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Employment and Contracting Litigation After the Supreme Courts Affirmative Action Decision

Published: Sept. 6, 2023, 4:30 p.m.

b'In this episode of S&C\\u2019s Critical Insights, Julie Jordan, Tracy Richelle High and Annie Ostrager, Co-Heads of S&C\\u2019s Labor and Employment Group, discuss the Supreme Court\\u2019s decision in two consolidated cases against Harvard and the University of North Carolina. The Court held that the schools\\u2019 admissions programs\\u2014both of which used race as an explicit factor in admissions decisions\\u2014violated the Fourteenth Amendment\\u2019s Equal Protection Clause and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination in education.\\nJulie, Tracy and Annie examine pending employment and contracting cases that may be affected by the Court\\u2019s decision, cover related shareholder proposals and offer guidance for employers, including reviewing hiring and promotion processes and procedures to examine whether any decisions are expressly based on race, gender or other protected classes.'