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In the Media
At the Meltzer Center, we are proud to be recognized as a thought leader in the DEI legal sphere. In this section, explore how our insights and expertise have been featured in the media, reflecting our commitment to advancing these important issues.
"Six experts on what the election means for workplaces," Time, November 11, 2024
"Does Changing the Language of DEI Protect Companies?", Inc., October 29, 2024
"What DEI funders should know about risk after the Fearless Fund decision," Technical.ly, October 18, 2024
"Members of Congress call on companies to retain DEI programs as court cases grind on," Associated Press, October 15, 2024
"Here's What the Fearless Fund Settlement Means for DEI Efforts Nationwide," Inc., September 18, 2024
"Fearless Fund drops grant program for Black women business owners in lawsuit settlement," Associated Press, September 11, 2024
"How the US supreme court's affirmative action ruling unleashed anti-DEI cases," The Guardian, September 6, 2024
"The rise and fall of the DEI movement," NPR, September 6, 2024
"Ford, Coors Light and Other Brands Retreat From a Gay-Rights Index," Wall Street Journal, September 5, 2024
"Anti-DEI Outcry Online Spurs Flurry of Big-Name Firms to Retreat," Bloomberg, August 30, 2024
"Why anti-DEI lawsuits are piling up this year," WorkLife, August 20, 2024
"Here Are the Most Common Anti-DEI Legal Cases Right Now -- and What You Need to Know About Them," Inc., August 15, 2024
"The Fight Against DEI Programs Shifts to Medical Care," Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2024
"DEI litigation shows hit to targeted programs in US," The Indiana Lawyer, August 14, 2024
"Does DEI training discriminate against White people? Courts will decide," Washington Post, August 9, 2024
"New litigation tracker allows HR leaders to follow DE&I lawsuits," HR Brew, July 29, 2024
"Conservative Groups Challenge Corporate DEI Initiatives with Recent Success," Corporate Counsel Online, July 30, 2024
Lindsay Frost, "Boards Warned to 'Buckle Up' for Anti-DEI Lawsuits," Agenda, July 22, 2024
Claire Savage, "Conservatives use shooting at Trump rally to attack DEI efforts at Secret Service," ABC News, July 22, 2024
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, "Many universities are abandoning race-conscious scholarships worth millions," Washington Post, July 9, 2024
Sarah Nassauer, "How Tractor Supply Decided to End DEI, and Fast," Wall Street Journal, June 30, 2024
Julian Mark, "He never saw himself as disadvantaged. Then the government had him write an essay," Washington Post, June 29, 2024
Peter Whoriskey and Julian Mark, “Conservative lawsuits undo diversity programs,” Washington Post, June 27, 2024
Sarah Murray, “Rescuing diversity from the DEI backlash,” Financial Times, June 20, 2024
“Yoshino Explains the Rise of Anti-DEI Litigation,” Bloomberg TV, June 13, 2024
Alexandra Olson, “A grant program for Black women business owners is discriminatory, appeals court rules,” Associated Press, June 3, 2024
Nancy Scola, “How Stephen Miller brought the ‘war on woke’ to small businesses,’ Fast Company, May 22, 2024
Caroline Talbot, “Diversity managers in the US are facing new challenges,” Le Monde, May 18, 2024
Julian Mark, “DEI ‘lives on’ after Supreme Court ruling, but critics see an opening,” Washington Post, April 19, 2024
Simone Foxman, “The Supreme Court Just Complicated Employer Diversity Initiatives,” Bloomberg, April 18, 2024
Robert Draper, “America First Legal, a Trump-Aligned Group, Is Spoiling for a Fight,” New York Times, March 21, 2024
Bridget Hickey, “Industry Firms Water Down DEI Language as Legal Threats Loom,” FundFire, March 7, 2024
Alexandra Olson, “A federal judge has ordered a US minority business agency to serve all races,” Associated Press, March 6, 2024
Simone Foxman, “Business is Booming for DEI Lawyers as Firms Ask ‘What’s Legal?,” Bloomberg, March 5, 2024
Erin Mulvaney, “Minority Business Grants: A New Front in the Legal Battle Over Racial Preferences,” Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2024
Emma Goldberg, “Facing Backlash, Some Corporate Leaders Go ‘Under the Radar’ With D.E.I.,” New York Times, January 22, 2024
Alexandra Olson, Haleluya Hadero, and Anne D’Innocenzio, “As diversity, equity and inclusion comes under legal attack, companies quietly alter their programs,” Associated Press, January 14, 2024
Natalie Runyon, “Key ways to minimize legal risk in the wake of anti-DEI action,” Thomson Reuters, December 7, 2023
Vernā Myers, “The Future of Corporate DEI w/ Kenji Yoshino and David Glasgow,” Sundays with Verna Podcast, December 3, 2023
Julian Mark and Taylor Telford, “Conservative activist sues 2 major law firms over diversity fellowships,” Washington Post, August 23, 2023
Kevin J. Delaney, “How to shore up diversity efforts against attacks,” Charterworks, August 20, 2023
“CityLine: The decline of corporate DEI,” WCVB - Boston, August 2, 2023
Wyatte Grantham-Philips and Geoff Mulvihill, “GOP attorneys general shift the battle over affirmative action to the workplace,” Associated Press, July 14, 2023
Lauren Aratani, “Where now for workplace diversity after court’s affirmative action ruling?” Guardian, July 2, 2023
Evie Liu, “Companies Stick to Workplace Diversity Despite End of Affirmative Action,” Barron’s, June 30, 2023