Pattern-and-Practice Cases
Learn the legal theories and evidentiary requirements for collective disparate-treatment claims, also known as pattern-and-practice cases.
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A national sporting-goods company attended hiring fairs in several cities across the country. The company received applications from many qualified Black workers, but virtually all its new hires were White. A group of Black applicants believed that the company deliberately and routinely practiced race discrimination in hiring. How might they proceed collectively against the company?
I. Pattern-and-Practice...