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Ten State Attorneys General Launch Inquiry into Major Financial Institutions’ DEI & ESG Programs

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/30/2025

The Attorneys General of ten states have issued a letter challenging the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs at six major financial institutions in the United...more

DEI Under Scrutiny, Part I: Increased Challenges to DEI Programming Give Employers a Reason to Perform Risk Assessments

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/1/2023

This article is the first part of Ogletree Deakins’ series, “DEI Under Scrutiny,” which examines the evolving employment law landscape for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the United States....more

Diversity Driven Derivative Suits: Culture Wars Come to the Boardroom

DarrowEverett LLP on 9/26/2023

Traditionally deployed to protect a corporation from its board’s imprudent investment or financial decision-making, in recent years shareholders have taken to bringing derivative actions on a corporation’s behalf for its...more

Attorneys Should Have An Ethical Duty To Advance DEI

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 5/9/2023

Following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, companies increasingly began performing racial equity and civil rights assessments to measure company performance in terms of achieving goals related to social justice and...more

The “S” in ESG: Tying Compensation To DEI Goals

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/21/2022

As companies plan and strategize about next steps regarding the “S” of ESG, i.e., Social initiatives, we are often asked about best practices in promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) goals in the workplace....more

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