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Federal Court Partially Blocks Enforcement of Parts of Executive Orders on DEI and Gender Identity

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On June 9, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a ruling in San Francisco AIDS Foundation v. Trump, temporarily blocking the enforcement of several provisions in executive orders issued...more

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DOJ Moves to Challenge Illinois Nonprofit Board Disclosure Law

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has been granted judicial leave to intervene in the American Alliance for Equal Rights’ (AAER) suit against the State of Illinois challenging the state’s diversity, equity, and inclusion...more

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DEI Executive Orders and Related Litigation

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Executive Summary - On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed 26 executive orders (EO), a record number of EOs signed by a President on Inauguration Day. In his first two weeks as President, a handful of these...more

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Illinois Law Requiring Certain Not-For-Profits to Disclose Demographic Data Challenged in Federal Court

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Illinois' General Not-For-Profit Corporation Act (Act) was amended to begin requiring certain Illinois not-for-profits to annually report on the demographics of their governing bodies as of January 1, 2025....more

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Key Insights on Executive Order Directing Scrutiny of Private-Sector DEI Efforts

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On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the Order) directing federal agencies to enforce federal civil rights laws to...more

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Proskauer Files Amici Brief in Six Federal Court Litigations Supporting Coalition Led by Justice in Aging

Proskauer serves as outside counsel to a coalition of nine nonprofit organizations—led by Justice in Aging—supporting dozens of states and organizations in their efforts to stay the implementation of the U.S. Department of...more

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Coffee Shop Church’s Claims Survive Motion to Dismiss, City Amends Code to Permit Use

A federal court in Maryland has denied the City of Laurel, Maryland’s (“City”) motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Redemption Community Church (“Church”). ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Supreme Court 2016-17 Recap

The politics surrounding the appointment of a new justice to the U.S. Supreme Court dominated the news cycle during the 2016-17 term, but the Court’s decisions themselves have been far from controversial. As the term draws to...more

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Religious Institutions Update - Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

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"Church plans" are pension plans (including defined benefit or defined contribution plans) exempt (without an irrevocable election) from many of the legal requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...more

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