26 employees of Meta Platforms to block the tech giant...
Citi Exec Alleges She Was Fired for Raising Trump-Related Compliance Issues: FT June 17, 2026 By Jack Queen and Tatiana Bautzer A former Citigroup executive alleged in a lawsuit that the bank fired her in retaliation for identifying regulatory and compliance...
Musk’s xAI Accused of Illegally Firing Engineer Who Raised Safety Concerns June 15, 2026 By Daniel Wiessner A former engineer at Elon Musk’s xAI who now heads a think tank focused on AI safety filed a lawsuit...
USDOT Rescinds ‘Disparate Impact’ Civil Rights Regulation June 11, 2026 By David Shepardson The U.S. Transportation Department said Wednesday it is rescinding part of its long-standing civil rights regulations that prohibit conduct that...
Tesla Settles Some Worker Racism Claims as Bigger Trial Looms June 4, 2026 By Robert Burnson and Dana Hull Tesla Inc. reached an agreement to settle several workers’ claims alleging pervasive anti-Black racism at one of its California plants,...
EEOC Sues Buc-ee’s for Alleged Disability Discrimination at Texas Store May 27, 2026 Buc-ee’s, Ltd., a travel center retailer with locations throughout Texas and in 10 other states, violated federal law when it...
NFL’s Rooney Rule Meets Biggest Challenge in Trump’s DEI Crackdown April 27, 2026 By Simone Foxman The most-recognizable diversity policy in sports is facing the biggest challenge in its history. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who...
IBM Agrees to Pay Government $17 Million in DEI Settlement April 13, 2026 By Chad Hemenway In the first outcome of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, IMB has agreed to about $17...
South Dakota Construction Company Sued Over Whistleblower’s Firing April 8, 2026 The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit against a Valley Springs, South Dakota construction contractor for the wrongful termination...