Trump’s New Executive Order Targeting Disparate Impact Liability May Target Fair Lending as Well

On April 23, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) titled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” which seeks to eliminate disparate impact liability, denouncing it as a threat to equal opportunity under the law. Disparate impact is a theory that provides relief in cases where a policy or practice that appears neutral has an adverse impact on protected classes, such as race and gender....
By: Frost Brown Todd

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