Companies 'throwing up hands' as DEI risks loom

Some efforts have been overzealous to the extent they could be viewed as giving a discriminatory preference for a particular minority or group. "I thought, 'Holy cow, where was their in-house counsel on this? Where was their outside counsel?'" Shawe Rosenthal lawyer Fiona Ong recalled about one particularly egregious case.

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Such vulnerabilities could invite lawsuits from conservative activists hoping to parlay their success eliminating affirmative action in higher education into quashing diversity programs in corporate America.

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