General Counsel & Legal Teams
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Inclusion Under Review: Understanding the Business Impacts of a Shifting Equality Landscape
Inclusion Under Review: Understanding the Business Impacts of a Shifting Equality Landscape July 2025 Key Insights Refresher on the Three Branches of Government The U.S. Constitution separates the government into the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. Each branch has a distinct role in drafting, approving, and interpreting federal laws and applying the Constitution. Using a…
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Navigating This Moment of Public and Corporate Policy
Navigating this Moment of Public and Corporate Policy June 2025 Key Insights In Focus: Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court unanimously struck down a standard used in nearly half of U.S. federal circuit courts that required members of majority groups to meet a higher standard to prove…
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Bostock at Five – June 2025
Bostock at Five: Workplace Protections for the LGBTQ+ Community and What’s Next June 2025 Executive SummaryThe 2020 Supreme Court ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County was a landmark civil rights decision that affirmed protections for LGBTQ+ employees under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. While the decision marked a historic victory, it left several…
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The First 100 Days
The First 100 Days May 2025 Key Insights What is an Executive Order? An executive order is a tool used by U.S. presidents to shape policy and direct federal agencies to implement defined directives. EOs apply to the federal government’s executive branch. Executive Orders are limited in their power.Executive Orders cannot override the U.S. Constitution,…
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Transgender Americans Belong: An Open Letter to America’s Employers
Date Published: The following is a letter from Aimee Stephens. After notifying her employer of her intention to transition, Aimee was fired from her job as a funeral director. Any day now, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether her boss broke the law when he fired her. Aimee’s case is being heard together with…
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Speaking Out at SCOTUS for Civil Rights Protections
Date Published: The U.S. Supreme Court is currently weighing a ruling on a trio of cases that will decide whether LGBTQ people are protected from discrimination under existing federal civil rights laws – laws that include workplace protections. Out & Equal CEO, Erin Uritus, spoke at a rally on the steps of the Supreme Court…