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EEOC Sends Letters to Law Firms Requesting Information on DEI Practices

On March 17, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas sent letters to 20 law firms, requesting information about their diversity, equity, and inclusion ...
Law

EEOC DEI Letters Challenge Law Firms’ Involvement with Diversity-Oriented Nonprofits

The EEOC asked about law firms’ relationships with Sponsors for Educational Opportunity and the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity in each of the 20 letters to law firms this month. Two nonprofits ...
Law

EEOC's Letters to Law Firms Lack Authority, But Future Charges Could Be Costly, Experts Say

Twenty Big Law firms received letters from EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas regarding their DEI programs on Monday. The publicly available letters represented a departure from EEOC protocol, in which ...
Forbes

7 Experts Rebuke EEOC For Unlawful Anti-DEI Targeting Of Employers

Seven former officials of the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission have challenged the legality of the EEOC Acting Chair's unprecedented anti-DEI tactics against 20 law firms. Andrea R. Lucas, ...