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- The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the creation of a new initiative focused on using the False Claims Act (“FCA”) to pursue “Civil Rights Fraud.”
- DOJ warned FCA claims could arise when a...more
5/21/2025
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Colleges ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Discrimination ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Funding ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities
In this alert, we discuss key provisions of the orders and actions implicating the higher education sector and the lawsuits challenging them (building on our previous analysi...). We have grouped these actions based on their...more
President Trump’s Executive Orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”), discussed in previous client alerts with regard to higher education institutions and business more broadly, have prompted responses from...more
2/20/2025
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Colleges ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Dear Colleague Letter ,
Department of Education ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Equal Protection ,
Executive Orders ,
New Guidance ,
State Attorneys General ,
Title VI ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities
On February 5, 2025, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued fourteen memos outlining new policies for the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”). Among them is a memorandum entitled “Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and...more
2/7/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Race Discrimination ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Trump Administration
On March 27, 2017, President Trump signed a bill repealing the U.S. Department of Labor’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces regulation. The President’s action ends any uncertainty surrounding the status of the rule, dubbed the...more
3/31/2017
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Congressional Review Act ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Obama Administration ,
Repeal ,
Trump Administration
The United States government has reported that border searches of electronic devices in the U.S. increased from 4,764 in 2015 to 23,877 in 2016. Because electronic devices have immense data storage capacity and can hold...more