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May 23, 2025
Employment Lawyers' Weekly DEI Cheat Sheet
Jenner & Block LLP convinced a Washington, D.C., federal judge to invalidate an executive order by President Donald Trump targeting it in part for its diversity, equity and inclusion practices as unconstitutional, and the U.S. Department of Justice announced the formation of an initiative to use the False Claims Act to quell discrimination by federal funding recipients tied to their DEI programs. Here, Law360 looks at notable DEI-related legal developments over the past week.
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May 23, 2025
Mo. Says Starbucks Lacks Grounds To Escape DEI Bias Suit
The state of Missouri urged a federal judge to reject Starbucks' bid to dismiss its suit claiming its diversity policies discriminate based on race and gender, arguing it has put forward enough evidence showing how the company's practices have harmed its citizens to keep the case in court.
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April 08, 2025
Starbucks Tears Into Missouri AG's 'Defective' DEI Lawsuit
Starbucks urged a Missouri federal judge to toss a suit from the state's attorney general claiming the company employs diversity quotas that discriminate against white and male applicants, arguing the state hasn't presented any evidence that its diversity, equity and inclusion policies have negatively affected Missourians.
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February 11, 2025
Starbucks Maintains Illegal DEI Policies, Missouri Tells Court
Starbucks puts illegal quotas in place to hire and promote more women and people of color and offers incentives to executives to meet these goals by connecting the quotas to their bonuses, the Missouri attorney general told a federal court Tuesday.