CHICAGO (December 31, 2019) -- Seyfarth has released its annual
report on EEOC legal enforcement and court rulings, entitled
EEOC-Initiated Litigation: FY 2019, the most definitive
source of analysis that focuses exclusively on EEOC-related
litigation. Authored by Seyfarth lawyers Gerald L. Maatman, Jr.,
Christopher J. DeGroff, and Matthew J. Gagnon, this year’s
report provides detailed analysis of the major case filings, policy
directives, and all federal court rulings involving the EEOC in
2019.
This past year again demonstrated that the EEOC is not isolated
from the turmoil in Washington, nor the broader shifting political
climate nationally. Between a political stalemate surrounding the
re-confirmation of a former Commissioner, the government shutdown,
and a general political swirl of issues, the EEOC ran on less than
a full complement of executive leadership for roughly one-third of
the fiscal year. Meanwhile, the continuing acceleration of the
#MeToo movement,
