DCI Consulting Blog

By Mitchell Chamberlin

In early 2024, the Colorado state legislature passed Senate Bill 24-205, Consumer Protections for Interactions with Artificial Intelligence Systems (CPIAIS), which was signed into law by Governor Jared Polis on May 17, 2024....

By Dave Cohen and Joanna Colosimo

Recently, there have been many questions regarding the collection of demographic data from employees and applicants by employers. Executive Order 14173 and other executive and agency actions by the Trump...

By Cassie Alfheim

On May 6, 2025, President Donald Trump nominated Brittany Bull Panuccio to be a Commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). If confirmed, Panuccio would serve as a member of the Commission until July 1,...

By Lily Kerr

On April 15, 2025, Democracy Forward Foundation, a nonprofit known for litigating cases against the federal government, filed a lawsuit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Democracy Forward filed the suit on...

By Joanna Colosimo

On April 28, 2025, two members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote a letter to the Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), Catherine Eschbach, expressing strong opposition to the revocation...

By Benjamin Kerner

May 12, 2025 Update:

EEOC's request to remove the option for employers to report non-binary status for employees has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget. As of now, no additional information regarding when the...

By Mitchell Chamberlin

On April 15, 2025, ten former Department of Labor (DOL) officials from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and Office of the Solicitor (SOL)—including former Directors Jenny Yang and Pat Shiu—released an

By David Cohen and Joanna Colosimo

On Friday, April 11, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued an announcement that they have settled with four “BigLaw” firms over diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices. The...

By Joanna Colosimo

Former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) commissioners and legal representatives have authored an open letter addressed to the legal community in response to an EEOC document released on March 19, 2025, by Acting...

By Lisa Harpe and David Cohen

The concept of adverse impact under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (Title VII) is widely misunderstood. Adverse impact occurs when a seemingly neutral employment practice disproportionately (i.e. statistically)...

By Lily Kerr

On March 25, 2025, President Trump renominated Commissioner and Acting Chair Andrea R. Lucas for a second five-year term at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Originally nominated by Trump during his first term in 2020,...

By Joanna Colosimo

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the new Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) Director Catherine Eschbach announced to agency staff that they will review Affirmative Action Plans and data files...