That strikes me as unlikely. I might just be naive, but I can't imagine being sued for filtering candidates on their code portfolios. This is a genuine and no

That strikes me as unlikely. I might just be naive, but I can't imagine being sued for filtering candidates on their code portfolios. This is a genuine and non-rhetorical question: how does it differ from academic qualifications? Both are unpaid work that a person undertakes [partly] in order to prove their value to potential employers, but nobody is getting sued for filtering candidates based on academic qualifications.