U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission acting Chairwoman Andrea Lucas ris requested information from 20 law firms about their "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" practices, saying that some of them could be in violation of the Civil Rights Act.

“The EEOC is prepared to root out discrimination anywhere it may rear its head, including in our nation’s elite law firms,” Lucas said in a statement Monday. “No one is above the law – and certainly not the private bar.”

Lucas said based on public information she viewed, some of the DEI practices used by law firms in the U.S. could violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

Title VII bans employers from discriminating against someone due to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Some of the law firms that received letters include Cooley LLP, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and Milbank LLP.

You can read the letters here.

The EEOC also set up an email where whistleblowers at law firms can report potential unlawful DEI practices.