"[T]he [EEOC] told Judge John D. Bates it believed he overstepped his authority in December when Bates said the agency must notify the public by Aug. 31, 2018, if it plans to amend the rules. [T]he EEOC said that whether it chooses to rework the rules -- and on what time schedule it does so -- should be within the agency's policy-making discretion. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Jan. 18 agreed. It issued a two-page order freeing the EEOC from that requirement." [ AARP v. EEOC, No. 16-2113 (D.D.C., motion for reconsideration partly granted Jan. 18, 2018)]  MORE >>