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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +

EEOC Investigates 20 Private Law Firms Questioning Their DEI-Related Employment Practices

Offit Kurman on 3/19/2025

On March 17, EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas sent letters to 20 large law firms requesting information about their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) related employment practices. The letters express the EEOC’s suspicions...more

Why Title VI Training is Necessary Now

TNG Consulting on 3/18/2025

An ATIXA Testimonial by Alexis Piñero-Benson, University of New Hampshire Following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack in Israel and the ongoing geopolitical conflict, many colleges and universities witnessed a surge of...more

President Trump Issues Sweeping Executive Orders Aimed at DEI

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 1/23/2025

In his inaugural address on Monday, January 20, 2025, President Trump declared, “We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based.” In the days that followed, President Trump has proceeded to issue a series of...more

New Jersey Guidance on AI: Employers Must Comply With State Anti-Discrimination Standards

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/20/2025

On January 9, 2025, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights issued guidance stating that New Jersey’s anti-discrimination law applies to artificial intelligence. Specifically, the New...more

New Jersey AG Platkin Announces New Guidance on AI Use

Troutman Pepper Locke on 1/17/2025

On January 9, New Jersey Attorney General (AG) Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) launched a new Civil Rights and Technology Initiative aimed at addressing the potential for discrimination and bias...more

The man who said "no" to DEI training, and four lessons for employers

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 7/12/2024

Employer's DEI mandate scores a win. A white guy refused to take his employer's mandatory "unconscious bias" training, and he was fired. He sued the employer for retaliation, his lawsuit was dismissed, and this week an...more

U.S. Department of Education Guidance and Resources about Addressing Discrimination and Harassment on the Basis of National Origin

Husch Blackwell LLP on 2/13/2024

The Biden Administration has made concentrated efforts to address the rise in reports of antisemitic, Islamophobic, and other hate-based or bias-based incidents in schools and on college campuses since the beginning of the...more

New AI Executive Order Outlines Sweeping Approach to AI

Wiley Rein LLP on 11/1/2023

On October 30, 2023, the White House released an Executive Order for Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (EO), which outlines a sweeping plan for encouraging the development and managing the risks of...more

Century Park Associates / Garden Plaza Of Greenbriar Cove Sued By EEOC For Religious Bias

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/28/2017

Retirement Community Demanded Two Employees Work on Sabbath, Federal Agency Charges - CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Century Park Associates, LLC, dba Garden Plaza at Greenbriar Cove, which operates a senior and assisted living...more

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