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Attending to EEOC’s New Workplace Focus: Antisemitism on College Campuses

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas issued a statement on March 17, 2025, notifying universities and colleges that the EEOC intends to hold them accountable for antisemitism in on-campus...more

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Implications for Employers Following the Supreme Court’s Latest Civil Rights Decisions

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In three long-awaited decisions released on June 29-30, the Supreme Court has altered the legal landscape between an employer and its employees. One decision concerning affirmative action and the use of race-based decision...more

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Client Alert: The Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Conscious Admissions Programs: Key Takeaways for Higher Education and Corporate...

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On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. President & Fellows of Harvard College and SFFA v. University of North Carolina. In a 6-3 decision[1] authored by Chief Justice...more

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DEI Efforts in the Wake of the Supreme Court’s College Admissions Decision

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Last week the United States Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision ending a four-decade precedent which had allowed universities and colleges to consider the race of applicants during the admissions process. What, if anything,...more

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OFCCP Issues FAQs Concerning Executive Order "Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping"

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On Sept. 22, 2020, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 13950, "Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping." Among other things, the EO prohibits federal contractors from promoting "race or sex stereotyping or...more

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Executive Order Prohibiting Divisive Workplace Trainings

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On September 22, 2020, President Trump issued Executive Order 13950, an Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (the “Order”), prohibiting federal contractors from conducting workplace diversity or...more

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Federal Government Limits Its Contractors From Providing Diversity Training

Last week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that bans federal contractors from providing employees with "training sessions based on race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating." The order is part of an...more

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Federal Contractors Beware: New Executive Order Prohibits Certain Anti-Discrimination Training

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On September 22, 2020, President Trump signed the Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (“EO”). Under the EO, executive departments and agencies, the military, federal contractors, and federal grant...more

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The Future of Diversity and Inclusion Training: The OMB Memo Prohibiting Certain Training in the Federal Government

On September 4, 2020, Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), issued an agency-wide memo regarding diversity and inclusion training in the federal workforce. The OMB memo states: It has...more

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New Executive Order Prohibits Training that "Promotes Race or Sex Stereotyping"

In the wake of the killing of George Floyd and other African Americans by police officers, many government contractors have undertaken social justice initiatives and increased training around unconscious or implicit bias. On...more

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Executive Order Combats Race and Sex Stereotyping

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On September 22, 2020, President Trump signed a new executive order “On Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping.” The new order applies to federal contractors, federal agencies, and federal grant recipients and bans training that...more

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Executive Order On Diversity Training and Promotion of “Divisive Concepts” - Implications for Universities

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On September 22, 2020, President Trump issued a new executive order intended “to combat offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping.” The order aims to shape how diversity training is conducted not only within the...more

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Executive Order Bans Certain Race and Sensitivity Training Topics in Employment and Education

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On September 22, 2020, President Donald Trump issued a controversial Executive Order “combat[ting] offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating” by federal contractors and recipients of federal grant...more

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Tennis Coach Wins First Set In Gender Bias Match Against University

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It goes without saying that federally funded educational institutions cannot discriminate on the basis of gender. Some federal courts believe Title IX is the proper statute upon which to base employment discrimination claims,...more

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