{"id":6531,"date":"2024-01-04T01:17:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T01:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/?post_type=resources&p=6531"},"modified":"2025-04-17T16:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:01:55","slug":"dei-legal-issues-2024","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/us\/resources\/hr-strategy\/inclusion-belonging\/dei-legal-issues-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"How employers can respond to new DEI legal issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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DEI’s new legal landscape and how employers can respond<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

DEI legal issues are changing the corporate landscape. To recommit to DEI, employers must now search for not only strategic opportunities, but also compliance landmines. The real question is, how?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Published: January 4, 2024 | by Natasha K. A. Wiebusch<\/strong>, Marketing Content Manager at Brightmine, and Emily Scace<\/strong>, Senior Legal Editor at Brightmine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 2023 saw the end of yet another longstanding legal precedent in the storied history of our nation’s highest court. In a split decision, the Supreme Court abruptly terminated more than half a century of affirmative action policy in the college admissions process in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision focused on higher education, however, as predicted in our previous coverage<\/a>, its impact did not stop at campus boundaries. The private sector is now seeing a new generation of lawsuits and legislation aimed at blocking diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)<\/a> efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, corporate DEI has reached an inflection point. To recommit to DEI, employers must now search for not only strategic opportunities, but also compliance landmines. The real question is, how?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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