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As the new year begins, many employers are taking the time to consider areas for potential advancement when it comes to company culture.

On April 3, 2025, a group of former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) officials issued a statement defending specific employer diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in response to technical assistance issued by the acting director of the EEOC last month...

As we have previously reported, a growing number of states and localities have enacted legislation requiring employers to post salary ranges for available positions and prohibiting employers from asking applicants...

The Texas comptroller suspended certification and recertification of Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB) for state procurements.

On Friday, January 30, 2026, Andrew Ferguson, the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), sent warning letters to over 40 law firms about their purported involvement in the Mansfield Certification program...

As 2024 draws to a close, I reflect on a year marked by global transformation, emerging possibilities and steadfast commitment. Amid a rapidly evolving world and the anticipation of joining a global firm.

In May 2023, music and entertainment mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, through his company, Combs Wines and Spirits LLC, commenced a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court...

To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Pioneers and Pathfinders, we present this "best of" episode, featuring our first guest, Dr. Heidi Gardner.

The eighth episode in this series focuses on the "Business Implications of the Supreme Court's Ruling on Affirmative Action" with Michael McAfee, President and CEO at PolicyLink...

On May 15, 2023, a district court judge sitting in the Eastern District of California ruled that California Assembly Bill No. 979 violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment...

On Friday, May 13, a California Superior Court judge struck down Senate Bill ("SB") 826—California's landmark gender diversity law regarding the representation of women directors on the boards of publicly...

With the legal landscape for LGBTQ+ individuals rapidly shifting across the country, partner and chair of LGBTQ @ Venable, Colin Vandell, ...

On December 11, 2025, the President signed an Executive Order titled "Protecting American Investors from Foreign-Owned and Politically-Motivated Proxy Advisors" (the "EO").

"Not everything that is faced can be changed," wrote James Baldwin 60 years ago, "but nothing can be changed until it is faced."

Recent efforts by the California Legislature to increase corporate boardroom diversity hit a road bump due to the Los Angeles County Superior Court decision earlier this month in Crest v. Padilla...

A California federal court held that a California statute requiring California-based corporations to have a minimum number of directors from designated under-represented groups violates...

On December 11, 2024, the Fifth Circuit, in a divided opinion following an en banc hearing, struck down the Nasdaq "show or tell" diversity rules.

On October 18, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC, 5th Cir., No. 21-60626 upheld Nasdaq's board diversity rule...