Democratic attorneys general from seven states on Wednesday promised legal defense to companies whose diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives face challenges by Republican officials.
Top state lawyers from Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York and Nevada wrote to pledge support for companies to develop and continue their DEI programs amid a broad attack from state and federal GOP politicians.
The letter and subsequent call with reporters came as a response to a letter written by 13 Republican attorneys general to Fortune 100 companies last week in which they warned CEOs to “refrain from discriminating on the basis of ...
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