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U.S. Department of Education Opens Title IX Investigations Into the Minnesota State High School League and the California...

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As we shared in a previous alert, in early February, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” which restricts transgender women and girls from participating in women’s athletic...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

New Pay Transparency Laws in Effect in 2025 – What Employers Need to Know

Multistate employers are likely already aware of challenges in tracking and complying with various state and local laws governing pay transparency in the recruitment and hiring process. Now, even as Diversity, Equity, and...more

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Job Applicant Seeks to Expand AI Workplace Screener Lawsuit into a National Class Action: Should Employers and AI Developers Be...

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A frustrated job applicant who won court approval to advance his employment discrimination lawsuit against an AI-based vendor is now looking to ratchet up the pressure and expand his claim into a national class action. His...more

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Attorney General instructs DOJ to investigate, eliminate, and penalize illegal DEI programs

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Upon her swearing in on February 5, 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a series of memoranda to all Department of Justice employees, including a memorandum entitled “Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and...more

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FAQs for Employers and Federal Contractors on Navigating the DEI Landscape

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On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued several executive orders (EOs) eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs within the federal government. One of those orders, “Ending Illegal Discrimination...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Georgia and 16 Other States Challenge Constitutionality of Section 504

Georgia and 16 other states recently joined a lawsuit challenging a rule finalized last year by the Biden administration that expanded the definition of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the federal law prohibiting...more

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President Trump’s DEI Executive Orders: Recent Developments for Employers to Know

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Following President Donald Trump’s January 21, 2025 Executive Order (EO) titled, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” recent federal developments may impact how companies approach their...more

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The Federal Funding Freeze and its Effect on Health Equity Programs

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A string of executive orders and an OMB memorandum from the Trump Administration left the status of almost all federal funding in a state of limbo. In particular, funding from the National Institutes of Health and for Health...more

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Two Federal Courts Issue Injunctions Temporarily Blocking Trump’s Executive Order Restricting Access to Gender Affirming Care

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On January 28, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14187, directed at limiting gender-affirming care provided to children and teenagers under the age of nineteen, alerting that the federal government “will not fund,...more

Offit Kurman

Office Romance: Navigating Workplace Relationships and Managing Legal Risks

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Dear Sarah, Two of my employees have started dating, and I’m worried it might affect their work or lead to complaints from others. Should we have a formal policy on workplace relationships? Are we even allowed to have such a...more

Fisher Phillips

What Businesses Need to Know About DEI in the Trump Era: FAQs for Employers

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The whirlwind first few weeks of the second Trump administration have left private employers with concerns and questions related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs. In order to dispel myths and provide...more

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Federal Crackdown on DEI Programs Intensifies – Government Enforcement and Investigations Risks

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In our prior Baker Donelson Client Alert, we examined the labor and employment implications of Attorney General Pam Bondi's Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination & Preferences memorandum. This alert focuses on the...more

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New York City to Require Employers to Physically and Electronically Post Lactation Room Accommodation Policy

New York City employers will be required to physically and electronically post a copy of their written lactation room accommodation policy under recent amendments to New York City’s lactation accommodations law set to take...more

DCI Consulting

New Guidance on Ending DEIA Programs in Federal Agencies

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On February 5, 2025, Charles Ezell, Acting Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), issued a memorandum to heads of Federal departments and agencies providing further guidance on ending Diversity, Equity,...more

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Sixteen State Attorneys General: “DEI Best Practices Are Not Illegal”

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The Attorneys General of Massachusetts and Illinois, joined by the Attorneys General of 14 other states (Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Administration Outlook: Guidance for Employers Amid the Attack on LGBTQ Workers

President Trump's orders targeting "woke gender ideology" do not change existing employment protections for LGBTQ employees, though threats to federal funding remain ambiguous. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and many...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

New Proposed Regulations Will Impact How Businesses Utilize AI to Make Personnel Decisions

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It is no surprise that businesses are seeking ways to utilize AI to increase efficiency, including developing automated decision-making systems to assist in hiring and promotion processes. The California Civil Rights Council...more

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AG Bondi Issues Memorandum Entitled “Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and Preferences”

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On February 5, 2025, United States Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memorandum titled “Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and Preferences.” The memorandum advises that the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

President Trump's Executive Order on Transgender Athletes Poses Sports and Entertainment Challenges

President Donald Trump last week took a major step to deliver on one of his top campaign promises: banning transgender athletes from participating in girls' or women’s sports. His executive order and the reaction to it have...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth’s SCOTUS Employment Law Roundup: A Win for Employers Defending Exemptions Under the FLSA, and Two Other Cases to Watch

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In an important opinion for employers defending against misclassification claims, the Supreme Court has issued its first major employment law decision of the current term in EMD Sales v. Carrera, with two other marquee...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

New DOJ Memos Target Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practices Under Attorney General Pamela Bondi

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Pamela Bondi, the newly sworn in Attorney General at the Department of Justice (DOJ), issued a flurry of memos and directives in her first 24 hours on the job. Building on President Trump’s executive orders related to...more

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Class Action Decisions Published January 2025 - Developments in Class Action Law

Highlights from this issue include cases such as Pro Se Civil Rights Class Actions. The Seventh Circuit affirmed that a pro se prisoner cannot adequately represent a class, and more....more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

What Employers Should Know About Executive Order on 'Illegal and Discriminatory DEI Efforts'

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s withdrawal last month of an executive order that required larger federal contractors to create and implement affirmative action plans intended to increase the participation of women and...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

DOD to Begin Terminating DEI Contracts and Requirements

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The Department of Defense (DOD) is taking steps to comply with President Trump’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)-related Executive Orders (EOs). In a memorandum dated January 28, 2025, DOD’s Acquisition and...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

DEI Executive Orders Pose Risks for Federal Contractors

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Recently, President Donald Trump issued two executive orders (the “executive orders”) seeking to end “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion (“DEI”) programs in the workplace. Together, they direct all federal agencies to...more

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