ECONOMICS & POLICY

摘要

On the last day of its current term, June 29, the U.S. SupremernCourt took action on a trifecta of cases concerning business. The most important: In a 5-4 ruling that employment lawyers say may prompt more reverse - dis -crimination lawsuits, the court said a group of mostly white New Haven firefighters were wrongly denied promotions when the city tossed out an employment test because of concerns that it was biased against blacks. A second 5 - 4 decision dealt a blow to banks hoping to answer to just a single national regulator: The justices held that a financial institution's federal charter does not insulate it from investigation by state attorneys general for discrimination and other crimes.