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Trump Executive Order Takes Aim at Disparate-Impact Liability

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On April 23, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14281 (EO), “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” 90 FR 17537, 2025 WL 1207532. The EO takes aim at disparate-impact liability, which the EO says...more

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The Evolving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Landscape: What to Do Now?

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In January 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed several Executive Orders immediately after being sworn into office. Executive Order 14151 “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Program and Preferencing” and Executive...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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Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Stays Preliminary Injunction of Anti-DEI Executive Order

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On March 14, 2025, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the nationwide preliminary injunction previously issued by the District of Maryland, which had enjoined certain aspects of Executive Order No. 14173, President...more

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Investigations Newsletter: First Circuit Upholds Whistleblower Retaliation Verdict (hold for Monet)

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False Claims Act Legal Developments - First Circuit Upholds Whistleblower Retaliation Verdict - On December 9, 2020, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held as a matter of first impression that “the...more

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Background Checks: The Advent of the New California Employment Class Action

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Class action litigation brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is on the rise—particularly in California—after the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a 2017 decision applying a hypertechnical...more

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U.S. Justice Department Argues Against EEOC Position Protecting Transgender People

Earlier this year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission persuaded the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that a funeral home’s termination of a transgender employee violated Title VII’s prohibition against sex...more

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Religious Institutions Update: September 2018 - Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

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Key Cases - Establishment Challenge to Presidential Proclamation Subject to Rational Basis Review - In Trump v. Hawaii, 138 S.Ct. 2392 (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the lowest level of constitutional...more

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Web Exclusive: February 2018: The Top 15 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there were an unprecedented number of changes all through 2017. And if the first two months...more

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Second Circuit Joins Seventh Circuit, EEOC in Holding that Anti-Gay Discrimination is Sex Discrimination

With its en banc decision on February 26, 2018 in Melissa Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc., No. 15-3775 (2d Cir. Feb. 26, 2018), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals became the second federal appeals court to hold that sexual...more

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October 2017: The Top 11 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes each month in 2017. October was no...more

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