On March 19, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a joint press release announcing the release of two technical assistance documents designed to...more
3/24/2025
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Race Discrimination ,
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Title VII
Last week, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (the “Department”) announced that it has initiated two sets of investigations against dozens of universities for alleged violations of Title VI....more
3/18/2025
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Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Government Investigations ,
Harassment ,
Investigations ,
OCR ,
Race Discrimination ,
Title VI ,
Universities
Following its February 14, 2025, “Dear Colleague Letter,”outlining DEI programs that could result in a loss of federal funding by February 28, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (the “Department”)...more
3/5/2025
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Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Equal Protection ,
Federal Funding ,
OCR ,
Race Discrimination ,
Title VI ,
Universities
Governor Newsome has signed S.B. 1162, which requires employers to make salary ranges for positions available to both applicants and employees and expands pay data reporting requirements to better identify gender and...more
9/29/2022
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State Labor Laws