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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Ogletree Deakins Insights
The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling: 6 Takeaways for Government Contractors
By By Leigh M. Nason, Emily M. Halliday
How does the Supreme Court of the United States’ ban on affirmative action in higher education affect government contractors? In short—it doesn’t. Covered federal contractors and subcontractors must continue to…
Labor Days
Did the Supreme Court Put All DEI Programs at Risk?
It has been less than a month since the Supreme Court’s June 29 decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (SFFA), and the…
Manufacturing Industry Advisor
What Every Multinational Company Should Know About . . . Navigating Economic Downturns through Racial Equity Audits
By Byron J. McLain, Alexis M. Jackson
A strong correlation exists between a multinational company’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) efforts and the company’s financial performance. Racial equity audits often are utilized to measure the precise quality…
Zen and the Art of Legal Networking
Championing Equity and Inclusion: Reflections on DEI Initiatives and Building Inclusive Company Cultures
If you're connected to me on LinkedIn, you know that one of my favorite places to find thoughtful content about doing business in the modern world is Harvard Business Review.…
Labor & Employment Report
Hey CEOs – Be Careful with Those Diversity Initiatives!
By Fiona W. Ong
A few years back, during the initial surge of corporate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in response to the killing of George Floyd and the #BlackLivesMatter movement, I wrote a…
The Right Coast
DEI and the End of the Constitutional Order – The American Mind
The ambition of the critical race theorists and their confederates in diversity, equity, and inclusion is not simply to achieve cultural hegemony over the bureaucracy, but to use this power…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Supreme Court Debates U.S. Government’s Race and Ethnicity Categories: What Employers Need to Know
By By T. Scott Kelly, Emily M. Halliday
On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down affirmative action in college admissions, leaving employers to wrestle with the implications of the decision for various…
Public Chatter
Three Questions: The Attorneys General “DEI Programs” Letter
By Broc Romanek
Here's an excerpt from our Client Update from Chris Wilkinson, Abdul Kallon and Jeremy Wright about a recent public letter from 13 state attorneys general voicing opposition to employers' use…
International Dispute Resolution
Navigating Global Religious Accommodation: Insights from Our Lawyers on Employer Responsibilities Towards Religious Beliefs in the Workforce
By Peter Talibart, Kiran Seldon, Erin Hawthorne, Kathryn Weaver
In a previous blog, we summarized the recent case of Groff v. Dejoy, where the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously clarified the undue hardship standard under Title VII, a federal law…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling Leaves Room for DEI at Work
As previously mentioned on D+G PERKS, many employers are now grappling with the legality of their DEI efforts in the wake of the Supreme Court's recent decision striking down affirmative…