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DEI-Related Executive Orders Move Forward After Fourth Circuit Grants Stay of Preliminary Injunction; Federal Agency Actions

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On March 14, 2025, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay of the U.S. District Court’s preliminary injunction, which will allow the Trump administration to continue enforcing the Executive Orders (EOs) related to...more

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Now What? Navigating the DEI Executive Orders and Ongoing Legal Challenges to Their Enforcement

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Since taking office in January, President Trump has signed a flurry of Executive Orders (EOs) on a wide range of topics. Few EOs, however, have generated as much attention and uncertainty as Executive Order 14151 and...more

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Federal Court Refuses to Lift Preliminary Injunction Blocking DEI Executive Orders, While EEOC, USDOE, and State AGs Address DEI...

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Last week brought further developments related to the Trump administration’s efforts to curtail what it views as illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives....more

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Another Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Anti-DEI Orders

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Yet another challenge has been launched against President Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders, particularly EO 14151 (“Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing”) and EO 14173 (“Ending Illegal...more

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Constitutional Clash: Trump Administration Appeals Ruling Blocking DEI Orders As More Challenges Filed

While the Trump administration appeals a recent federal court ruling that blocked enforcement of key parts of two executive orders (EO) to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and initiatives, the...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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GSA Changes Federal Contracts to Implement EO 14173; Certification, Other Provisions On Hold

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Last week, there were two important developments for federal contractors seeking to understand how President Trump’s Executive Order 14173 titled, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” will...more

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Anti-DEI Executive Orders Enjoined: Implications for Federal Funding Recipients and Private Employers

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On Friday, February 21, 2025, a federal judge issued a Preliminary Injunction in National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, et al. v. Trump, blocking significant portions of two Executive Orders (EOs)...more

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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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Key Parts of Anti-DEI Executive Orders Blocked by Federal Judge

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On Friday, February 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a nationwide preliminary injunction that enjoins aspects of two Executive Orders (EOs), EO 14151, “Ending Radical and Wasteful...more

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What is “Illegal DEI”: Vagueness Partially Sinks President Trump’s Executive Orders on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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On February 21, 2025, a federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction that partially prevents the Trump administration from enforcing its executive orders on diversity, equity and inclusion (“DEI”). At issue were...more

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Federal Court Blocks Provisions of Trump Administration’s ‘Illegal DEI’ Executive Orders

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The federal district court for the district of Maryland on Feb. 21, 2025, issued a preliminary injunction temporarily prohibiting the Trump Administration from enforcing three provisions of the Administration’s Jan. 20 and...more

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Federal Court Enjoins Trump Administration’s Broad Attack on DEI

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On February 21, a federal district court judge issued a preliminary injunction against several elements of Trump’s executive orders regarding DEI or DEIA. The reach of this preliminary injunction goes beyond the plaintiffs in...more

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

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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

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Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity (Trump EO Tracker)

The Order rescinds all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices or programs across all executive departments and agencies. It also revokes the following executive actions: Executive Order 12898 of February 11, 1994...more

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President Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders face challenge

Less than two weeks after President Donald J. Trump signed two executive orders dismantling diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, the constitutionality of the EOs is being challenged. The two Executive Orders...more

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Congress Passes Landmark Bill Protecting Same-Sex Marriage: Key Takeaways for Employers

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In a historic move, both chambers of Congress have approved legislation protecting the right of same-sex couples to get married, and President Biden is expected to quickly sign the bill into law. The U.S. House of...more

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Beltway Buzz - September 2020 #4

RBG. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on Friday, September 18, 2020, at the age of 87. In this humble publication it is impossible to capture Justice Ginsburg’s outsized influence on the law, women’s...more

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