On July 30, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a new memorandum from Attorney General Pam Bondi that provides further guidance on what DEI practices the Trump Administration considers unlawful discrimination. ...more
8/3/2025
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Employment Discrimination ,
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Hours after taking office, Trump signed a stack of executive orders to implement his agenda, including several that take aim at DEI programs. The executive orders claim that DEI policies and programs violate federal civil...more
The BakerHostetler Labor and Employment Practice Group keeps a close watch on new and upcoming employment and labor laws that can significantly impact our New York-based clients. Below we highlight some of the recently...more
12/19/2024
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Employee Benefits ,
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Retailers ,
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Workers’ Compensation
Unless you have had all media of every kind shut off the past few days, you have seen that on June 24 the U.S. Supreme Court held in a 5-4 opinion that Roe v. Wade - a nearly 50-year-old Supreme Court opinion providing the...more