News & Analysis as of August 13, 2025

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DOJ Attempts to Define Illegal DEI: Warning Recipients of Federal Funds to Take Notice

Baker Donelson on 8/12/2025

In our previous Baker Donelson client alerts, we examined the emerging compliance and enforcement risks stemming from the January 21, 2025 Executive Order 14173 "Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based...more

New “Unlawful Discrimination” Guidance from DOJ Underscores Risks to Federal Grant Recipients

McCarter & English Blog: Government Contracts... on 8/12/2025

Earlier this year, we addressed a growing sense of confusion and unease among federal contractors relating to shifting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) standards. Specifically, awardees had to take stock of the...more

The AG’s July 29, 2025, Guidance on Discrimination: Its Potential Impact

ArentFox Schiff on 8/11/2025

On July 29, the Attorney General (AG) of the United States issued a memorandum entitled “Guidance For Recipients of Federal Funding Regarding Unlawful Discrimination” (hereinafter “Guidance”). This alert provides a review of...more

DOJ provides guidance on DEI and unlawful discrimination

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 8/1/2025

Better late than never. Six months after President Trump ordered the federal government to end “illegal DEI,” the U.S. Department of Justice issued a Memorandum providing guidance on diversity-related practices that it...more

New Certification Mandate Ties Federal Education Funds to Title VI Compliance

Fox Rothschild LLP on 4/9/2025

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) took another step forward last week to ensure that K-12 school districts across the country are complying with the administration’s directives on civil rights and antidiscrimination...more

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and Preferences Memo

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/11/2025

On February 5, 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi disseminated an internal memo within the Department of Justice (DOJ). The memo, Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and Preferences, explained that the DOJ’s Civil Rights...more

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