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Corporate Counsel

Many Companies Doubling Down on DEI Despite Backlash

While a new study from Littler Mendelson found companies are determined to press on with their DEI initiatives, it found they're tending to avoid "legally thorny" practices, such as providing incentives to executives to advance diversity.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cozen O'Connor Launches DEI Strategies and Solutions Practice

"One of the fundamental things that we receive are clients who have solely relied on a law firm or solely relied on a consultant," said group leader Simeon Brier, who's based in South Florida. "It's hard to operate with the left arm not knowing what the right arm is doing."
4 minute read

Pro Mid Market

To Reach DEI Goals, Structural Challenges Require Structural Solutions

While many firms, small and large alike, take a programmatic and educational approach to their equity efforts, the firms making substantial progress are taking a structural approach, writes diversity consultant Amie K. Santos.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The Four Groups Grappling With DEI-Related Litigation Following the Affirmative Action Decision

Litigation threats challenging employment-related DEI practices, foundations and other charitable institutions, vendor and supplier diversity programs, corporate board governance programs, and investment strategies emerged using the Court's reasoning in the Harvard/UNC decision. This article discusses the latest litigation trends for those areas.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

'I Was Just White-Shamed': Employee Sues Over Fallout From Diversity Training

"We feel like there's a lot of allegations here that would show that the school district really deliberately went after [the plaintiff] and retaliated against him for exercising his constitutional right," The Fairness Center's Nathan McGrath said.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

White and Male: Men Account for 68% of Georgia's Judicial Appointments

After being reelected to a second term, Gov. Brian Kemp appointed more than two-dozen judges to Georgia state, superior and appellate courts in 2023.
1 minute read

The American Lawyer

Is Edward Blum Done Suing Law Firms?

A profession struggling for more equitable representation confronts a legal activist who wants law firms to be colorblind.
10 minute read

Law.com

Greenberg Traurig's Ted Blum, Author of 'Calculated Risks,' Reflects on a Lawyer's Duty in Light of Israeli-Palestine Conflict

"I feel that my skills as a counselor are called upon to stand up against antisemitism today," Ted Blum said.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Why Jews Belong Under The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Umbrella

"Including Jews under the DEI umbrella would accomplish three things. First is education. Providing more knowledge could bring more understanding. Second is bridging differences. Fostering communication will help build relationships and facilitate productive dialogue. Third is community. Jews need a safe space to connect and explore the range of experiences we are facing."
5 minute read

The Recorder

'Courts Have to Do Better': Juul MDL Judge Dings Diversity Deficits at Plaintiffs Firms

At a Monday hearing, U.S. District Judge William Orrick, in the Northern District of California, allowed up to $150 million in attorney fees to move forward but questioned the lack of diversity among the 62 plaintiffs firms in the Juul multidistrict litigation.
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