CHICAGO, May 1, 2025—Duane Morris LLP has released its EEOC Litigation Review – 2025, an analysis of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s enforcement lawsuit filings in 2024 and the significant legal decisions and trends impacting EEOC litigation for 2025. The review explains the impact of the EEOC’s six enforcement priorities as outlined in its strategic enforcement plan on employers’ business planning and how the direction of the commission’s plan should influence key employer decisions. The review also contains a compilation of significant rulings decided in 2024 that impacted EEOC-initiated litigation and a list of the year’s most significant settlements in EEOC cases. In fiscal year (FY) 2024, the EEOC’s total number of lawsuits decreased substantially to 110 from 144 the previous fiscal year. Through the midway point of FY 2025, the EEOC has filed 22 enforcement lawsuits, an uptick from the 14 lawsuits filed by the mid-year marker in FY 2024, demonstrating the potential for another precedent-setting year. In the agency’s Annual Performance Report for FY 2024, the EEOC touted a record $700 million in monetary recoveries secured on behalf of U.S. workers through litigation and administrative remedies. As the commission progresses in FY 2025 with a $33.22 million budget increase over FY 2024 and evolving enforcement guidance under the new presidential administration, it remains a corporate imperative for employers to comply with federal discrimination laws.
“The EEOC Litigation Review will empower corporate counsel, human resource professionals and business leaders with insights into the EEOC’s latest enforcement initiatives and provide strategies to minimize the risk of drawing the EEOC’s scrutiny,” says Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Duane Morris partner and co-editor of the review.
“We strive to provide this valuable resource to corporations, as they are well served to take the compliance and risk mitigation steps necessary to protect themselves from being targeted by EEOC litigation,” added Jennifer A. Riley, Duane Morris partner and co-editor of the review. “We want to help companies take those important steps.”
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The EEOC Litigation Review – 2025 is the precursor to the highly anticipated biannual webinar analyzing the latest EEOC developments on Monday, May 5, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Central. Reserve your virtual seat for the program and join Duane Morris partners Jerry Maatman, Jennifer Riley, Alex Karasik and Greg Tsonis for a live panel discussion analyzing the latest impact of the dramatic changes at the EEOC, including its new strategic priorities and the array of EEOC lawsuits filed in the first six months of fiscal year 2025.
Our panel will empower corporate counsel, human resource professionals and business leaders with key insights into the EEOC’s latest enforcement initiatives and strategies designed to minimize the risk of drawing the agency’s scrutiny in what projects to be a transformative year for the commission.
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