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Executive Order Tracker - April 2025

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Littler's Executive Order Tracker is your go-to resource for staying up to date on all executive orders and actions issued by the Trump administration. We are tracking every order, analyzing its impact, and providing...more

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Federal Courts Temporarily Block Enforcement of U.S. Department of Education "Dear Colleague Letter" Barring "Illegal DEI" in...

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On April 24, 2025, Judges Landya McCafferty and Stephanie Gallagher, sitting in the United States District Courts in New Hampshire and Maryland, respectively, issued rulings blocking the U.S. Department of Education (DOE)...more

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President Trump on Campus: New Higher Education Executive Orders

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Higher educational institutions have experienced outsized attention in the early days of the second Trump Administration. A trio of three recent executive orders suggests that the Administration’s focus on higher education is...more

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Key Takeaways From President Trump's Executive Order on HBCUs

On April 23, President Donald Trump issued an executive order revamping federal engagement with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). ...more

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Understanding and Navigating Compliance with NIH Grant DEI Policies

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On April 21, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a notice regarding its policy to require all US grant recipients to certify that: 1. They do not, and will not during the term of receiving funds from the...more

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NIH Announces Significant Changes to Federal Grant Terms, Conditions on Civil Rights

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced on April 21, 2025, a significant change to the terms and conditions governing federal funding (the Notice) applicable to all NIH grants, cooperative agreements and other...more

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Trump’s Executive Orders on DEI

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Policy shifts, court challenges, and strategic considerations for organizations navigating federal directives on DEI....more

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Recent Changes and Future Directions: Tax-Exempt Organizations Under the New Administration

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Executive orders, federal funding cuts, and suspended processing of tax-exempt status applications are among the changes affecting nonprofits. ...more

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U.S. District Court Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Blocking Department of Labor from Enforcing Certain Provisions of...

On April 2, we reported that Judge Matthew Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois had issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Department of Labor from enforcing certain provisions...more

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Supreme Court Lifts Restraining Order on Grant Terminations

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The Supreme Court recently issued a ruling with significant impacts for federal contractors and grantees looking to challenge terminations of their contracts and grants in U.S. district courts. Terminated contractors and...more

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Trump’s DEI Executive Orders Hit Another Judicial Roadblock

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On Tuesday, April 15, 2025, Judge Matthew Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted a motion for preliminary injunction barring the U.S. Department of Labor from enforcing the...more

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SCOTUS Ruling: Freezing $65 Million in Teacher Grants Amid DEI Controversy

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On April 4, 2025, the United States Supreme Court granted an emergency application to vacate the First Circuit Court of Appeals’ March 10 temporary restraining order (TRO) in the case of Department of Education v. California....more

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Federal District Court Temporarily Blocks DOL from Requiring DEI Certification Provisions

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On March 27, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted a nationwide temporary restraining order (TRO) preventing the Department of Labor (DOL) from requiring federal contractors and...more

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Department of Education Certification Requirement Enforcement Date Extended to April 24

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On April 9, an agreement was reached in a New Hampshire federal court blocking the U.S. Department of Education (ED) from taking any enforcement action under the February 14 “Dear Colleague” Letter (DCL) or the April 3 ED...more

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U.S. Department of Education Title VI Certification Requirement

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On April 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) sent a letter to state education agencies (SEAs) requiring them to certify compliance with federal civil rights laws, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of...more

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The State AG Report – 04.10.2025

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Mylan Inc. Settles Opioid Epidemic-Related Claims for $335...more

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The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 3, April 2025

Welcome to our third issue of The Academic Advisor for 2025. In this edition, we cover the following topics of interest for schools, institutions of higher education, and other education-focused organizations: - The...more

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New Certification Mandate Ties Federal Education Funds to Title VI Compliance

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The U.S. Department of Education (ED) took another step forward last week to ensure that K-12 school districts across the country are complying with the administration’s directives on civil rights and antidiscrimination...more

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Dept. of Education Certification Requirement Tied to “Antidiscrimination Obligations” for Continued K-12 Federal Funding

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On April 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued a press release announcing the ED sent certification letters to state commissions that oversee K-12 State Education Agencies (SEAs), charging SEAs with the...more

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Another Court Blocks DEI-Related Certification Requirement

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On March 27, 2025, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) prohibiting the Department of Labor (DOL) from...more

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What Employers Need To Know About DEI Certifications

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On January 20, 2025, the Trump Administration signed Executive Order 14173 on “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the Executive Order). The Executive Order seeks to end diversity, equity,...more

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Federal Judge Temporarily Halts DOL’s Enforcement of Portions of President Trump’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Executive...

The Department of Labor (DOL) is enjoined from enforcing parts of President Trump’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-related Executive Orders following a partial nationwide injunction entered against them by Judge Matthew F....more

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Keeping Your Defense Contract: Combating Recent Government Contract Cuts

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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

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Implications of Trump Executive Orders for Massachusetts Environmental Justice Programs 

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On the first day of his Presidency, among 26 other Executive Orders that day, Donald Trump issued his Unleashing American Energy Executive Order rescinding President Biden’s Executive Order 14096 of April 21, 2023...more

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U.S. District Court Judge Temporarily Blocks Department of Labor from Enforcing Certain Provisions of DEI-Related Executive Orders

On March 27, 2025, Judge Matthew Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Department of Labor from enforcing certain provisions of Executive...more

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