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Corporate Counsel

Conservative Groups Challenge Corporate DEI Initiatives With Recent Success

"It is to be hoped that corporations that enacted illegal and polarizing DEI policies during the last few years will end those policies before they are sued," said Ed Blum of the American Alliance for Equal Rights.
7 minute read

International Edition

Which Law Firms Have the Most State School-Educated Lawyers?

Social mobility continues to be one of the most overlooked diversity metrics, as law firms struggle to catch up to the U.K. national average.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Expanding Law Firm PR Programs Crucial to Empowering Diverse Voices

"Law firms should develop a spokesperson program that encourages organic involvement and reiterates the firm's goal of exemplifying unique attorney perspectives," write Catherine Oswalt and Melissa Anderson of Infinite Global.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Tractor Supply CEO Says DEI Dust-Up Had No 'Measurable Impact'

"We learned from others who had gone before us on this and moved fast and tried to remove the perceived political and social agendas from our policies." Tractor Supply CEO Hal Lawton said.
3 minute read

Law.com

The Week in Data July 24: A Look at Legal Industry Trends by the Numbers

Catch up on this week's data and insights from across the Law.com Newsroom, including the demographics of Georgia's judicial appointments and revenue growth at New Jersey and New York law firms.
1 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

With Our Powers Combined, the Delaware Bar Could Soon Reflect the State's Population

It is no secret that significant work remains necessary to achieve diversity in the legal profession that is reflective of the population it serves and, like many other states, Delaware has its fair share of work cut out for it.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Many Southeast Firms See Rankings Fall for Diversity of Lawyers, Leadership

Atlanta's three largest firms—Alston & Bird, King & Spalding and Troutman Pepper—all dropped in The American Lawyer's latest Diversity Scorecard rankings. And they weren't alone.
4 minute read

Law.com

Inside Track: ESG Movement Hits 'Teenage Years,' Testing Companies' Resolve

"We've ended up with the worst of both worlds," New York University professor Alison Taylor told IR Magazine recently. "Companies treating this as PR and attention directed away from the political process by implying that these companies are solving problems they're not solving."
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Companies Deluged With Anti-ESG Shareholder Proposals

Some firms are receiving pro-ESG and anti-ESG proposals on the same issue, underscoring how challenging topics such as diversity and climate change have become for corporate America.
5 minute read

International Edition

The Age-Old Question: The Law Firms with the Oldest and Youngest Lawyers

Age within law firms is a complex and often overlooked matter—Law.com data reveals significant variability in how different firms approach the issue in the U.K.
6 minute read

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