Trump Admin Grills Law Firms over DEI Hiring Discrimination, Including Perkins Coie of ‘Pee Dossier’ Fame
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (EEOC) wrote on Monday to 20 law firms requesting information on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, calling for “eliminating discrimination.” “EEOC is I've prepared EEOC Chairman Andrea Lucas said in writing. The EEOC letter highlights agency concerns that employment practices of some companies (the employment practices of companies […]
US equal opportunity commission demands 20 law firms disclose DEI employment practices
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requests employment practice data from 20 law firms to increase diversity, equity and inclusion. The committee's representative chairperson, Andrea Lucas, has written to businesses seeking more information about the DEI program, which may violate Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Some companies have legal challenges in President […]
Libs previously silent on Dem lawfare decry Trump terminating ‘dishonest’ law firms’ security clearances
Previously, he has been previously silent about the laws carried over against President Donald Trump by the Biden administration, and appears to rely on a long-standing campaign of Democratic operatives to professionally crush lawyers who support Trump, and now the Republican president holds the end of a special privilege for a pair of hardworking law […]
Firms hold back on hiring amid ‘significant cost rises’, surveys say | Economics
According to the latest business research, businesses are putting the brakes on hiring new staff amid a rise in “controlled” economic outlook and wage bills. In signs of weakening the UK labour market, consultants KPMG and trade agencies significantly reduced the number of people placed in permanent and temporary roles by the Recruitment and Employment […]
Some British firms ‘stuck in neutral’ over AI, says Microsoft UK boss | Artificial intelligence (AI)
According to Microsoft's UK boss, some companies are “neutral” in their approach to artificial intelligence. A Microsoft survey of nearly 1,500 senior leaders in the public and private sectors and 1,440 employees found that over half of executives felt their organization had no official AI plans. Almost the same percentage reports increased productivity gaps (measures […]
Arkansas bills keep Chinese firms from leasing land near infrastructure
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) introduced legislative packaging Wednesday banning “companies associated with the Chinese Communist Party” from leasing or purchasing land around military bases and electric currents. “We previously banned companies linked to CCP. [China Communist Party] Other foreign enemies who own farmland. Currently, these companies ban property leasing and property near critical […]
Caught in the middle: UK firms brace for fallout from Trump’s global trade war | International trade
“We are vulnerable at this point,” says Fiona Connor, managing director of Trust Electric Heating, a Leeds-based radiator manufacturer that is considering expanding into the US market. After the unpredictable start to Donald Trump's second term as US president, Connor worries that her options will be limited as British companies support the world trade war […]
Chinese spy balloon was equipped with tech from at least 5 US firms: report
Chinese spy balloons that floated across the US before being shot down from the South Carolina coast in 2023 were carrying technology from at least five American companies, according to a report released Monday. Among the equipment recovered from the balloon were satellite communications modules, sensors and other sophisticated surveillance equipment, some of which were […]
China-linked firm’s NJ Turnpike E-ZPass contract raises security concerns: ‘Worse’ than TikTok
A major US paid company sold to a Singapore-based company under the Biden administration reignited national security concerns over its link with China after winning an E-ZPass contract for the New Jersey Turnpike I'm letting me do it. It has been running it for 22 years. In September, the New Jersey Turnpike Bureau was awarded […]
Ontario’s Doug Ford bans US firms from provincial contracts
Ontario, Canada, announced on Monday that Trump will prohibit contracts with US companies due to retaliation for the expected tariffs. Doug Ford, one of the most powerful leaders on retaliation issues, said that the United States -based companies lost hundreds of billions of dollars with new income and Trump was responsible. 。 “From today, Untario […]