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Case Study: Colorado Passes Law to Regulate AI Use in Consequential Decision Making

On May 17, 2024, the Colorado Legislature passed Senate Bill (SB) 24-205 to protect employees and consumers by prohibiting developers of high-risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems from engaging in “algorithmic discrimination” in consequential decision-making. This prohibition also applies to organizations that deploy these high-risk AI systems. Governor Jared Polis signed the bill into law on […]
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Microsoft Scraps DEI Team

In the aftermath of the 2022 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the nationwide social justice movements that followed, many large companies began diving in to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) by hiring chief diversity officers, making public statements and commitments in support of DEI and building out DEI teams. In recent months, however, […]
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House Bill Would Eliminate Damage Caps in Federal Discrimination Cases

Federal judges are required to reduce jury verdicts in discrimination cases brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (Title VII) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) if a jury awards more than is permitted under federal caps. But a bill now pending in Congress, the Equal Remedies Act of 2024, would end […]
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