Market Leaders Podcast Episode 94: Exploring the Perils of Optics-Driven DEI Initiatives with Guest Mira Dewji
What Does Pride Mean at Work Today?
GILTI Conscience Podcast | Spotlight Series: A Celebration of Pride Month With IRS Veteran De Lon Harris
Juneteenth
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 19: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in the Workplace with Stephanie Mays, Maynard Nexsen Chief Talent Officer
The Reality of DEI Programs: A Big Brother Perspective — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 189: Student Mental Health with Dr. Stephanie Irby Coard, UNC Professor
DE Talk | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Progress Amidst Opposition within Corporate, Political, & Social Spheres
Webinar: Is Your DEI Policy Setting You Up for a Lawsuit?
DE Under 3: A Discussion on Continuing the Focus on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging While Facing Setbacks
Deborah Farone on Why BD Coaching is Essential for Women - Passle's CMO Series Podcast
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 32 - Celebrating Women’s History Month With WWCDA’s Global Chair and Co-Founder
Decoding Discrimination Laws: What Employers Need to Know
DE Talk Podcast | The Platinum Rule of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
CMO Series REPRESENTS - Terra Davis of Knobbe Martens on Fostering Psychological Safety, Inclusion and Belonging
#WorkforceWednesday: NLRB Wants Shuttered Starbucks Stores Reopened, Big Tech Retreats from DEI Programs, and Employers Scrap College Requirements - Employment Law This Week®
DE Talk Podcast | Embracing Generational Differences at Work
Passle's CMO Series REPRESENTS - Beyond Sight: Advancing Accessibility in Digital Marketing with Tim Dixon of Intertek
Transforming Leadership with Wisdom from the LGBTQ Community: On Record PR
Podcast - Barbie y el mundo empresarial en Colombia
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The agenda for Mintz’s Annual Employment Law Summit taking place on May 15th in San Diego is now available! This year, we are thrilled to feature Hon. William McCurine as our keynote speaker. The segments this year include:...more
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A federal appeals court has affirmed a jury verdict awarding nearly $4 million in lost wages, benefits, and interest to a white male employee who based reverse discrimination allegations in part on circumstantial evidence...more
We have previously discussed the impact of the Supreme Court’s June 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellow of Harvard College (SFFA) on diversity, equity and inclusion in the employment...more
On 22 January 2024, the Financial Reporting Council (the FRC) published revisions to the UK Corporate Governance Code (the 2024 UKCGC), replacing the 2018 version with effect from financial years commencing on or after 1...more
From the classroom to the boardroom, attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) gained significant momentum in 2023. Bolstered by their victory at the Supreme Court in the Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) cases,...more
Last month, two courts reached different conclusions about the legality of companies’ diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) programs under Section 1981. The cases display different tactics and defenses and raise questions...more
A flurry of recent lawsuits in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June decision on affirmative action have further muddied the waters for public companies trying to thread their way through competing interests....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Companies have been following with interest the Harvard and UNC cases that address affirmative action in the context of higher education. Both cases were argued before the Supreme Court on October 31, 2022...more
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
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On November 15, 2022, Skadden held a webinar titled “Preparing for the 2023 Shareholder Proposal Season.” The panelists were Gianna McCarthy, Director of Corporate Governance for the New York State Common Retirement Fund (NYS...more
Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives have gone from nice-to-have to must-have over the last few years, but creating a diverse workforce involves more than just race, ethnicity, and gender. It also includes individuals...more
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge struck down California’s board gender diversity statute on May 13, 2022. The court found that Senate Bill 826 violated the California Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause....more
On May 13, 2022, the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County held that SB 826, the law requiring companies with headquarters in California to have a prescribed number of women on their boards of directors, is...more
As we recognize Black History Month and the Chinese and Vietnamese New Year, it is a great time to take stock at our organizations and all we are doing to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment. This is...more
Bricker & Eckler invites you to attend our Corporate Counsel Summit, hosted by Bricker & Eckler's Walker Link Leadership Group. This year's event features the following presentations and speakers...more
As issuers prepare for the end of the 2021 calendar year and the beginning of the 2022 proxy season, many will soon begin circulating director and officer questionnaires. Nasdaq-listed issuers should consider including new...more
As has been previously discussed in this space, California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber is seeking dismissal of a federal court challenge to California's director quota mandates - SB 826 and AB 979. Alliance For Fair...more
On August 6, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved Nasdaq listing rules implementing new board diversity disclosure requirements that will apply to most Nasdaq-listed companies (Nasdaq Board Diversity Rules)....more
As if issuers needed a reminder that it’s always the right time to be thinking about board composition, earlier this month, the SEC approved new Nasdaq rules that will require companies listed on that exchange to collect and...more
A program for CEOs, Managers, In-House Counsel, and Human Resource Professionals. The post-pandemic workplace is full of challenges, both old and new, in the HR realm. Our attorneys will be providing a full day of...more
In our latest issue of the Class Action Trends Report, Jackson Lewis attorneys discuss how employers can undertake Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives without risking class action discrimination suits; wage and...more
California's statutes requiring that publicly held corporations have a minimum number of female directors and directors from "underrepresented communities" rely upon the individual's self identification. Cal. Corp. Code §§...more