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The Supreme Court will review a 1967 anti-discrimination law, in a case that will set new standards for on-the-job age bias lawsuits. The current law, which covers some 75 million workers age 40 and older, can be used by employees to win back pay, benefits and other compensation if they prove that their employers discriminated against them based on age. The case that challenges this law asks the court to allow lawsuits when employer policies have a disparate impact on older workers.