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Constitutional Challenges Federal Contractors Title VII

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Executive Order Limits Use of Disparate Impact Theory Under Civil Rights Act

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On April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order that is intended to limit employees' and applicants' abilities to use the disparate impact theory of liability to establish violations of the Civil Rights...more

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Former OFCCP Officials Pen Open Letter to Federal Contractors

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On April 15, 2025, ten former Department of Labor (DOL) officials from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and Office of the Solicitor (SOL)—including former Directors Jenny Yang and Pat Shiu—released...more

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Illinois District Court Blocks Portions of Anti-DEI Executive Order

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There are several concurrent challenges to President Donald Trump’s “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” executive order (Anti-DEI EO). Previously, the U.S. District Court for the District of...more

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Appeals Court Overturns Nationwide Injunction on DEI Executive Order, Plus New DEI Guidance from EEOC

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As we reported on January 22, 2025, and January 29, 2025, the Trump Administration issued Executive Orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) initiatives in the federal government and private sector, namely...more

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Another Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Anti-DEI Orders

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Yet another challenge has been launched against President Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders, particularly EO 14151 (“Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing”) and EO 14173 (“Ending Illegal...more

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Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Enforcement of Executive Orders Related to DEI

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A federal district court in Maryland issued a preliminary nationwide injunction on February 21 that temporarily halts enforcement of elements of Executive Orders 14151 and 14173. Most notably for federal contractors and...more

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Maryland District Court Enjoins Portions of Anti-DEI Executive Order: What Does This Mean?

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On February 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland preliminarily enjoined certain aspects of Executive Order No. 14173, President Donald Trump’s “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based...more

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Federal Court Issues Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Blocking Enforcement of Key Provisions of DEI Executive Orders

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On Friday, February 21, 2025, a federal district court in Maryland issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of several key provisions of the January 2025 executive orders targeting DEI programs. The nationwide...more

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Labor & employment in Week 1 of Trump 2

Whoa, Nelly! It's a stampede! After President Trump took office on Monday, he lost no time in undoing as much as he could from not only the Biden Administration, but also going all the way back to the days of President...more

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Smucker’s Out of a Jam: Sixth Circuit Says Being a Federal Contractor Does Not Make You a State Actor

If you take on a federal contract, does that make you a state actor? No, according to a unanimous Sixth Circuit panel in Ciraci v. J.M. Smucker Company. During World War II, the Army included Smucker’s apple butter in its...more

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Happy Thanksgiving and the Many Things for Which We Are Thankful – 2021 Edition

Many of us are understandably anxious to put another tumultuous year of the pandemic behind us. But before we sit down at the table to fill our plates and bellies to overflowing to celebrate the holiday, we can all find some...more

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OSHA Proposed Citations Covered by Texas Judge’s Grant of Preliminary Injunction to Government Contractors Challenging...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The first of several anticipated challenges to Executive Order 13673, “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces,” has resulted in a preliminary injunction staying the implementation of some – but not all – aspects of...more

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“Blacklisting” Executive Order Stayed by District Court Judge

On October 24th, 2016, United States District Judge Marcia A. Crone issued a preliminary injunction that suspends the implementation of certain portions of President Obama’s Executive Order 13673, called the Fair Pay and Safe...more

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