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As we welcome 2025, here are 10 must-read Constangy bulletins and blog posts from 2024, highlighting insights that guided our readers through important legal developments, workplace issues, and the challenges in cybersecurity...more
“Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness... We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with a difference. We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.” -The...more
On March 4, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit struck down a part of a politically charged Florida law known as the “Stop WOKE Act” that sought to restrict workplace training on certain diversity,...more
Last June, the United States Supreme Court held in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard Coll that affirmative action policies at universities violate the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause...more
The Supreme Court of the United States declined to review a case alleging that facially race-neutral admissions criteria at a selective Virginia public high school were unlawfully intended to strike a racial balance, leaving...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that it is illegal to consider race in college admissions decisions. While the decision did not apply to employers, employers should be aware that the decision is being used as a roadmap...more
Following the death of George Floyd and mass protests against racial inequity in 2020 culminating years of slowly building stakeholder pressure on various aspects of diversity, many companies expressed their commitment to...more
Samer Yousif has spent his career building entrepreneurial and investor ecosystems and is on a mission to bring racial equity to the venture ecosystem. Samer shared with us how BLCK VC and Investors of Color aim to increase...more
On April 21, 2023, Sands Anderson attended the Virginia State Bar’s Third Annual Forum on Diversity in the Legal Profession. This well-attended program provided dynamic speakers focused on the topic of diversity, equity, and...more
Take-aways From Director Chopra’s Semi-Annual Report to Congress - On April 6, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its semi-annual report to Congress required under Dodd-Frank....more
We've come a long way, but we have a long way to go. Since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968, we've recognized Dr. King for his leadership, service, and sacrifice for social justice to advance the Civil...more
"Be kind but firm." This is advice I received from a judge for whom I clerked when I asked for his guidance on how to deal with what I perceived to be implicit bias while deposing an opposing party's expert. The expert, a...more
When I graduated from law school, all I knew about the legal profession I was about to enter was that I was going to make more money than all of my immediate family members combined (yes, I come from a small family but, at...more
On January 20, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order entitled “On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.” The Executive Order initially recognizes that...more
Many companies made pledges and commitments to advance racial equity in the workplace during 2020. Will employers honor their commitments to create and maintain a racially equitable workplace? Their employees are watching...more
The national conversation about racism and the need for social justice reached a boiling point after the death of George Floyd in May. Since then, law firms have been ramping efforts around what they can do to demonstrate...more
McDermott’s Employment group is proud to invite you to a keynote presentation with Vernā Myers, Vice President, Inclusion Strategy at Netflix and Founder of The Vernā Myers Company, a nationally recognized consultancy on...more
I recently watched and reflected upon “A Discussion of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Public Relations and Beyond.” The program was presented by the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA)....more
As the national conscience has elevated after the death of George Floyd regarding social justice and racial equality, many employers have begun to self-reflect on their own standing with communities of color and the Black...more