News & Analysis as of August 4, 2025

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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +

California District Court Partially Enjoins Application of DEI and “Gender Ideology” Executive Orders Against Coalition of...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/23/2025

Recently, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in the case of San Francisco AIDS Foundation v. Trump temporarily halted enforcement of parts of the diversity, equity and inclusion and “gender...more

Executive Order 14173: How Public Companies’ DEI Initiatives May Be Targeted and Key Actions to Take Now

Epstein Becker & Green on 2/12/2025

On January 21, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14173, titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the “Order”), which, among other actions, directs all executive departments and...more

Littler Lightbulb: March Appellate Roundup

Littler on 4/5/2024

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal in the last month....more

DEI Initiatives in Reverse Discrimination Claims: Circuit Courts Weigh-In

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/3/2024

A federal appeals court has affirmed a jury verdict awarding nearly $4 million in lost wages, benefits, and interest to a white male employee who based reverse discrimination allegations in part on circumstantial evidence...more

What do recent lawsuits in the wake of Supreme Court decisions on Affirmative Action mean for your disclosures and DEI programs?

BCLP on 8/16/2023

A flurry of recent lawsuits in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June decision on affirmative action have further muddied the waters for public companies trying to thread their way through competing interests....more

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