EEOC Enforcement & Litigation Newsroom Scraper

Extract structured enforcement and litigation data from the EEOC Virtual Newsroom. Every press release is parsed into a machine-readable record: employer name, settlement dollar amount, discrimination type, statute cited, district office, and civil action case number.

What you get

Field	Description
title	Full press release headline
url	Canonical URL
date	Publication date
press_release_type	Press Release / Litigation / Settlement
district_office	EEOC field or district office (e.g. "Chicago District Office")
respondent_employer	Company named in the action (extracted from title)
settlement_amount_usd	Settlement dollar figure as a number (null if not a settlement)
discrimination_type	Array: disability, sex, pregnancy, age, race, religion, retaliation
statute_cited	Array: ADA, Title VII, ADEA, GINA, EPA, PWFA
case_number	Civil action number when present (e.g. "1:26-cv-11526")
body_html	Full press release HTML
body_text	Full press release plain text

Sample record

{
  "title": "Dunkin' Donuts Franchisees to Pay $250,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit",
  "url": "https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/dunkin-donuts-franchisees-pay-250000-eeoc-disability-discrimination-suit",
  "date": "June 5, 2026",
  "press_release_type": "Press release",
  "district_office": "New York District Office",
  "respondent_employer": "Dunkin' Donuts Franchisees",
  "settlement_amount_usd": 250000,
  "discrimination_type": ["disability"],
  "statute_cited": ["ADA"],
  "case_number": "1:26-cv-11526-AK",
  "body_text": "BOSTON – The Daly/Kenney Group, LLC and 15 related companies..."
}

Input options

Field	Type	Default	Description
maxItems	integer	10	Maximum records to scrape (0 = all)
pressReleaseType	string	All	Filter: All, Press Release, Litigation, Settlement
searchQuery	string	—	Keyword search (e.g. "disability" or "Walmart")

Use cases

• EPLI insurers — screen employers by discrimination history and settlement exposure before underwriting
• Labor & employment law firms — track recent litigation outcomes and peer settlements by discrimination category
• Corporate compliance — benchmark enforcement trends by statute, district, and employer size
• HR risk platforms — build employer risk scores from EEOC settlement history

Coverage

The EEOC newsroom contains 10,000+ press releases dating back to the 1990s, covering all 53 EEOC field/district offices. Each discrimination category (disability, age, race, sex, religion, pregnancy, retaliation) and key statutes (ADA, Title VII, ADEA, GINA) are auto-classified from the press release body text.

Technical notes

Scrapes the public EEOC Drupal site via HTTP. No login, no browser rendering required. Pagination via standard Drupal Views ?page=N query parameter.