Media Mentions

01/26/2024

Chris DeGroff and Andrew Scroggins Discuss Seyfarth’s 2024 EEOC-Initiated Litigation Report in The American Lawyer

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The American Lawyer quoted Chris DeGroff and Andrew Scroggins in its article, “’We’re Seeing the Floodgates Open’: EEOC’s Flip to Democratic Control Already Turbocharging Agency,” on January 26. The Seyfarth attorneys discussed how the EEOC’s flip to Democratic control at the end of fiscal 2023 sets the table for the agency to further ratchet up litigation and investigations this year.

“We sometimes hear employers sort of downplay the concern with the EEOC, believing they’re going to slip under the agency’s radar. But it’s important to remember that where the EEOC leads, the private plaintiffs bar follows.”

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