Seyfarth Issues Annual EEOC Litigation Report, With New Legislative And Political Outlook For 2017

Seyfarth Shaw LLP has released its annual report on EEOC legal activities and court rulings, entitled EEOC-Initiated Litigation: Case Law Developments In 2016 And Trends To Watch For In 2017, 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 and all decisions involving the EEOC in 2016. The EEOC's Fiscal Year 2016 was marked by continuity in policy directions and expansion of the Commission's systemic litigation. Notably, FY 2016 was the last of the EEOC 2013-2016 Strategic Enforcement Plan ("SEP"). However, it also saw the creation and implementation of a new SEP for FY 2017-2021 that articulated expanded enforcement priorities into the next four years. Although the EEOC faces the cross-roads of an uncertain future because of the new administration