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TL;DR: A federal court denied SHRM’s post-trial motions seeking to overturn or reduce an $11.5 million jury verdict for race discrimination and retaliation under Section 1981. The court upheld both the compensatory and punitive damages awards, finding the evidence supported the verdict and explicitly noting that SHRM, as an