Michelle Smith Scott Communication & Law

12/02/2025

Fired Immigration Judge Sues Government Over Civil Rights Violations

A fired immigration judge says she was dismissed from her job because of her gender, her status as a dual citizen of Lebanon and the fact that she once ran for municipal office in Ohio as a Democrat.

11/24/2024

“Project 2025 seeks to handcuff the EEOC and eliminate its ability to issue guidance, regulations, and technical assistance that protect workers of U.S.-based employers or companies on U.S. soil from discrimination. It also seeks to rescind existing regulations, calling on the EEOC to “disclaim its regulatory pretensions.” Additionally, under the plan, the EEOC would be barred from collecting and reporting annual employment statistics based on race/ethnicity, which would weaken worker discrimination protections. The plan rescinds protections against s*x discrimination and prohibitions of discrimination based on s*xual orientation, gender identity, and transgender status, while allowing enforcement of exemptions for religious organization so that they may make employment decisions “regardless of nondiscrimination laws.” As a result of these changes, the EEOC would lose much of the power it uses to protect American workers from s*xual harassment and assault on the job, wrongful termination based on disability status, gender pay inequities, and more.”

Far-right extremists have a plan to dismantle many civil rights protections that have advanced equality in America over the past 60 years.

04/30/2024

EEOC Releases Workplace Guidance To Prevent Harassment

WASHINGTON – Today the U.S.

01/25/2024

EEOC Settles Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Library Hotel to Pay $42,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sent this bulletin at 01/25/2024 04:14 PM EST View as a webpage / Share U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 25, 2024 Library Hotel to Pay....

01/02/2024

Congrats to Director Gyebi! So proud of this IU-Indy Law alum!

Yaw Gyebi Jr. Chosen as New Director of EEOC’s New York District Office U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sent this bulletin at 01/02/2024 09:52 AM EST View as a webpage / Share U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION For Immediate ReleaseJan. 2, 2024 Yaw Gyebi Jr. Chosen as New Di...

12/18/2023

New! EEOC Launches E-File for Attorneys

WASHINGTON -- The U.S.

09/21/2023

The Strategic Enforcement Plan establishes the EEOC’s subject matter priorities to achieve its mission of preventing and remedying unlawful employment discrimination and to advance its vision of fair and inclusive workplaces with equal opportunity for all.

Download a PDF version of this document.

07/20/2023

International Study On Hiring Discrimination

Northwestern Now sat down with Lincoln Quillian to learn more about his and Lee’s new paper recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and to better understand trends in hiring discrimination in Europe and North America since the 1990s.

06/29/2023

EEOC Statement on SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision

06/29/2023

SCOTUS Restricts Race-Based Affirmative Action in Higher Education

In a historic blow to affirmative action, the Supreme court ruled that UNC and Harvard University's race-consious admissions policies are unconstitutional.

06/12/2023

The EEOC and Developments in Anti-Discrimination Law

The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (“EEOC”) is poised to play an even more essential role in advancing the rights of workers in 2023 and beyond. The EEOC enforces the followi

01/18/2023

SCOTUS Hears Argument Over Students With Disabilities

The Michigan case focuses on a deaf student who spent 12 years assigned to an aide who didn’t know sign language