JD Supra

Is the DOJ’s “Pattern or Practice” of Extracting Settlements from Companies Not Hiring Immigrants Valid?

Our Immigration Team explores the legal foundation of how the Department of Justice has convinced companies to settle suits brought under the unfair immigration-related employment practices statute.
Commercial Appeal

No promise of pattern-or-practice investigation as DOJ official visits Memphis on eve of MLK55

The Department of Justice did not indicate to community and state leaders if it would investigate the Memphis Police Department to see if the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols in early January was part ...
JD Supra

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Worsens Headaches for Employers Negotiating Pattern or Practice EEOC Claims

Section 707 of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act allows the EEOC to file suit against an employer for a "pattern or practice" of discrimination. In the 1970s, the Supreme Court held that the ...
WAFB

USDOJ investigates LSP for ‘pattern-or-practice’ of excessive force, discrimination against minorities

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The US Department of Justice has opened a statewide civil “pattern-or-practice” investigation into Louisiana State Police. “Based on an extensive review of publicly available ...
Bloomberg L.P.

A 'Pattern or Practice' of Violence in America

The result, a 105-page document released May 26 known as a consent decree, spells out new use-of-force guidelines and procedures to investigate police misconduct, and calls for training to counter ...