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Key Insights on Executive Order Directing Scrutiny of Private-Sector DEI Efforts

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/28/2025

On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the Order) directing federal agencies to enforce federal civil rights laws to...more

A Shadow of Things to Come: DOJ Filings in Affirmative Action and Title IX Cases

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 2/8/2021

On February 3, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) took steps in two separate cases to execute on expected changes in policy promised by the Biden Administration in the areas of affirmative action and Title IX. It...more

What Should Employers Expect During The New Supreme Court Term?

Fisher Phillips on 9/30/2015

The first Monday in October is the traditional first day of a new U.S. Supreme Court term. As always, the 2015-16 term will have several cases that are of particular interest to the nation’s employers. Here is a review of...more

Fifth Circuit Issues Important Ruling on Affirmative Action in Higher Education

Foley Hoag LLP on 7/18/2014

Earlier this week, in Fisher v. University of Texas, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the constitutionality of the undergraduate admissions program at the University of Texas at...more

Supreme Court Issues Important Affirmative Action And Employment Law Decisions

Proskauer - Government Contractor Compliance... on 6/27/2013

This week the Supreme Court issued three decisions that may significantly impact federal contractors and other employers: In Fisher v. University of Texas, No. 11-345 (U.S. June 24, 2013), the Supreme Court held that a...more

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