Making robust merit-based employment decisions requires employers to have a firm understanding of their jobs.  To the extent that personnel decisions are job-related and consistent with business necessity, employers can feel confident that their decisions are merit-based and therefore, defensible. This all seems straightforward until one considers the challenge of clearly defining a job. With…

Companies in many industries, such as Life Sciences & Healthcare, stand on the cutting edge of an exciting transformation, harnessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to accelerate innovation, streamline operations, and redefine customer experience  and patient care. However, organizations now find themselves at a pivotal moment as a dramatic shift in the regulatory landscape under the Trump…

On March 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued an order staying the nationwide preliminary injunction against EO 14151 (“Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing”) and EO 14173 (“Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity”) that was issued by the district court for the District of Maryland…