The rise in legal challenges to DEI programs proliferated after corporations stepped up efforts to increase racial and gender diversity after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020.

The Trump administration is using antisemitism investigations as a pretext to pursue an unrelated conservative agenda, ...

Diversity consultant of Paradigm Joelle Emerson said that many Big Law firms already adjusted their DEI programming in the wake of the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action and the ...

By proactively reassessing both the substance and presentation of DEI initiatives, employers can continue to foster inclusive ...

Sarah E. Fortt, Danielle Conley and Nineveh Alkhas of Latham & Watkins LLP discuss the legal risks associated with DEI initiatives and the steps companies can take to address them.

If they called it affirmative action, they’d be honest,” she said, pointing out that DEI is a way for corporations to pad ESG scores and highlight a public-facing orientation toward racial ...

More than 40 labor and employment attorneys along with leaders of several organizations focused on diversity in the legal industry have issued a call to action for firms to remain steadfast in ...

Some companies are already retooling their diversity programs in the face of legal challenges, and the growing expectation that the conservative-dominated Supreme Court will eventually take up the ...

Just days after taking office, President Donald Trump sent a clear message to corporate America: Follow the federal government’s lead and “end illegal DEI discrimination” or face civil ...

The lawsuit is one of a growing number of legal actions against DEI and ESG policies. In January, a federal judge found that American Airlines, the world’s leading passenger carrier, unlawfully ...

DEI became a hot button issue after the Supreme Court ruled against Harvard University’s affirmative action admission policies in 2023 with implications for corporate hiring policies.

The anti-DEI initiative is based on this law because, unlike other antidiscrimination laws, it prohibits differential treatment almost without exception. This has been especially true since Students ...