California May Soon Be the First State to Ban Caste-Based Discrimination
By: Irene Lax, Senior Counsel in G&E’s Civil Rights Practice Group California is coming closer to becoming the first state to ban discrimination based on caste, as a new bill passed the California Senate Judiciary Committee in April 2023. The bill would add caste as a protected category under California’s anti-discrimination laws, aiming to eliminate bias, economic [...]