In its Students for Fair Admissions (“SFFA”) v. Harvard and University of North Carolina decision, the US Supreme Court severely limited the use of race in the college admissions process (and only allows indirect use of race).
While the case directly applies only in the college admissions context, it will likely have effects on DEI/ESG efforts and employment law generally.
The European Union has approved a new framework for transferring personal data between Europe and the US. This is a major development that could resolve the current legal limbo for transatlantic data transfers.
This article discusses the Supreme Court's decision in Groff v. DeJoy which requires employers to show a higher degree of hardship to deny employee requests for religious accommodation.
Learn with this list of agility tips that corporate legal departments can use for both big and small projects.
This article discussed the U.S. Supreme Court's recent 6-3 decision that the use of race in admissions by Harvard College and the University of North Carolina (UNC) is unconstitutional.
This article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision that “clarified” and changed the religious accommodation standard under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act that employers and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have relied upon for more than 46 years.
The US Supreme Court decision of June 29, 2023 in Groff v DeJoy makes it harder for employers to decline religious accommodation requests.
This article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Groff v. DeJoy which clarifies that for employers to deny accommodation to an employee under Title VII, they must demonstrate "substantial increased costs" in conducting their business, a definition going beyond "de minimis" hardship. However, the Court refrained from undermining Title VII’s
special statutory protection for seniority systems.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an even hotter topic since the introduction of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by OpenAI, as well as tools like Copilot and OpenAI Codex, which use generative AI to write computer code. This resource from Womble Bond Dickinson discusses the best practices in using Artificial Intelligence to generate code.
This resource from Womble Bond Dickinson discusses how Generative Artificial Intelligence can impact case law.