Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that it secured a settlement agreement with a Miami, Florida-based janitorial services company to resolve alleged violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against non-U.S. citizens during Form I-9 employment eligibility verification. The DOJ’s investigation determined that…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement agreement with a Maryland-based owner and operator of several pizza franchises to resolve alleged violations of the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) during the Form I-9 employment eligibility verification process. The…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On April 25, 2023, four United States federal agencies jointly pledged to uphold a commitment to the core principles of fairness, equality, and justice as emerging automated systems such as “artificial intelligence” or “AI” have increasingly impacted civil rights, fair competition, consumer protection, and equal opportunity. The Civil…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On April 5, 2023, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced an agreement in principle to settlements totaling $144.5 million for civil cases arising out of a mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, that killed 26 worshippers and injured 22 others in 2017, according…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On March 3, 2023, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) launched an online application available on the Office of the Pardon Attorney’s website at “Application for Certificate of Pardon for Simple Possession of Marijuana” that allows eligible persons to submit documentation and receive a certificate indicating the…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 23, 2022, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had signed a settlement agreement with an Information Technology (IT) staffing company based in California to resolve claims that the company discriminated against U.S. workers based on their citizenship status when it solicited applications…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 6, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it reached a settlement agreement with an employer in Florida to resolve the DOJ’s claims that the employer allegedly discriminated against a non-U.S. citizen when checking the individual’s permission to work in the United States…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn In May 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) charged a microblogging and social networking service with allegedly violating a 2011 FTC order that prohibited the company from misrepresenting privacy and security practices and ordered it to pay a $150 million…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On May 12, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released technical assistance documents about disability discrimination when employers use artificial intelligence (AI) and software tools to make employment decisions, according to DOJ and EEOC press releases. Employers use AI…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have announced that a background report provider and its chief executive officer (CEO) were banned from engaging in deceptive negative option marketing and would pay $21 million to resolve allegations that they used “teaser background reports”…
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