On March 19, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a joint press release announcing the release of two technical assistance documents designed to...more
3/24/2025
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Discrimination ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Hostile Environment ,
Joint Policy Statements ,
Race Discrimination ,
Retaliation ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Title VII
Last week, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (the “Department”) announced that it has initiated two sets of investigations against dozens of universities for alleged violations of Title VI....more
3/18/2025
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Colleges ,
Department of Education ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Government Investigations ,
Harassment ,
Investigations ,
OCR ,
Race Discrimination ,
Title VI ,
Universities
Following its February 14, 2025, “Dear Colleague Letter,”outlining DEI programs that could result in a loss of federal funding by February 28, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (the “Department”)...more
3/5/2025
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Dear Colleague Letter ,
Department of Education ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Equal Protection ,
Federal Funding ,
OCR ,
Race Discrimination ,
Title VI ,
Universities
On February 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (the “Department”) issued a “Dear Colleague Letter” to “clarify and reaffirm” that schools, colleges and universities receiving “federal financial...more
2/20/2025
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Colleges ,
Dear Colleague Letter ,
Department of Education ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Funding ,
OCR ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities