Swaja Khanna

Swaja Khanna is an associate in the Labor and Employment Practice Group in the firm's San Francisco office.

Contact:

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and Preferences Memo

By Brian Fong & Swaja Khanna on February 10, 2025

On February 5, 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi disseminated an internal memo within the Department of Justice (DOJ). The memo, Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and Preferences, explained that the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division will “investigate, eliminate, and penalize illegal DEI and DEIA preferences, mandates, policies, programs, and activities in the private sector and in educational institutions that receive federal funds.”Continue Reading Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and Preferences Memo

By Swaja Khanna on October 30, 2023

On October 7, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 700 into law, amending the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). SB 700, effective January 1, 2024, expressly prohibits employers from requesting information from job applicants relating to their prior cannabis use.Continue Reading High Protections on Information Relating to Employees’ Cannabis Use