News & Analysis as of August 3, 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 +

Tennessee Attorney General’s Office Launches New Civil Rights Enforcement Division: What Employers Need to Know

Husch Blackwell LLP on 7/22/2025

On July 1, 2025, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced the launch of the Civil Rights Enforcement Division (CRED), a newly established unit within the Attorney General’s Office. This significant structural...more

U.S. and State Attorneys General Indicate Readiness to Bring DEI Enforcement Actions

Snell & Wilmer on 2/20/2025

In the latest developments in the DEI policy chronicles, on the same day she was sworn into office, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memorandum entitled “Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and Preferences.”...more

New Jersey AG Platkin Announces New Guidance on AI Use

Troutman Pepper Locke on 1/17/2025

On January 9, New Jersey Attorney General (AG) Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) launched a new Civil Rights and Technology Initiative aimed at addressing the potential for discrimination and bias...more

Hospital Policy for Universal Urine Drug Testing of Pregnant Women Comes Under Scrutiny for Alleged Violations of State Law...

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP on 10/10/2024

The Attorney General of New Jersey and the Director of the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights jointly commenced a lawsuit against the Virtua Health System and its constituent hospitals alleging that its policy and practices...more

Republican AGs Push Back on Scope of EPA’s Anti-Discrimination Regulations

Cozen O'Connor on 4/19/2024

A group of 23 Republican AGs filed a petition for rulemaking to the EPA demanding that it amend its regulations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act that prohibit recipients of EPA funds from engaging in certain...more

Md. Attorney General Can Now Bring Civil Actions Against Commercial Property Owners for Alleged Civil Rights Violations

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 5/22/2023

A new Maryland law allows the attorney general to seek equitable relief and fines of up to $25,000, as well as fees, against civil rights violators. The Maryland General Assembly passed during its recent session SB 540,...more

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