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Eleventh Circuit Decision Generates Further Concern in Diversity Initiatives

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On Monday, June 3, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that a contest providing venture-capital funding to only Black women was substantially likely to violate section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of...more

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Eleventh Circuit Temporarily Blocks Fearless Fund Grant Program For Black Women-Owned Businesses

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On June 3, 2024, the Eleventh Circuit authorized a preliminary injunction in American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Fearless Fund Management, LLC et al., ruling that a grant contest that awards funding and mentorship...more

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DEI Under Scrutiny, Part X: Eleventh Circuit Blocks Venture Capital Fund’s Grant Contest for Black Women-Owned Businesses

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit blocked a contest by a venture capital fund that provided grants and other benefits to black women-owned businesses, finding the contest is likely to unlawfully discriminate...more

Potomac Law Group, PLLC

Women Business Enterprise (WBE) Certification – What is it and how do you apply?

If you are a woman who owns and manages a business in the United States, you may be interested in applying for Women Business Enterprise (WBE) certification. ...more

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California Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Bill Requiring Venture Capitalists to Report on the Diversity of the Businesses They Invest...

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California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has signed a bill that mandates venture capitalists to report the diversity of the founding members of businesses they invest in, making the first state to require venture capital firms to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Project W: GenAI - Empowering Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders

Project W contributor and ally, Jeff Sabado, is Davis Wright Tremaine's Director of Knowledge Management and a member of the firm's AI Steering Committee. Jeff explores how Generative Artificial Intelligence – when used...more

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Women’s History Month Spotlight: Part 1 of a Q&A With Ogletree Shareholder Diana J. Nehro

In honor of Women’s History Month, we asked New York shareholder Diana Nehro, the newest member of the firm’s board of directors and chair of Ogletree Deakins’ Cross-Border Practice Group, a few questions about her...more

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Embracing Equity: The role of mentorship in professional services marketing - Passle launches CMO Series REPRESENTS

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To celebrate International Women’s Day 2023, we reached out to women across professional services marketing and business development to learn about their lived experiences in the industry. We were overwhelmed by the...more

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The White House Issues a Proclamation on Women’s History Month

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Seyfarth Synopsis:  President Biden recently proclaimed March 2023 as Women’s History Month. Biden also introduced womenshistorymonth.gov, for learning more about the contribution of women in our Nation’s history....more

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Boston Planning and Development Agency Institutes Policy on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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The Boston Planning and Development Agency (“BPDA”) has adopted a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy (“DEI”) that asks developers of large projects (adding/constructing more than 50,000 square feet), Planned Development...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

The Importance of Vendor Diversity

Vendor diversity is an important, even essential part of DEI. Even though some organizations may not have realized it yet. What is vendor diversity? While diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, has become more and...more

Morgan Lewis

A Conversation on Intersecting Identities, Advocacy, and Allyship

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Women of intersecting identities—including race, gender identity, class, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, and disability—face unique challenges in the workplace. Morgan Lewis, the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA), the...more

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Creating Solutions To Racism Problem In Construction Industry

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In 2020 alone, there were nearly 20 highly publicized incidents of flagrant racism on construction jobsites throughout North America, ranging from workers of color finding nooses hung in the workplace to racist graffiti. Many...more

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.

Framing the American Past to Better Understand Women and Gender History with UC Davis Professors Ellen Hartigan -O’Conner and Lisa...

[Trigger warning: This transcript and related audio recording contains material about sexual violence.] Today we’re going on record with Professors Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor and Lisa Materson. Both women are historians at UC...more

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.

Telling the Stories of Women Who Transformed our Nation with Holly Hotchner, President and CEO of the National Women’s History...

Holly Hotchner Holly has extensive experience creating new and interesting experiences for museum visitors and driving institutional advancement. She also led her own consulting firm working with nonprofits on strategic...more

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

Women in Leasing Demonstrate Inclusivity's Benefits

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) saw its highest attendance by women at its annual convention in Washington, D.C., this past October:  women comprised a record-breaking 18 percent of attendees. The ELFA is...more

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CFPB’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion issues annual report

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The CFPB’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) has issued its annual report to Congress covering the OMWI’s activities in FY 2016. The Dodd-Frank Act required the CFPB and various other federal agencies, including...more

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CFPB releases annual employee survey results, 2016-2020 Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan

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The CFPB released two items at year-end:  the results of its 2016 annual employee survey and its updated Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan (Strategic Plan) for 2016-2020....more

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MBA launches new networking platform for women

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Women in the real estate financing sector have a new opportunity to connect with others in their field and to access and exchange information about the industry. On October 18, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)...more

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Ballard Spahr Partner Dee Spagnuolo Joins CFPB OMWI Director on Panel at ABA Meeting

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Ballard Spahr Partner Dee Spagnuolo joined Director Stuart Ishimaru of the CFPB’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion and other industry leaders for the panel discussion "Diversity and Dodd-Frank Section 342," on September...more

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