100 Days In: What Employers Need to Know - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday®
Non-Competes Eased, Anti-DEI Rule Blocked, Contractor Rule in Limbo - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday®
Clocking in with PilieroMazza: Latest Developments on DEI Executive Order and Action Items before April 21 Deadline
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 49 - The Depression Episode
072: Prepare For Trump Executive Orders To Hit Your Law Firm
#WorkforceWednesday®: EEOC/DOJ Joint DEI Guidance, EEOC Letters to Law Firms, OFCCP Retroactive DEI Enforcement - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday®: Federal Contractors Alert - DEI Restrictions Reinstated by Appeals Court - Employment Law This Week®
State AG Pulse | DEI in the Federal and State Spotlight
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 18 - The Reshaping of ESG & DEI
Everything Compliance: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI Edition
#WorkforceWednesday®: Should Employers Shift Workforce Data Collection Under President Trump? - Employment Law This Week®
When DE&I Are Under Attack: On Record PR
Everything Compliance, Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI Edition
AGG Talks: Solving Employers’ Problems Podcast - Episode 5: What Employers Need to Know About DEI Policy Changes Under the Trump Administration
#WorkforceWednesday®: Workplace Law Shake-Up - DEI Challenges, NLRB Reversals, and EEOC Actions - Employment Law This Week®
False Claims Act Insights - Can DE&I Initiatives Lead to Potential False Claims Act Liability?
Terra Davis of Knobbe Martens on Fostering Psychological Safety, Inclusion and Belonging - CMO Series REPRESENTS Podcast
Understanding the New DEI Executive Order: What's the Tea in L&E?
Lynnette Espy-Williams of Cozen O’Connor on Thriving Together: Cultivating Allyship, Safety & Diversity in Law Firm Culture - CMO Series REPRESENTS Re-release
Diana Lauritson of Hogan Lovells on Color, Culture, and Leadership: Raising the Next Generation of Marketing Leaders - CMO Series REPRESENTS
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On March 27, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Rodney Hood delivered remarks at a conference, emphasizing his commitment to financial inclusion for underserved communities. He described financial inclusion as a civil rights...more
The Department of Defense (DOD) cut another batch of government contracts and grants on March 20th. The DOD is just one of many executive agencies advancing the policies of President Trump and the Department of Government...more
On January 24, the SBA announced updated small business contracting goals for fiscal year 2025, significantly decreasing some goals and standardizing targets across federal agencies. These changes bring the small business...more
As a result of the federal government’s clear directives against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion that put the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (“DBE”), 8(a) Business Development Program, Woman-Owned Small Business (“WOSB”),...more
Our Government Contracts Group discusses what small and large businesses can do to prepare for the potential elimination of federal set-aside and subcontractor preference programs under the Small Business Act (SBA)....more
The Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI’s updates on federal, state, and local matters, as well as Littler’s published in-depth analyses of the prior week....more
Within hours of taking office, President Trump executed two executive orders aimed at rescinding former President Biden’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)-focused orders. Trump’s orders reached beyond actions by the...more
Federal Spending Freeze and Executive Orders Blocked by Federal Judge: What Contractors Need to Know - As we recently noted, President Trump has issued a flurry of Executive Orders (EO) since he took office. Among other...more
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If you are a woman who owns and manages a business in the United States, you may be interested in applying for Women Business Enterprise (WBE) certification. ...more
Q&A with the Carolina Small Business Development Fund - We are fortunate to have connected with Kevin Dick, the President & CEO, and Emily Blevins, Marketing & Communications Director, of the Carolina Small Business...more
As previously discussed, the federal district court deciding Christian Bruckner’s lawsuit to enjoin the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s set-aside of 10% (around $37 billion) of transportation funding for “small...more
As we discussed in prior updates, on July 13, 2022, Christian Bruckner filed a lawsuit in the federal district court in Tampa, Florida, seeking to enjoin the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s set-aside of 10% (around...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: Biden Immigration Enforcement Priorities - Immigration enforcement priorities have shifted since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021 and several...more
California Significantly Expands Family Rights Act - California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law SB 1383, which significantly expands the coverage and scope of the California Family Rights Act (CFRA). CFRA,...more