Republican state officials threaten legal action over company diversity policies
A group of Republican U.S. state attorneys general on Thursday warned the country's largest companies that certain workforce diversity policies could be illegal in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision effectively striking down affirmative action in higher education. "Companies that engage in racial discrimination should and will face serious legal consequences," the attorneys general wrote. The officials singled out about a dozen companies that they said have used racial quotas and other explicitly race-based practices, including Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc's Googl...