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Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Highlights from the 2024 Hot Topics in Employment Law Seminar

Miles & Stockbridge’s Labor, Employment, Benefits & Immigration Practice Group presented its 22nd annual Hot Topics in Employment Law seminar April 11 to clients from throughout Maryland and beyond....more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Insurance Coverage for Harvard’s SCOTUS Affirmative Action: Broker Malpractice as the Next Chapter in the Coverage Playbook

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In this episode of “Don't Take No For an Answer,” hosts Lynda A. Bennett and Eric Jesse, partners in Lowenstein Sandler’s Insurance Recovery Group, discuss an insurance coverage issue stemming from the U.S. Supreme Court case...more

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Insurance Update - September 2023

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We touch upon several topics in our September Insurance Update. We begin with two federal circuit court rulings on late notice – one involving a claims-made policy and the other an occurrence policy. In these cases, the...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Supreme Court Ends Use of Race as a Factor in College Admissions

In a much-anticipated decision, the Supreme Court last week ended the use of race as a factor in college admissions, effectively overturning its precedent in Grutter v. Bollinger. In a vote of 6-3, the Court held that the...more

Brooks Pierce

Implications for Employers Following the Supreme Court’s Latest Civil Rights Decisions

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In three long-awaited decisions released on June 29-30, the Supreme Court has altered the legal landscape between an employer and its employees. One decision concerning affirmative action and the use of race-based decision...more

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The End of Affirmative Action?

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The Supreme Court’s decision was rendered in a pair of cases brought by a group called Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) challenging the admissions policies of Harvard and the University of North Carolina. SFFA argued that...more

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After High Court’s Affirmative Action Rulings, Schools Must Review Admissions Policies

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The pair of highly anticipated affirmative action decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court this week will immediately affect admissions policies at institutions of higher education across the nation. Any institution...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

SCOTUS Strikes Down Affirmative Action

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Today, in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, the United States Supreme Court declared that race-based college admissions systems, otherwise known as affirmative action, are...more

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Preparing for the Harvard and UNC Decision [What Employers Need to Know]

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The Supreme Court is expected to provide a final decision in the cases against Harvard and the University of North Carolina (UNC) by the Students for Fair Admissions in the next month. The cases center around a long-held...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Cos. Should Plan To Protect DEI Before Supreme Court Ruling

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With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to reverse course on affirmative action, companies may soon find their corporate diversity and inclusion programs facing scrutiny. The court this term is considering whether to overturn the...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Universities Prepare for End of Affirmative Action

Schools are developing strategies now for maintaining campus diversity if the Supreme Court bars consideration of race in admissions. Many experts believe that the Supreme Court will hold that Harvard and UNC’s...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

[Webinar] Panel Discussion – The Current Debate Over Affirmative Action: What This Means for Employers - April 5th, 9:30 am PT

As we await the Supreme Court’s decisions on the Harvard and UNC cases involving the long-held practice of using race as a factor in student admissions policies, affirmative action hangs in the balance and poses questions as...more

Venable LLP

Potential Changes Coming to Labor and Employment Laws for Employers to Watch in 2023

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If there's one thing employers can be sure of from one year to the next, it's that the laws and regulations governing their workplace and workforce are likely to change and develop, at least to some extent. Whether big or...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

[Webinar] Potential Implications for the U.S. Supreme Court's Decision Impacting Affirmative Action (Higher Ed) - December 21st,...

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This program will review arguments before the Supreme Court in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College (No. 20-1199) and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina (No....more

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California Private Employers Who Engage in Diversity Efforts Should Be Paying Attention to UNC and Harvard Affirmative Action...

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In ten days, on October 31, 2022, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two very important affirmative action education cases. In Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College (Harvard), the plaintiffs...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

[Webinar] Supreme Court Preview (Higher Ed) - October 7th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s October term has a number of cases that may impact higher education. This webinar will review the arguments in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College, No. 20-1199...more

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Spotlight on Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College

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Nearly forty-five years after its decision in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn or significantly depart from its prior approval of the use of race as a “plus...more

Franczek P.C.

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Two Higher Education Affirmative Action Cases in Upcoming Term

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently announced that it would again consider the role race plays in college admissions by taking up two cases where race-conscious admissions policies are at issue. ...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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First Circuit Upholds Harvard’s Affirmative Action Program

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently upheld Harvard’s limited use of race in its admission process. In so ruling, the First Circuit rejected claims by the Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. (“SFFA”) that...more

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Harvard's Affirmative Action Plan Upheld by First Circuit: Victory Now But What Will Come Next?

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On November 12, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld the use of race by Harvard College in its student admissions program against a challenge brought by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), a group...more

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Harvard College’s Affirmative Action Admissions Plan Upheld in Recent Decision: Key Takeaways for Colleges & Universities

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On September 30, 2019, the District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued its long-awaited opinion in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, _ F. Supp. 3d. _, 2019 WL 4786210,...more

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Takeaways for College, University, and K-12 Leaders from Recent Harvard Race Discrimination Decision

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On October 1, a federal trial court in Massachusetts upheld Harvard University’s use of race in its admissions process against a challenge that the policy discriminates against Asian-American students on the basis of race....more

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Federal Court in Massachusetts Finds Race May Be an Admission Factor

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Executive Summary: The long-awaited decision from a federal judge in Massachusetts was released on September 30, 2019 finding Harvard College’s admissions policy, where in race is considered a limited factor when admitting...more

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Federal Judge Upholds Harvard's Race-Conscious Admissions Policy

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In a much anticipated decision, Judge Allison Burroughs of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts held this week that Harvard College’s admission’s policy, which considers race among many factors, is lawful....more

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