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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Allan Bloom |Guy Brenner |Evandro C Gigante
On May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued amemorandum (the "Memorandum")establishing the Department of Justice's "Civil RightsFraud Initiative" (the "Initiative").
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1 month ago | 
jdsupra.com | Allan Bloom |Guy Brenner |Evandro C Gigante
On May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum (the “Memorandum”) establishing the Department of Justice’s “Civil Rights Fraud Initiative” (the “Initiative”).
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2 months ago | 
natlawreview.com | Guy Brenner
ACLU files complaint against Intuit for AI hiring tool bias, citing disability and racial disparities. Similar lawsuits spotlight risks in AI-driven recruitment
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Evandro C Gigante |Keisha-Ann G. Gray |Guy Brenner |Steven J Pearlman
As we previously reported, on March 3, 2025, theMaryland District Court denied Defendants' motion to stay thepreliminary injunction in National Association of DiversityOfficers in Higher Education v. Trump, preventing the federalgovernment from enforcing several DEI-related clauses in its recentExecutive Orders. The court held that the Government had not showna likelihood of success on the merits and that both the balance ofharms and the public interest weighed against the stay.
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Guy Brenner |Justin Chuang |Evandro C Gigante
As we previously reported, on March 3, 2025, the Maryland District Court denied Defendants’ motion to stay the preliminary injunction in National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump, preventing the federal government from enforcing several DEI-related clauses in its recent Executive Orders. The court held that the Government had not shown a likelihood of success on the merits and that both the balance of harms and the public interest weighed against the stay.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
governmentcontractorcomplianceupdate.com | Guy Brenner |Olympia Karageorgiou
While much of the focus on President Trump’s recent Executive Order on Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity (the “EO”) has
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
lawandtheworkplace.com | Guy Brenner |Jonathan Slowik
In the final installment of our AI at Work series, partner Guy Brenner and senior counsel Jonathan Slowik tackle a critical issue: mismatches between how
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Guy Brenner |Jonathan Slowik
In part three of our series on potential pitfalls in the use ofartificial intelligence (or AI) when it comes to employmentdecisions, partner Guy Brenner and senior counsel Jonathan Slowik dive into the concept of"black box" systems—AI tools whose internaldecision-making processes are not transparent. The internalworkings of such systems may not be well understood, even by thedevelopers who create them.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
natlawreview.com | Guy Brenner
With President Trump’s second administration set to begin on January 20, 2025, federal contractors and subcontractors are anxiously awaiting what he might do with respect to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) and the employment obligations imposed on federal government contractors. While the Trump transition team has not signaled exactly what is in store, it seems likely that changes are coming. Below we provide some thoughts on what might occur.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
openlegalblogarchive.org | Guy Brenner |Jonathan Slowik
In part three of our series on potential pitfalls in the use of artificial intelligence (or AI) when it comes to employment decisions, partner Guy Brenner and senior counsel Jonathan Slowik dive into the concept of “black box” systems—AI tools whose internal decision-making processes are not transparent. The internal workings of such systems may not be well understood, even by the developers who create them.
