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2 months ago | 
natlawreview.com | Meredith Gregston |Matthew Jenkins |Martin Hamilton |Amanda H Nussbaum
Skip to main content January 27, 2025 Volume XV, Number 27 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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2 months ago | 
natlawreview.com | Meredith Gregston
Much attention has been given to the Trump Administration’s new Executive Order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit Based Opportunity” (the “EO”). As stated, its principal aim is to eliminate race- and sex-based preferences administered in the name of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) and DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility) programs and policies.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
businesslawtoday.org | Meredith Gregston
In the past year, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College (“Harvard/UNC”),[1] a number of trends have emerged in the diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) legal landscape, including an increase in Section 1981 claims, suits against corporate DEI initiatives, challenges related to DEI programs based on the First Amendment, and actions involving scholarships in higher education.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Ryan Glasgow |Meredith Gregston |Elizabeth King
On July 26, 2024, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) released directive 2024-01 , which outlines updated procedures for expedited pre-enforcement conciliation. The directive provides guidance consistent with the OFCCP’s final rule titled Pre-Enforcement Notice and Conciliation Procedures which went into effect in September of 2023 (You can read our previous article regarding this final rule here).
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | James Kim |Christopher M. Pardo |Meredith Gregston |Brett Meyerhoff
Thank you for reading the National Law Review’s legal industry news roundup for August 2024. We hope you are enjoying your summer! Please read below for the latest in law firm hiring and expansion news, key industry awards and recognition and a feature on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and women in law. Barnes & Thornburg expanded its downtown Chicago office, marking the city’s largest law firm lease transaction to date in 2024.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | James Kim |Christopher M. Pardo |Meredith Gregston |Brett Meyerhoff
Welcome to the August 2024 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and significant insights in an accessible format, concluding with our main takeaways — aka “And the Fox Says…” — on what you need to know.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Meredith Gregston
On June 27, 2024, the Supreme Court released its opinion in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, which weakens the enforcement power of administrative agencies to adjudicate certain matters within the agency itself. The Court found that, when the SEC seeks civil penalties against a defendant for securities fraud, the defendant is entitled to a jury trial under the Seventh Amendment.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Amber M. Rogers |Meredith Gregston
This past week, the EEOC filed suit against 15 different employers located across 11 different states. There was one common theme in each action: an employer’s failure to complete EEO-1 Component 1 reports for both 2021 and 2022. By filing these lawsuits, the EEOC is requesting courts to order these employers to fulfill their requirement of providing their company’s workforce demographic data.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Josh Kleppin |Anne R. Yuengert |Ryan Glasgow |Meredith Gregston
Skip to main content April 11, 2024 Volume XIV, Number 102 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found. Trending News Episode 69: Why A Federal Court Ruling in Georgia Has the Attention of the Immigration Law Community Print Mail Download i Federal authorities increase the automatic extension period for certain employment authorization documents.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Ryan Glasgow |Meredith Gregston |Joseph J. Lazzarotti |Sarah Bro
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) recently issued an Alert warning that “threat actors employing advanced social engineering tactics to target IT help desks in the health sector and gain initial access to target organizations” has been on the rise.
