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McGuireWoods Consulting

New Virginia Legislative Committees Brace For Effects Of Federal Downsizing

On Feb. 4, 2025, Virginia Speaker of the House Don Scott announced the creation of short-term emergency committee to address federal program cuts and layoffs. On March 8, 2025, Senate Finance and Appropriations Chairwoman...more

McDermott Will & Emery

California AB 2319 Expands Implicit Bias Training for Perinatal Care Providers

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California legislators enacted Assembly Bill (AB) 2319 last fall in a landmark attempt to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in maternal and infant healthcare by addressing implicit bias in pregnancy, childbirth, and...more

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Iowa 2025 Legislative Session – Week 10

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This week marks the halfway point between the first and second funnels of the 2025 Iowa Legislative session. Both the House and Senate advanced legislation ahead of that second funnel deadline, including several controversial...more

Cozen O'Connor

Illinois Insights: An update from Cozen O'Connor (3/12)

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Illinois schools turn to retirees, substitutes, outsourcing & state grants to combat prolonged teacher shortage - “From hiring retired educators to adjusting class offerings, Illinois schools are relying on a variety of...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

2025 Wyoming Legislative Session Recap

What a wild ride, pardners! Last week, legislators hit the trails back to their home communities, and the dust has finally settled in Cheyenne after yet another unprecedented legislative session....more

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak

New York State Senate Finance Committee to Consider DEI Bill

With the transfer of power to a new presidential administration, much of America is turning against the controversial diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) agenda. In Albany, however, the New York State Senate this week is...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

New York Employment Law: 2024 Legislative Update

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While in session, New York state legislators introduce all kinds of bills, most of which do not become laws, or at least not right away. But even unsuccessful bills can clue us in on what lawmakers are thinking, what policies...more

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A Look at the Proliferation of New Legislation Addressing IE&D Across the Country

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Over the last two years, starting even before the Supreme Court’s decision regarding affirmative action in June 2023, there has been a noticeable uptick in bills introduced in state legislatures restricting inclusion, equity,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Hot Topics: AI and ESG

The US Government Is Using AI To Detect Potential Wrongdoing, and Companies Should Too With agencies such as the SEC and DOJ using AI and other data analytics tools extensively to detect wrongdoing, companies need to adopt...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employers Offering DEI Training Need To Monitor Both Pro- and Anti-DEI Court Challenges and Legislative Proposals

The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2023 decision declaring the consideration of race in university admissions unconstitutional has had a significant impact on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives....more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: State Legislators Target Diversity Statements in Latest Effort to Dismantle DEI Initiatives

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As a growing number of state legislatures across the country advance anti-DEI initiatives before the end of their respective legislative sessions, diversity statements are in the crosshairs. Diversity statements began...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Diversifying the Boardroom: What Silicon Valley-Based and Other Large Public Companies Disclosed in 2022

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The intense focus on board diversity from a variety of stakeholders over the last several years has spurred many companies to examine the composition of their boards and to take action to diversify their boardrooms. While the...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 3, March 2023

Department of Education’s New Guidance on Personal Liability Requirements Leaves Uncertainty for Institutions - On March 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education (“DOE”) released guidance related to the instances in which...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Los Angeles Superior Court Invalidates California Law Requiring Gender Diversity on Company Boards

In Crest v. Padilla, No. 19STCV27561, 2022 WL 1565613 (Cal. Super. May 13, 2022), the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles (Duffy-Lewis, J.) issued a decision following a bench trial finding that Senate...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Stopping “Woke”? Florida HB 7, The Bill That Attempts To Put Florida Employers’ DEI Efforts To Sleep

Recently, the Florida House and Senate passed Florida HB 7, also known as, Florida’s “Stop WOKE” bill. The soon-to-be Florida law will expand the language of Fla. Stat. Ann. § 760.10, to include the prohibiting of certain...more

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