Texas Tech Medical School Settles Suit Over Alleged Race-Based Admissions Practices March 14, 2025 By Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune A group led by Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff, is claiming victory after it got a...
State Bar of Wisconsin Agrees to Change Diversity Definition in Lawsuit Settlement April 8, 2024 By Scott Bauer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin association representing attorneys agreed last week to change the definition of “diversity” to settle...
Corporate America Is Rethinking Diversity Hiring as Legal Challenges Rise November 22, 2023 By Jeff Green and Kelsey Butler The same conservative activists who helped gut race-related college admissions at the US Supreme Court have now set their sights...
Critics of Workplace Diversity Efforts Eye Civil War-Era Law September 1, 2023 By Riddhi Setty Several suits filed on behalf of White workers following the US Supreme Court’s decision outlawing affirmative action in higher education...
Activist Behind Affirmative Action Cases Sues Major Law Firms August 22, 2023 By Nate Raymond A group founded by the conservative activist who led the successful U.S. Supreme Court challenge to the consideration of race...
Biden Administration Opens Investigation Into Harvard University’s Legacy Admissions July 27, 2023 By Michael Casey Opening a new front in legal battles over college admissions, the U.S. Department of Education has launched a civil rights...
GOP Attorneys General Shift Battle Over Affirmative Action to Workplace July 20, 2023 By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and Geoff Mulvihill Thirteen Republican state attorneys general are cautioning CEOs of the 100 biggest U.S. companies on the legal consequences for using...
Virginia High School Admissions Case May Prompt Next Affirmative Action Ruling July 5, 2023 By Matthew Barakat A federal appeals court’s ruling last month about the admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia may...
Supreme Court Rejects Use of Race in University Admissions June 29, 2023 By Greg Stohr The US Supreme Court effectively barred universities from using race as a factor in university admissions, marking the start of...
Missed Deadline Costs Harvard $15M in Insurance for Admissions Policy Defense November 3, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Harvard University’s failure to notify its insurer by the policy deadline has cost it up to $15 million in insurance...