EEOC Leaders Want More Say Over Briefs in Bias Lawsuits (2)

EEOC commissioners will begin reviewing “friend-of-the-court” briefs before the agency’s lawyers file them in discrimination lawsuits brought by workers, following a move earlier this week to rein in the civil rights agency’s Office of General Counsel.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will often weigh in on cases it hasn’t brought itself, but could have wider impacts on enforcing workplace discrimination laws.

The commissioners approved a 90-day pilot program that will require the agency’s top lawyer to provide, when requested, a draft copy of “amicus curiae” briefs before they’re submitted to a court, according to a Tuesday memorandum obtained by Bloomberg ...