By Alexander Lugo | September 11, 2023
"You're looking at not only outside interest groups that are trying to dismantle DEI efforts, but you're also looking at the state itself that may take interest in what DEI efforts are being put in place," said Adrian Felix, chair of Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod's DEI committee.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | September 8, 2023
Marredia Crawford, now Chief Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Officer at global firm Baker McKenzie, said her focus is continuing to move forward with inclusion at the firm.
By Allison Dunn | September 8, 2023
"Looking at comparators, looking at other things that don't add up, looking at the stories that are being told about your client. [That is] the less shiny sort of stuff but it's the meat and potatoes that end up making of lot of these cases work," said plaintiffs counsel David A. Karman, a senior associate at Gilbert Employment Law in Maryland.
By Matt Spencer and Angela Vallot | September 7, 2023
In any recruiting process, a myriad of factors determine a candidate's potential—too many for any one recruiter to consider without the use of technology.
By Brian Lee | September 5, 2023
Orrick New York employment law partner Jill Rosenberg said corporations should be "showing our DEI officers some love," given the increased pressures and work they are facing.
The Legal Intelligencer | Event|News
By Amanda O'Brien | August 31, 2023
"It's important for us to take a wait-and-see approach and prepare for what the outcome may be," Ballard Spahr chief DEI officer Virginia Essandoh said of lawsuits pending against Perkins Coie and Morrison & Foerster over their own DEI initiatives.
By Marianna Wharry | August 31, 2023
"Freeburg Law is proud to represent members of the LGBTQIA+ community who have been wrongfully harmed," said Rachel Berkness of Freeburg Law in Jackson, Wyoming, who represented the defendant, Artemis Langford. "In this case, the legal system was used as a weapon to bully Ms. Langford simply for being transgender. The plaintiffs did not bring any causes of action against her and admitted that they sought no relief from her. Yet they used our courts to repeat false, drunken rumors about Ms. Langford and then immediately started newsjacking to drive traffic to their crowdfunding page. We are proud that the court put an end to this farce."
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Jen Rubin and Narges Kakalia | August 31, 2023
Corporate counsel are well positioned to play a key role in focusing their companies on the case for DEI, whether premised on fundamental fairness, correcting for historical underrepresentation, or aligning with the shareholder goal of profitability.
Daily Report Online | Commentary
By James W. "Jim" Wimberly Jr. | August 31, 2023
A minority of the public believes that "equal opportunity under the law" is insufficient, and instead believes there must be equal results under the law. This minority of the public believes that preferential treatment is necessary to achieve equality of results.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By D.L. Morriss | August 30, 2023
In this column, D.L. Morriss discusses the diversity conundrum within the legal profession and presents steps to take toward solving it.
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