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On Sept. 11, an Atlanta-based venture capital fund that ran a minority grant program, and an advocacy group founded by longtime diversity, equity and inclusion opponent Edward Blum, surprised many DEI advocates by announcing...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit released its much-anticipated follow-up decision in American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Fearless Fund Management, LLC, on June 3, 2024. The case has been closely watched by...more
Two recent federal court decisions shed new light on the ongoing wave of challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision one year ago in Students for Fair Admissions v....more
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
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
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
On Monday, June 3, 2024, the Eleventh Circuit of Appeals held that the “Fearless Strivers Grant Contest, an entrepreneurship funding competition open only to businesses owned by black women” was “substantially unlikely to...more
A federal District Court in Ohio recently ruled that a white litigant did not have standing to assert a discrimination claim against a contest that had provided grants to Black-owned businesses. The decision in Roberts v....more
H.R. 3684 of the 117th Congress passed the U.S. Senate on August 10 with a vote of 69-30. This bipartisan infrastructure legislation would make historic investments without increasing taxes, authorizing $550 billion in new...more
On April 27, 2021, the Italian Parliament, in both Chambers, Representative and Senate, approved the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. Now the Government shall submit within April 30th the Plan to the European Commission...more