Key Takeaways:
- Executive Order establishes federal policy of seeking to eliminate disparate impact liability for discrimination “in all contexts to the maximum degree possible.”
- Federal agencies are directed to curtail enforcement of disparate impact laws and regulations, and to assess “all pending investigations, civil suits, or positions taken in ongoing matters under every Federal civil rights law within their respective jurisdictions” for compliance with the policy established by the Executive Order.
- Attorney General will review “whether any Federal authorities preempt State laws, regulations, policies, or practices that impose disparate-impact liability.”
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