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DOJ Releases Memo Regarding Unlawful Discrimination by Federal Funding Recipients

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On July 29, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued further guidance regarding the application of federal antidiscrimination laws to programs and initiatives undertaken by recipients of federal funding, in the form of...more

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Achieving DEI Compliance…On Your Website

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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) efforts, and the term itself, have become increasingly scrutinized and subjected to legal challenges by both government and private actors, making an understanding of the current DEI...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

What’s the Latest News with DEI?

As you know, there’s been a frenzy around DEI initiatives this year in the of wake President Trump’s executive orders regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. We addressed the executive order titled “Ending...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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President Trump’s Executive Order “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” and Its Impact on Private...

On January 21, 2025, amid a flurry of executive orders, President Trump issued an executive order titled, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit Based Opportunity,” representing a critical change in federal policy...more

Cozen O'Connor

What Now? Critical DEI Considerations for Private-Sector Employers Under Trump Administration 2.0

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Following a flurry of executive orders signed by President Trump, private employers are reevaluating their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives to make important decisions on these programs’ future existence and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Analyzing President Trump’s Latest Executive Order Titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity”

On January 21, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” This Executive Order is a major pivot in federal policy regarding affirmative action...more

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President Trump’s Executive Order Removes Federal Contractor Affirmative Action Requirements

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On Jan. 21, President Donald Trump took aim at a long-standing executive order regarding diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the American workplace....more

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ANC Shareholder Preferences Should Continue Despite Executive Order Revoking Affirmative Action and DEI Initiatives in Federal...

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Alaska Native Corporations have been legally permitted to preferentially hire their shareholders based on a 1992 amendment to a federal statute enacted in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act – Section 1626(g). In other...more

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Trump’s Executive Orders Considered: Implications for Private Employers

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During his first week in office, President Trump issued an unprecedented number of executive orders, including orders to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) programs within federal agencies and government...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Trump rescinds Executive Order 11246

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Executive Order 11246 in 1965. Since then, organizations doing business with the federal government had to affirmatively recruit women and minorities for employment and ensure employment...more

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White House Revokes E.O. 11246, Targets DEI Programs Alleged to Violate Anti-Discrimination Laws

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Executive Order (E.O.) 11246 was issued by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 to combat discrimination in employment (following the then-recent passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) by requiring federal contractors and...more

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President Trump’s Executive Order Eradicates 'Gender Ideology' from Federal Government and Seeks to Dismantle Federal Transgender...

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The Trump Administration’s new Executive Order on “gender ideology extremism” signals a dramatic shift in federal policy that will impact workplace policies, benefits, and compliance obligations relating to transgender...more

Perkins Coie

The Dismantle DEI Act: One Potential Blueprint for Forthcoming Attacks on DEI

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At the same time, the new administration’s anti-DEI posturing has not been clearly mirrored by the courts, with courts handing employers legal victories over their DEI policies and practices in several recent high-profile...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Out With the Old Compliance Year … In With the New

As 2023 ends, despite the visions of sugar plums dancing in your head, it is a good time to take stock of government initiatives affecting your Affirmative Action practice, the better to get ready for 2024. Many things...more

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The U.S. Supreme Court Recently Overturned Affirmative Action Precedent in Higher Education – Will Employer DEI Efforts be...

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On June 29, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard College and the University of North...more

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DEI Under Scrutiny, Part I: Increased Challenges to DEI Programming Give Employers a Reason to Perform Risk Assessments

This article is the first part of Ogletree Deakins’ series, “DEI Under Scrutiny,” which examines the evolving employment law landscape for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the United States....more

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EO 11246 Following the Harvard-UNC Supreme Court Cases: Why Federal Contractors Should Stay the Course for Now

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The US Supreme Court’s June 29 decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard University (the Harvard-UNC cases), which will have a...more

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DEI after SCOTUS University Admissions Decision

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With the Supreme Court’s recent consolidated opinion on the affirmative action programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College and...more

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Federal Contractors and Employers with DEI Initiatives: Three Takeaways from SCOTUS Decision Striking Down Racial Preferences

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On June 29, 2023, in a 6-3 decision authored by Chief Justice Roberts, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, the U.S. Supreme Court (“Court” or “Supreme Court”) held that college and...more

Perkins Coie

Seven Pressing Questions Following the Supreme Court’s Admissions Decision

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On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in two cases challenging universities’ consideration of race as a factor in student admissions: Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Does SCOTUS decision on affirmative action put employers’ DEI efforts at risk?

On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court held that admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by using...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Increase Diversity While Keeping It Legal

Improving diversity -- what's okay and what isn’t? Employers are creative and strategic when it comes to increasing workforce diversity. Sometimes, however, that creativity -- and the motivation to “move the needle” on...more

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Policy Matters Newsletter – February 2021

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The Parliamentarian Has Spoken: Minimum Wage Can’t Be Raised Through Reconciliation. At this point, readers of this newsletter are assuredly aware of the substantive contours and the procedural hurdles Joe Biden’s COVID-19...more

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President Biden's Executive Actions: Focus on Diversity and Equity

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Hours after his inauguration on January 20, 2021, President Biden signed 17 executive actions covering a wide range of issues, including several focused on discrimination and racial justice, immigration, and environmental...more

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