Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Compliance Clarity for Federal Contractors with Joan Moore and Mim Munzel of Arbor Consulting Group
Great Women in Compliance: LATAM Compliance Update with Alejandra Montenegro Almonte
Podcast - Regulating AI in Healthcare: The Road Ahead
Mid-Year Labor & Employment Law Update: Key Developments and Compliance Strategies
Sunday Book Review: July 13, 2025, The Best Books on History Edition
Compliance into the Weeds: Changes in FCPA Enforcement
Amend (Don’t End) DEI: What SHRM’s BEAM Framework Means for Law Firms - On Record PR
Navigating Renewable Energy: Insights from the ACP Siting and Permitting Conference - Energy Law Insights
New Executive Order Targets Disparate Impact Claims Nationwide - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
2024-2025 Bid Protest Decisions with Far-Reaching Impacts for Government Contractors
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Impact of the Election on the FTC
What Every Law Firm Leader Can Learn from Law Day and the Perkins Coie Ruling: On Record PR
The Changing Landscape of EEOC Enforcement and Disparate Impact
Compliance Tip of the Day: Standing at the Turning Point
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 19 - Power Struggles: Federal vs. State Authority in Energy Law
Episode 366 -- DOJ Issues Data Security Program Requirements
Non-Competes Eased, Anti-DEI Rule Blocked, Contractor Rule in Limbo - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday®
CHPS Podcast Episode 3: Unlocking America's Mineral Potential
CHPS Podcast Episode 2: Bitcoin in the Halls of Power
Blank Rome presents a new summer webinar series where our interdisciplinary team will unpack the most pressing legal, regulatory, and policy developments from the Trump Administration’s first 180 days. Each session offers...more
Recently, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in the case of San Francisco AIDS Foundation v. Trump temporarily halted enforcement of parts of the diversity, equity and inclusion and “gender...more
We have seen, a mere few months into President Trump’s second term, a remarkably transformational set of priorities across the federal government, which have had dramatic impacts on the private sector generally and public...more
(May 7, 2025) – As U.S. employers adapt to wide-ranging executive orders, sweeping changes at federal agencies and a growing patchwork of state and local regulations, they are bracing for further challenges over the next...more
Another school year is winding down, and educational leaders perhaps have never been more ready for summer break. From the Trump administration’s significant policy shifts to deeply consequential litigation playing out to...more
Executive Summary - It has been a turbulent start to 2025 as U.S. employers scramble to adapt to new executive orders, sweeping changes at federal agencies and a growing patchwork of workplace regulations at the state and...more
On April 15, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sought approval of its 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection. The EEOC’s new proposed 2024 EEO Component 1 Instruction Booklet (the “Booklet”) changes...more
Welcome to FP’s First 100 Days Report for Employers. The first 100 days of any new administration set the tone for what’s to come—and in 2025, that tone has been unmistakable: bold, fast-moving, and deeply consequential for...more
President Trump just issued a wave of education-related executive orders – seven, to be exact – impacting both higher education and K-12 schools. Educational institutions need to tune in and catch up, and we’ve compiled this...more
States the policy of the Administration to support Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in fostering more and better opportunities in higher education and ensuring college-educated Americans are empowered to...more
The backlash against DEI – Will the rest of the world follow the Trump administration’s lead? In recent alerts, we have outlined the DEI agenda of the second Trump Administration. Though this agenda leaves “DEI” largely...more
On April 3, 2025, a group of former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) officials issued a statement defending specific employer diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in response to technical...more
On March 19, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released joint “technical assistance documents” (a one-page document titled “What To Do if You Experience...more
Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released two technical assistance documents focused on potential unlawful discrimination related to diversity,...more
On Friday, March 14, 2025, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit stayed, pending appeal, the injunction previously entered by Judge Adam Abelson of the U.S. District Court for the District of...more
The federal government does not have legal authority to prohibit private-sector businesses from engaging in lawful Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility practices, or mandate their removal. On January 21, 2025,...more
On March 14, 2025, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit lifted a lower court’s preliminary injunction blocking key provisions of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at ending...more
On March 17, 2025, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) Acting Chair, Andrea Lucas, sent letters to 20 large law firms requesting information concerning each firm’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) related...more
On March 14, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s motion to stay the United States District Court for the District of Maryland’s preliminary injunction on the...more
Many federal contractors and grant recipients are seeking guidance regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (“DEI”) in the wake of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upholding President Trump’s Executive Orders on DEI (“DEI...more
This alert will explore what the federal government may consider to be “illegal DEI” in light of legal challenges to President Trump’s multiple executive orders (EO’s) pertaining to diversity, equity, inclusion, and...more
On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued the Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity Executive Order, which significantly alters federal contractor obligations related to affirmative...more
On February 21, 2025, a federal district court judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction that blocks enforcement of three major provisions of President Trump’s Executive Orders related to Diversity, Equity and...more
Welcome to our second issue of The Academic Advisor for 2025. In this edition, we cover the following topics of interest for schools, institutions of higher education, and other education-focused organizations: - the...more
This week, we examine the risks tied to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives that employers face due to the Trump administration’s executive orders and the ensuing scrutiny from federal agencies, including the...more