Republican-led states demand 20 law firms disclose DEI practices

Sara Merken - Reuters - 03/04
Attorneys general from 12 Republican-led U.S. states sent letters on Thursday to 20 major law firms demanding information about their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) employment practices, building on a similar request to the same firms by the U.S. agency that enforces federal laws banning workplace discrimination.
  • The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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April 3 (Reuters) - Attorneys general from 12 Republican-led U.S. states sent letters on Thursday to 20 major law firms demanding information about their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) employment practices, building on a similar request to the same firms by the U.S. agency that enforces federal laws banning workplace discrimination.
Andrea Lucas, acting chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, warned last month that the firms' employment policies related to DEI may be illegal.

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The letters, opens new tab, sent by a group of states led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, said that information in the EEOC's request "indicates that your firm may have acted in violation" of federal and state law.
Two of the law firms named in the letter, Perkins Coie and WilmerHale, were also targeted by Republican President Donald Trump in executive orders that focused partly on their DEI policies.
Perkins Coie and WilmerHale have sued to challen...
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