Friday, December 15, 2023

Anti-DEI attacks are chilling corporate speech on diversity

By Lene Powell, J.D.

Corporate counsel are navigating new challenges to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. In addition to recent EEOC complaints and investor lawsuits, it is not clear yet how the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, striking down affirmative action in college admissions, might apply to workplace diversity programs.

In this Vital Briefing, Wolters Kluwer Senior Legal Analyst Lene Powell shows how some companies targeted by anti-DEI actions have changed their public communications around diversity.

You can read the Vital Briefing, How are companies responding to DEI uncertainty and legal challenges? here.