The 2022 proxy season has highlighted shareholders’ ever-growing focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In 2021, a new trend emerged as 13 shareholder proposals were filed calling on companies to conduct “civil...more
6/10/2022
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Civil Rights Act ,
Corporate Governance ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Non-Discrimination Rules ,
Proxy Season ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Race Discrimination ,
Race Relations ,
Shareholder Proposals
On October 7, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 331 (S.B. 331), which prohibits employers from including in settlement agreements or separation agreements certain provisions that bar employees...more
On Tuesday, January 26, President Biden signed a memorandum on discriminatory housing practices and policies. The memorandum is one of a series of recent executive actions focused on racial equity, representing the...more
2/1/2021
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Biden Administration ,
Disparate Impact ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Housing Discrimination ,
HUD ,
Native American Issues ,
Obama Administration ,
Presidential Memorandum ,
Prison ,
Rental Property ,
Trump Administration
Hours after his inauguration on January 20, 2021, President Biden signed 17 executive actions covering a wide range of issues, including several focused on discrimination and racial justice, immigration, and environmental...more
2/1/2021
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Biden Administration ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Census ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Climate Change ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
DACA ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Environmental Policies ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Gender Identity ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Muslims ,
National Environmental Policies ,
Presidential Proclamations ,
Race Discrimination ,
Race Relations ,
Sexual Stereotyping ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration ,
US-Mexico Border Wall