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New Jersey Division on Civil Rights Issues Finding of Probable Cause Against Consumer Financial Services Company for...

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On March 11, New Jersey Attorney General (AG) Matthew Platkin and the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced that DCR issued a finding of probable cause against Advance Funding Partners/Same Day Funding (Advance...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Court Enjoins Bulk of President Trump’s DEI Executive Order, Democratic State AGs Offer Guidance on ‘Lawful’ Practices

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Reverberations from the Trump administration’s recent executive order (EO) denouncing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices intensified Friday when a federal judge in Baltimore issued a nationwide preliminary...more

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State AGs Double Down on DEI (and ESG)

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In December, we covered the announcement by 11 Republican state AGs of an antitrust suit against investment companies related to coal companies and ESG goals led by Texas. With the new year and new administration, we have...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

What to Know About the War Being Waged Against DEI

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Can you still have DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs? How about affirmative action plans? The Supreme Court’s June 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard garnered national attention in holding...more

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Banks Targeted by Attorney Generals

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On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump, through Executive Order, declared affirmative action and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs unlawful in the federal government and also for those employers who enter into...more

Cozen O'Connor

Costco Urged by Republican AGs to Repeal DEI Policies

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A group of 19 Republican AGs announced that they have sent a letter to Costco Wholesale Corporation, warning that its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies may violate state and federal civil rights laws prohibiting...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

State Attorneys General Clash Over the Legality of DEI Initiatives

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From Congress’ recently proposed “Dismantle DEI Act of 2024” to the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit’s decision permitting mandatory diversity training by employers, diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) programs...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Missouri sues IBM over alleged diversity quotas

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State Attorney General follows through on threat. Last summer, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v....more

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Missouri AG Alleges IBM Used Unlawful Quotas in Employment Practices

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Missouri AG Andrew Bailey has sued International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”), alleging that the company’s use of racial quotas in hiring and other employment actions violates the Missouri Human Rights Act’s...more

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Dueling Over Diversity: Republican and Democratic AG Letters Highlight the Divide Over Corporate Diversity Initiatives

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While the Supreme Court's recent decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College was explicitly limited to the educational setting, its prohibition of race-based affirmative action...more

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