May 03, 2022
A group seeking to end the use of race in the college admissions process through lawsuits against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a landmark affirmative action case.
February 02, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a challenge to Harvard University's race-conscious admissions process, a case that private employers are eyeing because it could create momentum for the justices to scrutinize voluntary workplace affirmative action programs.
January 24, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear a landmark challenge to Harvard University's race-conscious admissions policy, a case that could have massive ramifications for affirmative action in higher education.
January 03, 2022
The Massachusetts legal landscape might still be waiting for its return to normal after two years of pandemic isolation, but next year is shaping up to keep counsel on their toes with a bustling court calendar of high-profile cases.
December 08, 2021
The Biden administration on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to pass on hearing the case challenging Harvard University's race-conscious admissions process, saying lower courts were right to find the Ivy League school's policies constitutional.
July 02, 2021
As the second half of the year brings more of a sense of normalcy to Massachusetts, the courts are expecting to be bustling with in-person proceedings and no masks required. Here are five cases to watch over the second half of the year.
June 14, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday signaled it may take up a landmark challenge to Harvard University's affirmative action admissions policy, inviting the Biden administration to weigh in on whether the school's race-conscious system is legal.
May 17, 2021
An anti-affirmative action group that has waged an unsuccessful war against Harvard University's race-conscious admissions policy shouldn't get a third bite at the apple, the elite Massachusetts school told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, opposing a petition to hear the case.
March 31, 2021
The state of Texas urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to take up an appeal challenging Harvard University's affirmative action admissions policy, arguing that the time is now to reverse what it called "wrong" precedent and eliminate the use of race in the admissions process altogether.