By: Jesse Marra
On May 18, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether Title IX gives employees of federally funded educational institutions a private right to sue for sex discrimination in employment. The case, Crowther v. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, No. 25-183, will resolve a long-running... Read MoreBy: Mark T. Sottile , Scott A. Coffina
Questions abound over the United States Justice Department’s (“DOJ”) aggressive posture towards federal contractors with DEI policies. On April 10, 2026, the DOJ settled with IBM, as the multinational technology company agreed to pay $17 million to resolve allegations its diversity practices violated the False Claims Act. The DOJ asserted... Read MoreBy: John B. Zappone
Standing seems like a straightforward concept—the plaintiff must suffer an injury in fact fairly traceable to the defendant’s challenged conduct for which the court can provide redress. See Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560 (1992). But what is “fairly traceable” is not so straightforward in cases involving... Read More