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Texas Legislature Passes Comprehensive AI Governance Act
By Stephen C. Piepgrass, Gene Fishel, Laura Hamady, Daniel Waltz
On June 2, the Texas legislature passed the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act, (TX AI Act or bill) which heads to the governor for his signature or veto. The…
Legal Theory Blog
Miller on Algorithmic Consumer Profiling
Andrew C. Miller (Yale Law School - Center for Private Law; Brooklyn Law School) has posted Invisible Allies: Algorithmic Consumer Profiling and the Rise of New Group Harms (Forthcoming, to…
New Jersey Employment Lawyer Blog
NJ Court Affirms Jury’s Discrimination Verdict Against Newark Public Schools
In many employment discrimination cases, it can be difficult to prove what really motivated a company’s decision to fire, demote, or pass over a qualified worker for a promotion. But…
PrawfsBlawg
FIU Law Review: 3rd Annual Law vs. Antisemitism Conference
Main Tuesday, June 03, 2025FIU Law Review: 3rd Annual Law vs. Antisemitism ConferenceNewly published in FIU Law Review. Events have unavoidably outstripped some pieces. But it reflects where we have…
PrawfsBlawg
Conflating Israel and Jewishness
Main Tuesday, June 03, 2025Conflating Israel and JewishnessThree stories reveal the problem--on both sides--of failing to separate Israel and Jewishness in discussing antisemitism.On Saturday (the day before the Colorado attack),…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
Texas Court Weighs Federal Agency Authority Over DEI Requirements
On May 15, 2025, Judge Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas held that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s guidance requiring bathroom, dress, and pronoun…
PrawfsBlawg
Eidelson & Hellman on antisemitism, anti-Zionism, and Title VI
Main Tuesday, May 27, 2025Eidelson & Hellman on antisemitism, anti-Zionism, and Title VISSRN Link here, forthcoming next month in Harvard Law Review Forum. Ben summarized the piece on Bluesky.Their conclusions…
Texas Employment Law Update
Texas Commission on Human Rights Act Does Not Shield Employees from Common Law Tort Claims Made by their Co-workers
The case arose from a dispute involving an SMU professor who alleged she was denied tenure due to discrimination and retaliation. In addition to statutory discrimination and retaliation claims against…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Reconceptualizing Anti-Trans Laws as a Broader Effort to Reinscribe Gender Binary
By Tracy Thomas
Laura Lane-Steele, The Sex Alignment Project, 78 Fla. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2026) The legal opposition to trans health care bans, “save women’s sports” acts, and related laws has characterized these laws’…
The FCA Insider
DOJ Announces Initiative to Use False Claims Act to Investigate DEI Practices
By Edwin O. Childs, Farnaz Farkish Thompson, Jack White, Michael J. Podberesky, Brett Barnett, John S. Moran, Steven McCool, John Sullivan, Jason M. Vespoli, McGuireWoods LLP
On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice announced its new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, which aims to use the False Claims Act (FCA) to investigate and pursue claims…