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Litigation Support Summary
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The United States Department of Justice required a
study of racial patterns in the hiring of teachers in a
Texas school district. By combining the district's
applicant files with data from the U.S. Census and
several other sources, Econsult Corporation collected,
edited and organized a large computerized database,
which became the foundation for a statistical study and
subsequent testimony on hiring practices. Consistent
with the expert analysis, the court ruled that the
school district had discriminated on the basis of race.
A university needed to examine whether gender had
affected either initial school appointments or
promotions of its faculty. Econsult constructed a
database on employment practices from computerized
payroll files. That database formed the basis for
testimony on faculty hiring and promotion. Based in part
on our analysis, the court ruled that the university had
not discriminated.
The U.S. Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
(OFCCP) retained Econsult Corporation to analyze gender
patterns in hiring of production workers in a major
manufacturing facility. Econsult personnel created a
large database from the employer's computerized
personnel records and used that data to analyze each
stage of the hiring process to evaluate its relative
importance in reducing the number of women hired. The
evaluation of economic damages performed by Econsult
Corporation was used to reach a settlement.
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Attorneys, representing African-American white collar
employees of an international corporation that
manufactures and distributes soft drinks, requested an
analysis of racial bias in promotion and compensation
among corporation employees. Econsult Corporation
performed extensive statistical analyses that showed
that promotion and compensation were not racially
neutral. After a settlement was reached (the largest
settlement in a racial discrimination case in U.S.
history), Econsult Corporation developed and implemented
a method for allocating the cash settlement to
individual class members.
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After a firm-wide layoff at a large defense plant,
employees claimed that they were selected for layoff
because of their age. Econsult prepared a statistical
analysis that showed that an employee's age affected the
likelihood of layoff, after considering differences in
layoffs for particular job titles. The court certified
the class. An Econsult expert testified at trial. A jury
found in favor of the class members.
Econsult experts have assisted both individual
plaintiffs and defendants with individual employment
discrimination matters.
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