Topic
Affirmative Action
886 published works
The Right Coast
Not Taking No for an Answer | City Journal
ACA7 supporters don t get much if it goes on the ballot and wins approval. In Students for Fair Admissions, the Supreme Court confronted the question of whether colleges and…
Simple Justice
The Cream Of The Crop, Harvard Law School
When it comes to Biglaw firms, Skadden Arps is one of the biggest. It hires the best because it pays ridiculous amounts of money to baby lawyers who couldn’t find…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
DEI Under Scrutiny, Part VII: Re-examining the Implementation of ‘Rooney Rule’ Diverse Slate Initiatives
By Publisher, Linda S. Goldman, Zachary V. Zagger
Quick Hits The NFL’s Rooney Rule—designed to ensure that minority and women candidates are considered for certain coaching and/or senior-level positions—is facing a legal challenge alleging it is unlawfully discriminatory.…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
OFCCP Requests Comments on Monthly Employment Utilization Report on Construction Contractor Employees
By By: Emily M. Halliday, Lauren B. Hicks
Quick Hits Covered construction contractors may be required to submit a monthly report to the U.S. government containing employee counts, work hours, demographics, and trade and classification information. Comments on…
Simple Justice
Is There A First Amendment Right To Affirmative Action?
Having authored my all-time favorite law review article, when Sasha Volokh writes, I take him seriously. He asserts that what the Court took away in SSFA v. Harvard, it gave…
Angela Reddock-Wright Blog
ARW: Panelist on DEI Issues in the Workplace at the 2024 California African American Chamber of Commerce Economic Summit
I recently had the pleasure of serving as a panelist at the 2024 California African American Chamber of Commerce Economic Summit. I was asked to speak as an expert and…
The Right Coast
The Sneaky Road Back to Racial Preferences in Admissions – WSJ
The smarter ones could see it was coming. Even so, the Supreme Court s June decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard to hold race preferences in admissions unconstitutional…
Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch
How Boards Should Be Thinking about the Supreme Court’s SFFA Affirmative Action Decision
By Francesca L. Odell, Jennifer Kennedy Park, Charity E. Lee
The following post was originally included as part of our recently published memorandum “Selected Issues for Boards of Directors in 2024”. In June 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court held that…
Cleary Securities, Disclosure, and Governance Watch
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University
Cleary Gottlieb partner Francesca Odell was interviewed by the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University about the board of directors’ role in corporate DEI initiatives in light of…
Labor & Employment Report
An Interesting Resolution to an EEOC Race Discrimination Investigation…
By Fiona W. Ong
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission just announced a resolution of its investigation into Groupon's recruitment and hiring practices, with a rather unusual term that specifically benefits Black individuals - an…