June 06, 2024
The Eleventh Circuit this week blocked a venture capital fund's grant program for Black women entrepreneurs, a ruling that experts say will only embolden opponents of workplace diversity, equity and inclusion, and should serve as the latest warning to employers to fine-tune their inclusion initiatives. Here, Law360 looks at three observations discrimination lawyers had after Monday's ruling.
June 03, 2024
In a split decision Monday, the Eleventh Circuit said that a Georgia federal judge should have blocked a Black-led venture capital firm from awarding grants to businesses owned only by Black women, opining that the practice was "substantially likely" to violate federal law barring racial discrimination in the writing of contracts.
January 31, 2024
A conservative group asked the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday to reverse an order rejecting its bid to temporarily block an Atlanta-based venture capital firm from operating a grant contest for Black female business owners, arguing that the contest violates civil rights law and is not a protected form of speech, as the firm claims.
January 01, 2024
In 2024, courts across the U.S. are likely to weigh in on some of the most politically charged legal battles over corporate and regulatory efforts to prioritize environmental, social and governance initiatives, with the future of corporate diversity policies, anti-pollution efforts and corporate greenwashing hanging in the balance.
November 06, 2023
A conservative group asked the Eleventh Circuit on Monday to reverse a district court order rejecting its bid to temporarily block an Atlanta-based venture capital firm from operating a grant contest for Black female business owners, saying the contest is racially discriminatory and violates civil rights law.
October 02, 2023
An Atlanta-based venture capital firm can't operate its grant contest for Black female business owners while it is challenged by a conservative group, after the Eleventh Circuit narrowly held that the competition is "racially exclusionary."