On March 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Public Affairs issued a press release announcing two technical assistance documents jointly released by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...more
On March 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted the federal government’s request to stay, pending appeal, a nationwide preliminary injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of...more
Our prior alert on President Trump’s executive order revoking Executive Order 11246 addressed the certification, investigation, and other legal risks posed and related private sector impact on DEI programs. On February 21,...more
2/25/2025
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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
1/23/2025
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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
7/12/2023
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Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Title VII
The Department of Energy (DOE) through the Office of Science (SC) has announced that beginning in FY 2023, all DOE funding solicitations, including the Office of Science Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) and DOE...more