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Fourth Circuit Stays Preliminary Injunction of Executive Orders Related to DEI Programs

McDermott Will & Emery on 3/19/2025

On March 14, 2025, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a stay on the US District Court for the District of Maryland’s nationwide preliminary injunction of US President Donald Trump’s executive orders (EOs)...more

New Administration Outlook: Key Provisions of Trump DEI Orders Blocked

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/28/2025

On Friday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a preliminary injunction against several provisions of two executive orders signed by President Trump that sought to dismantle diversity, equity, and...more

Federal Judge Enjoins Significant Portions of DEI Executive Orders

Shutts & Bowen LLP on 2/25/2025

In a 63-page order, Judge Adam B. Abelson, a U.S. District Judge for the District of Maryland, issued a nation-wide preliminary injunction that struck down as unconstitutional significant portions of Executive Order 114173...more

Trump Administration Sued A Second Time Over DEI-Related Executive Orders

Berkshire on 2/21/2025

The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Lambda Legal has filed a federal lawsuit in the District of Columbia alleging that several of President Trump’s executive orders regarding “DEI” violate the Free Speech and Equal Protection...more

RLUIPA Implications of Trump’s Immigration Executive Order

Robinson+Cole RLUIPA Defense on 2/21/2017

Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a district court’s issuance of a temporary restraining order prohibiting the enforcement of Executive Order 13769 – “Protecting The Nation From...more

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