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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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The Right Coast
How DEI Becomes Discrimination – WSJ
In Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023), the Supreme Court held that colleges and universities couldn t engage in racial discrimination in the name of diversity. The 45-year-old dispensation…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Illinois DEI Reporting Requirement Draws Philanthropy Roundtable Condemnation
I offered some fist-shaking commentary a few weeks ago about a then-pending Illinois bill that would require bigger nonprofits to collect and disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, veteran…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
New briefing note – FCA / PRA focus on D&I: What do firms need to be doing now?
By Hannah McAslan (UK), Simon Lovegrove (UK)
We have published a new briefing note, FCA / PRA focus on D&I: What do firms need to be doing now? In this briefing note we set out 10 practical…
State AG Blog
State Attorneys General Spar Over ABA’s Diversity Standard
By Trina Fairley Barlow, Toni Michelle Jackson, Derick D. Dailey
In a recent development that underscores the ongoing debate over diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the United States, a group of 21 Republican State Attorneys General spearheaded by…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
UK’s Judicial Appointments Commission to expand ‘equal merits’ approach for greater diversity
It currently prioritizes women and ethnic minorities when candidates are judged to be of equal merit
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Is DEI Valuable to Investors?
In recent years, corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives have become a hot topic in boardrooms and beyond. While many companies have embraced these efforts, investors have started to…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
How W.E.B. DuBois Might Have Felt About DEI in the Nonprofit C-Suite
William Edward Burghardt Du BoisIn Springfield, Illinois last week the legislature passed and sent SB 2930 to the Governor. The bill requires larger nonprofits -- private foundations mostly -- to…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Eleventh Circuit Holds that Grant Program for Black Women Business Owners is Discriminatory
By Tracy Thomas
The case is American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Fearless Fund Management (11th Cir. June 3, 2024)NPR, Grant Program for Black Women Business Owners is Discriminatory, Appeals Court RulesA U.S.…
Employment Law Lookout
Webinar: Developments and Strategies in the Current Landscape of DEI Programs
About the Program: During this third installment, on June 20, 2024, Seyfarth attorneys explore common DEI programs and practices, including the effects of recent cases and developments. The webinar examines…
Nonprofit Law Blog
Fearless Fund Case – 11th Circuit Opinion
We have previously written about the Fearless Fund case and Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866. The Council on Foundations has a helpful summary of the case…