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Wisconsin Court of Appeals Finds Taxpayer-Funded College Grant Program to Be Unconstitutional

On February 26, 2025, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District II, determined that a program that provided taxpayer-funded educational grants to financially needy students of specific racial, national origin, and ancestry...more

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP

The Life of a Young Lord: Felipe Luciano & the Takeover of Lincoln Hospital (2-Part Interview)

The Lobbying Insider Podcast is proud to present this very special episode reuniting two men whose paths crossed at a tense political moment more than 50 years ago. Host Zack Fink is joined by Felipe Luciano, a founding...more

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Race-Conscious Grantmaking Litigation Updates: What Nonprofits Need to Know

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The Fearless Foundation has agreed to shut down its grant program for Black women business owners, settling a lawsuit that has been closely watched by nonprofit grant makers....more

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Are Changes Coming to EDGE in Ohio?

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On June 29, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued its historic decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, 600 U.S. 181 (2023). This decision upended decades of precedent and held that race-conscious...more

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Diversity Matters Newsletter Spring 2024 Edition

“Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness... We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with a difference. We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.” -The...more

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Better Health Care Newsletter - November 2023

We can all agree that health and wellness should be equal opportunity goals for all Americans, and your skin color shouldn’t matter. But it does. The health numbers for Blacks, Latinos and Asian Americans are so...more

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Republican AGs Set Sights on Corporate DEI After Affirmative Action Decision

Last week, 13 Republican state attorneys general published a letter to the largest companies in the country, creating confusion, uncertainty and risk for businesses that have sought to adopt diversity, equity and inclusion...more

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Federal Court Tackles Issue of Arbitrability in NFL Race Discrimination Suit, with Split Results

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Last year, we wrote about former National Football League coach Brian Flores and his lawsuit in February 2022 alleging racial discrimination against the NFL and several of its teams. In his lawsuit, Flores claimed that the...more

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CFPB and DOJ Order Mortgage Company to Pay Over $22 Million for Advertising and Marketing Discrimination

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​​​​​​​On July 27, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint and proposed consent order in a federal district court alleging that a mortgage company...more

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NFL’s Rooney Rule: The Flores Discrimination Suit’s Impact on DEI initiatives [More with McGlinchey Ep. 38]

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The NFL designed the Rooney Rule in 2002 to increase the recruitment of ethnic minorities in coaching positions. But recently, former Miami Dolphins head coach, Brian Flores, filed a collective action lawsuit against the NFL...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

The OFCCP in 2022 - What’s in Store?

Where did 2021 end? In a muddle. In the spring, the country was reaching COVID ‘herd immunity’ through vaccination. Then came summer and the Delta strain of the virus, followed by Christmas Eve, when 3,000 airline flights...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Hiring: Throw a Wider Net for Bottom Line and Commonwealth

We are just beginning to move into what we hope will be a “post-COVID” world.  At the same time, responding to race-related tragedies, companies are struggling with how to address the structural inequities infecting our...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Awareness, Awokeness, And Affirmative Action

When you think about diversity, equity, and inclusion, you may think about racial disparities in policing, criminal justice reform, gender wage gaps, or even statements by major corporations, politicians, or celebrities. Or...more

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To Combat Racism, NIH Advised to Require Annual Data, Issue Institutional ‘Report Card’

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 4 (April 2021) - Following social injustice protests over police brutality against Black people and the health disparities accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, an advisory committee...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Honoring Black Women Making History in the Pacific Northwest

At Schwabe, we are deeply committed to facing inequities and existing oppressive systems head-on. Though racial injustice has long woven its way into most corners of our society and communities, we have a reason for hope as...more

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Does Hilaria Baldwin Qualify As A Member Of An "Underrepresented Community"?

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Last year, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 979 (2020 Cal. Stats. ch. 316) into law.  No later than the end of this year, "publicly held corporations" with their principal executive offices in California are...more

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The Making of Overhaul of Advocacy, a Resource Database for Allies and Antiracists: On Record PR

Join us as host Gina Rubel, Esq., goes on record with Mary Hudson and Carlyn LaGrone, the co-creators of Overhaul of Advocacy, an allyship and antiracist database website which includes advocacy and activism for anyone who...more

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California’s Push For Diverse Corporate Boards

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California Assembly Bill 929 (the “Diversity Bill”), which was passed by the California State Legislature on August 30, 2020, and signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom on September 30, 2020, requires domestic...more

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California Expands Diversity Requirements for Public Company Boards

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California Governor Gavin Newsom on September 30 signed into law Assembly Bill No. 979, which requires publicly held companies headquartered in California to have a minimum number of directors from “underrepresented...more

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New California Law Mandates Corporate Board Diversity

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In the midst of national conversations surrounding racial equity and social justice, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 979 into law on September 30, 2020. AB 979 is a first-of-its-kind legislation requiring that no later than...more

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