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Trending in Transactions - Q2 2025

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President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14173, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” and subsequent guidance from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Blowing the Whistle: What Employers Should Know About DEI & the False Claims Act

The U.S. Department of Justice announced its new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative with the goal to identify entities defrauding the government by knowingly violating civil rights laws. The DOJ is specifically targeting employers...more

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New Trump Executive Order Dismantles Disparate Impact Liability

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On April 23, President Trump issued an executive order, "Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy" (EO), intending to abolish a longstanding liability theory for workplace discrimination claims. Emphasizing the need...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

More on Equal Opportunity: Executive Order Seeks to End Disparate Impact Liability to promote Equal Opportunity

On April 23, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” directing federal agencies to effectively end the use of “disparate impact” liability in enforcing...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

President Trump Issues Executive Order “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy” Directed at Disparate Impact...

On April 23, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy” (the “Executive Order”). The stated policy purpose of the Executive Order is to “eliminate the use of...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Mintz on Air: Practical Policies - DEI Diplomacy

In the latest episode of the Mintz on Air: Practical Policies podcast, Member Jen Rubin explores the concept of ‘DEI Diplomacy’ with Associate Corbin Carter and how the conversation around diversity, equity, and inclusion is...more

Lathrop GPM

Executive Order Shifts Federal Enforcement Away from Disparate Impact Theory of Discrimination Liability

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An Executive Order signed by President Trump on April 23, titled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” directs federal agencies to shift their enforcement of civil rights laws away from disparate impact...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Executive order targets disparate-impact liability, promotes meritocracy

On April 23, the White House published an executive order titled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” addressing the principle of equal opportunity in the U.S., and emphasizing “meritocracy and a colorblind...more

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New Executive Order Seeks To Eliminate Disparate Impact Liability

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Key Takeaways - Disparate impact liability holds employers accountable for policies that appear neutral, but disproportionately harm a protected group, even without discriminatory intent....more

Woods Rogers

Executive Order Targets Disparate-Impact Liability

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On April 23, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14281 titled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy.” The EO establishes the current administration’s policy broadly opposing the use of...more

Blank Rome LLP

Changes to Civil Rights Enforcement: New Executive Order Eliminates Disparate-Impact Liability in Federal Regulations

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On April 23, 2025, the President issued an Executive Order (“EO”) titled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy” that seeks to drastically curtail the use of disparate-impact liability in federal regulations,...more

Stoel Rives - World of Employment

Executive Order Seeks to Repeal Disparate Impact Liability

On April 23, 2025, President Trump issued a new executive order aimed at repealing disparate impact liability.  The order, titled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy”, frames equal treatment under the law as...more

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Former EEOC Officials Issue Response to Acting Director’s Technical Assistance on DEI Programs

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On March 19, 2025, EEOC Acting Chair, Andrea Lucas, issued a technical assistance document entitled “What You Should Know About DEI-Related Discrimination at Work” ( “ DEI Technical Assistance Document 1”). On the same date,...more

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[Podcast] Practical Policies: Discerning DEI Discrimination

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In the latest episode of the Mintz on Air: Practical Policies podcast, Member Jen Rubin unpacks the recent EEOC guidance on DEI discrimination with fellow Employment Member, Geri Haight. Jen and Geri discuss the content and...more

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Five Key Points on DEI from EEOC/DOJ Guidance

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) issued two technical guidance documents on March 19, 2025 that every employer should read. The first document, issued jointly with the Department of Justice is titled...more

Venable LLP

A New Force in Town: What to Know about the FTC's Joint Labor Task Force

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has historically focused on protecting Americans in their role as consumers. But, pursuant to a recent directive issued in February 2025 by FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, the FTC will also...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Federal Agencies Begin Implementing DEI/DEIA-Related Executive Orders

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In the first two months of President Trump’s second term, his administration has sought to redefine “illegal” diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (“DEIA”) programs....more

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday®: EEOC/DOJ Joint DEI Guidance, EEOC Letters to Law Firms, OFCCP Retroactive DEI Enforcement - Employment Law...

This week, we highlight new guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)-related discrimination. We also examine the Acting EEOC...more

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The DOJ and EEOC Move Forward with Enforcement of the President’s Executive Order 14173 (the “Anti-DEI Order”)

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Shortly after taking office, President Trump signed Executive Order 14173 (“Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity”) commonly referred to as the “Anti-DEI Order” (hereinafter simply referred to as...more

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DEI Under Scrutiny: What Employers Must Know About New EEOC and DOJ Guidance

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Following multiple executive orders from President Donald Trump concerning Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), employers have been eagerly awaiting agency guidance to clarify the scope and implications of what is...more

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EEOC and DOJ Issue Guidance on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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On March 19, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released two “technical assistance documents” for the purpose of “educating the public about unlawful...more

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EEOC and DOJ Clarify the Federal Government's Enforcement Priorities As to Dei-Related Workplace Discrimination

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On 19 March 2025, the US Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) issued two technical assistance documents clarifying what workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and practices...more

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How to Run a Legally Compliant DEI Program

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The Trump Administration's focus on ending "illegal DEI discrimination" was recently operationalized by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in guidance released on...more

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EEOC and Justice Department Issue New DEI Guidance For Employers

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) are the latest federal agencies to weigh in on the Trump Administration’s efforts to crack down on unlawful Diversity, Equity, and...more

Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP

EEOC and Department of Justice Issue Guidance on DEI-Related Discrimination

The first two months of the Trump administration saw a flurry of Executive Orders targeting private and public sector diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) programs, and March has been no different. On March 19, 2025, the...more

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