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Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Update: Making Sense of the Evolving DEI Landscape and its Effects on Federal Contractors and Grantees

We recently wrote about the preliminary injunction entered by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, blocking the Department of Labor from enforcing certain provisions of Executive Orders 14173 and...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Court Permanently Blocks DOL from Enforcing DEI Certification Provisions

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In our previous post, we discussed the nationwide temporary restraining order issued by the United States District Court for the North District of Illinois that temporarily prevented the Department of Labor from requiring...more

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Attention Department of Labor Contractors and Grantees: A Federal Court Hits Pause on Executive Orders Related to Diversity,...

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Federal courts continue to grapple with challenges to President Trump’s executive orders (“EOs”) related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”), particularly EO 14151, Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs...more

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Appeals Court Lifts Injunction on Trump Administration’s DEI Executive Orders

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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

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Appeals Court Lifts Injunction on Executive Orders 14173 and 14151

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On March 14, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted the government's Motion for a Stay Pending Appeal in the lawsuit concerning two Executive Orders aimed at ending diversity, equity, and...more

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Fourth Circuit Terminates Maryland District Court’s DEI Injunction

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On March 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the  Fourth Circuit granted the government’s motion for a stay pending appeal, terminating a Maryland district court’s injunction of certain elements of President Trump’s January 20...more

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Fourth Circuit Stays Enforcement of Injunction on IE&D Executive Orders

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On March 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit lifted the nationwide injunction on President Trump's executive orders targeting inclusion, equity, and diversity (IE&D) programs, allowing enforcement while...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Federal Contractor DEI Certifications Allowed to Resume After Fourth Circuit Temporarily Blocks District Court's Nationwide...

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On March 14, 2025, the Fourth Circuit reversed a lower court's nationwide injunction that blocked key portions of President Trump's January 2025 Executive Orders on DEI programs. While the appeal is pending, federal agencies...more

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Nationwide Injunction Shuts Down Enforcement of Trump’s DEI Executive Orders

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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

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For Whom the Bell Tolls? The Impact of Wisconsin Bell v. United States ex rel. Todd Heath and United States v. Regeneron...

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The Supreme Court’s decision in Wisconsin Bell v. United States ex rel. Todd Heath clarifies what constitutes a “claim” under the federal False Claims Act (FCA). ...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Reading the Tea Leaves: Supreme Court Dips Its Toe into Brewing Federal Spending Fight

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The early days of the Trump Administration have featured a wide range of actions related to federal spending. This has included payment pauses, contract and grant terminations or reevaluations, lease terminations, changes in...more

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Court Puts Key DEI Executive Order Provisions on Indefinite Hold

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On February 21, 2025, a federal court in Maryland issued a nationwide preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the administration from carrying out key provisions in two of President Trump’s Executive Orders on Diversity,...more

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Federal Court Blocks Trump's DEI Restrictions—What It Means for Employers

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A federal court in Maryland recently issued a nationwide injunction blocking key parts of President Donald Trump’s executive orders (EOs) that sought to limit diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in workplaces...more

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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Orders Limiting DEI in Government and Business

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Key parts of President Donald Trump’s executive orders (EOs) seeking to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in the public and private sector were enjoined nationwide on Feb. 21 by a federal district court...more

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Federal Court Halts Enforcement of DEI Executive Orders: What Employers Need to Know + 5 Steps to Take Next

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President Trump issued two anti-DEI executive orders at the start of his second term that shook up the workplace and left federal contractors and private employers wondering how to comply. Employers grappled with...more

Cozen O'Connor

Trump Administration DEI Executive Orders Enjoined (For Now)

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On Friday, February 21, 2025, a federal judge in Baltimore issued a nationwide preliminary injunction (Order) enjoining certain parts of President Trump’s January 20, 2025 Executive Order 14151, Ending Radical and Wasteful...more

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Preliminary Injunction Issued to Block Provisions of Executive Orders Limiting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs; Now...

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On February 21, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland issued a nationwide preliminary injunction halting the enforcement of three key provisions of President Trump’s Executive Orders intended to...more

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Executive Orders targeting DEI partially blocked by court

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On February 21, a federal court in Maryland preliminarily enjoined three components of Executive Order (EO) 14151 (Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing) and Executive Order 14173 (Ending...more

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Federal Court Blocks Key Provisions of DEI Executive Orders

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A federal court has blocked key provisions of the Trump Administration’s executive orders on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). On February 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a...more

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Maryland District Court Enjoins Portions of Anti-DEI Executive Order: What Does This Mean?

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On February 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland preliminarily enjoined certain aspects of Executive Order No. 14173, President Donald Trump’s “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based...more

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DEI Executive Orders Enjoined by Maryland District Court

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On February 21, the Maryland District Court issued an injunction prohibiting the administration from implementing requirements in Executive Order (EO) 14151, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Court Blocks Certain Key Provisions of DEI Executive Orders, but Employers Should Continue Reviewing Practices and Policies

On February 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland paused the enforcement of certain portions of the Trump administration’s executive orders related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts....more

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Take Two: Rhode Island District Court Again Directs Trump Administration to Unfreeze Federal Funds

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Despite two Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs) issued by federal courts in Rhode Island and Washington, DC, the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island found that the Trump Administration’s funding freeze...more

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New Lawsuit Takes on Trump’s Anti-DEI Actions: What Employers Need to Know

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A new lawsuit is challenging the Trump administration’s executive orders that take aim at DEI efforts in the private sector and in the federal government, calling them a “crusade to erase diversity, equity, inclusion, and...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - December 2018 #4

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - According to a Bloomberg Government article, more than 30,000 federal contracting opportunities at twenty-eight (28) agencies are coming up for competition in the coming fiscal years. In a webinar,...more

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