The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2013 increased its focus on cases involving systemic discrimination, disability discrimination and pregnancy discrimination, but had mixed results in court and saw a dip in monetary penalties it recovered, according to a report by Seyfarth Shaw.

The firm released a 216-page e-book by partners Gerald Maatman Jr. and Christopher DeGroff and senior associate Reema Kapur analyzing EEOC activity in fiscal year 2013, which ended on Sept. 30.