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Highlights from the SABANA Annual Conference, Vaishali Goyal, Kiman Kaur, Rajinder Saini

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We recently had the pleasure of attending the South Asian Bar Association of North America’s (SABANA) Annual Conference in Denver. It was an inspiring and energizing few days filled with connection, community, and meaningful...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Fearless Fund Settles Yearlong Suit with the American Alliance for Equal Rights

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Challenges to Race-based Initiatives Continue: Fearless Fund Settles Yearlong Suit with the American Alliance for Equal Rights, Ending the Strivers Grant Contest for Women of Color Business Owners - Fearless Fund is a venture...more

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U.S. Supreme Court to Review Title VII Reverse Discrimination Case

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On Oct. 4, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to hear Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services –a reverse discrimination case from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The question before the Supreme...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Court halts black-only grants program

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Chief Justice Roberts did say, "eliminating race discrimination means eliminating all of it." The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that a grant program -- which is available only to black females...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Federal Appeals Court Rules That Florida’s STOP W.O.K.E. Act is Unconstitutional

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In a strongly worded and unanimous opinion, a panel of judges from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals determined that Florida’s STOP W.O.K.E. Act is unconstitutional. The court noted that Florida’s defense of the law’s...more

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DEI Under Scrutiny, Part IV: Could the ‘Background Circumstances’ Rule for Discrimination Be Primed for Supreme Court Review?

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With high-profile challenges to employer diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and “reverse discrimination” claims on the rise, a case reinforcing the circuit split over whether plaintiffs from a “majority” group...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Fifth Circuit Upholds Nasdaq Board Diversity Rule

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Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld Nasdaq's board diversity rule, which the SEC first approved in August 2021 and was then challenged as unconstitutionally discriminatory and an improper...more

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Court of Appeals Hears Oral Arguments in Case Challenging Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rules

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On August 29, 2022, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in a case against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking to invalidate Nasdaq’s board diversity rules which were initially proposed by...more

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Truly Understanding NFJE's Diversity

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NFJE annually opens its NFJE Symposium to appellate judges from all over the country and from all walks of life without regard to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender identity or sexual orientation. But NFJE...more

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