Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
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National Institutes of HealthMoakley US Courthouse, 1, Courthouse Way, Seaport, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02210, United States
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
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The en banc opinion in No. 21-60626 is stamped "FILED December 11, 2024" and "Date Filed: 12/11/2024".^[1]

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Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Nasdaq's Board Diversity Rule 9-8

The full US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit voted 9-8 to vacate the SEC's approval of Nasdaq's rule requiring listed companies to have a woman and a minority or LGBTQ+ director on the board or explain why not.

On 11 December 2024 the en banc Fifth Circuit granted petitions from the Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment and the National Center for Public Policy Research and vacated the SEC's order approving Nasdaq's Board Diversity Proposal^[1]
Judge Andrew Oldham wrote for nine judges that the diversity rules "cannot be squared with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934"; Judge Stephen Higginson wrote for eight dissenters^[1][3]
The rules, approved by the SEC on 6 August 2021, required Nasdaq-listed companies to disclose board diversity statistics and to have at least one director who self-identifies as female and one who is an underrepresented minority or LGBTQ+, or explain why not^[4]
The challenge to Nasdaq's free board-recruiting service was dismissed as moot^[1]
Nasdaq told listed companies the next day that it respected the decision and would not seek further review^[3]

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ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/21/21-60626-CV0.pdf
ca5.uscourts.gov· Posted Sep 25, 2026· Starts Dec 11, 2024 ✓· 48% of score
The en banc opinion in No. 21-60626 is stamped "FILED December 11, 2024" and "Date Filed: 12/11/2024".
[2]75%
Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 25, 2026· 48% of score
Case summary: the Fifth Circuit held the SEC^[4] lacked authority to approve Nasdaq's women-and-minority board rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
[3]85%
Fifth Circuit Overturns SEC Approval of Nasdaq's Board Diversity Rules (Wiley)
wiley.law· Published Dec 23, 2024· 4% of score
Confirms the 9-8 en banc decision that the approval was arbitrary and capricious, the moot Recruiting Rule challenge, and Nasdaq's notice the next day that it does "not intend to seek further review".^[1]
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SEC Release No. 34-92590: Order Approving Nasdaq's Board Diversity Listing Rules
sec.gov· Published Aug 6, 2021· 0% of score
The 6 August 2021 order the court vacated: listed companies to have, or explain why they do not have, at least one director who self-identifies as female and one who self-identifies as an underrepresented minority or LGBTQ+.^[1]

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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Judge Young Rules Hundreds of NIH Grant Terminations Illegal
National Institutes of HealthMoakley US Courthouse, 1, Courthouse Way, Seaport, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02210, United States
Starts 06/16/2025CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoStated as firm, per GBH News (16 June 2025): Judge William Young ruled at "Monday"'s hearing that NIH acted illegally in terminating about 800 research grants; STAT's same-day report: "A federal judge deemed on Monday".^[1]
Ruling from the bench in Boston, Judge William Young found NIH's termination of about 800 research grants on diversity and LGBTQ health "arbitrary and capricious" and ordered payments to resume, calling the record racial discrimination.
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Supreme Court of the United States, 1, 1st Street Northeast, Ward 6, Washington, District of Columbia, 20543, United StatesSalesforce
Starts 10/06/2025CONFIRMED 91% CONFIDENCE354 days agoThe Supreme Court's^[1][3] order list for 'MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2025' lists 25-44 Pirani v. Slack Technologies, Inc. under 'CERTIORARI DENIED'.
The justices denied a Slack investor's petition, leaving in place the Ninth Circuit's order to throw out his securities suit over Slack's 2019 direct listing on the NYSE.
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Appeals Court Voids Trump's Half-Billion-Dollar Civil Fraud Penalty
New York Supreme Court, Appellate DivisionAppellate Division New York State Supreme Court, East 25th Street, Rose Hill, Manhattan Community Board 5, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10010, United States
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Justice09/21/2026@LawDesk
Brown v. Board of Education Is Decided
United States Supreme Court Building, 1 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20543, United States
Starts 05/17/1954CONFIRMED 93% CONFIDENCE72.4 years agoThe decision was handed down on 17 May 1954, the date carried by the opinion itself in 347 U.S. 483.^[1]
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Starts 08/25/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE31 days agoStated as firm, per the City Attorney's release dated August 25, 2026: "The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today affirmed in large part a lower court decision"; the SF Standard^[2]: the panel "on Tuesday voted to uphold an order".
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Judge Dismisses the Trump Administration's Antisemitism Suit Against Harvard
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
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Telecom09/24/2026@TechDesk
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