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DOJ Releases Additional Guidance Regarding Unlawful Discrimination

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In a memo to all federal agencies dated July 29, 2025, “Guidance For Recipients of Federal Funding Regarding Unlawful Discrimination,” Attorney General Pam Bondi clarifies the Trump administration’s stance on illegal...more

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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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Employment Law Update: May 15 Disparate Impact Executive Order

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An Executive Order signed on April 23, 2025, promises to significantly limit federal enforcement tools in pursuing systemic discrimination claims. The Executive Order, titled “Restoring Equality in Opportunity and...more

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New Executive Order Seeks to Eliminate Disparate-Impact Liability

On April 23, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) titled Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy.  This EO seeks to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in various contexts, arguing that...more

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Trump Executive Order Seeks to Eliminate Disparate-Impact Liability

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On April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order entitled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy.” The Order announces the Administration’s intent to “seek to eliminate the use of...more

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New Executive Order Attacks ‘Disparate Impact’ Liability

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On April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy” executive order (the Disparate Impact EO) directing federal agencies to eliminate the use of disparate impact liability...more

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Executive Order: Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy (April 23, 2025, President Donald J. Trump)

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On April 23, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) titled Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy, which follows a string of prior EOs aimed at removing DEI programs, which we covered here and here....more

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Has Trump's EO killed disparate impact claims?

Is the media buzz accurate? On Wednesday, President Donald Trump issued a new executive order, "Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy." The buzz is that the President has wiped out disparate impact liability....more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

President Trump Signs Order Ending Government Disparate Impact Investigations

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring federal agencies from investigating or prosecuting employment discrimination using the disparate impact concept. Most discrimination claims allege that an...more

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Court Clarifies: DEI Injunction Applies Across Government

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The federal district court for the district of Maryland on March 10, 2025, clarified its Feb. 21 preliminary injunction against Trump Administration enforcement of aspects of its executive orders (EOs) that ban “illegal”...more

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Week in Review – EEOC and NLRB Start Enacting Trump’s Executive Orders, Challenges to Federal Agencies’ Independence, and New...

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Each week as the new presidential administration takes shape, we get a clearer picture of how its priorities will affect federal agencies, and how those changes will affect the employers and educational institutions that...more

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Trump Fires EEOC Commissioners, Testing Constitutional Limits on Presidential Power Over Independent Agencies

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On the afternoon of Tuesday, January 28, 2025, media reports confirmed that President Trump has fired EEOC Commissioners Charlotte Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels, both Democratic appointees. Samuels confirmed her dismissal via...more

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