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Fourth Circuit Allows Anti-DEI Executive Order Provisions Involving Federal Contractors and Grantees to Proceed

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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 nationwide preliminary injunction that previously halted parts of two DEI-related executive orders signed by President Donald...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 Injunction Pauses Key Provisions of President Trump’s DEI Executive Orders

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On February 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a preliminary injunction that significantly impacts two of President Trump’s executive orders targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)...more

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The Ongoing Battle Between Judicial and Executive Power: The District Court of Maryland Enjoins President Trump’s DEI Orders on a...

On Friday, February 21, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland entered a preliminary injunction halting provisions of two of President Trump’s executive orders that sought to effectively eliminate...more

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Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Efforts to Eliminate DEI Programs; Government Appeals

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On February 3, 2025, the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, the American Association of University Professors, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore...more

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DEI Revived? Judge Issues Nationwide Injunction Against DEI-Based Executive Orders

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"Vague laws invite arbitrary power," U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland said in a ruling temporarily barring the Trump Administration from implementing parts of its...more

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What Now with DEI? Federal Court Declares Certain Provisions of Trump’s DEI Executive Orders Unconstitutional

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On January 20 and 21, 2025, President Trump declared “DEI” to be henceforth “illegal” and issued two executive orders aimed at eliminating DEI programs – leaving employers in the private and public sectors to wonder – what...more

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Maryland Federal District Court Preliminarily Blocks Key Provisions of Trump Anti-DEI Orders

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On February 21, 2025, the US District Court for the District of Maryland issued an order temporarily blocking three key provisions of two January 2025 executive orders issued by President Donald Trump – Executive Order 14151,...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

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Maryland Federal Court Enjoins Implementation and Enforcement of Two Trump Executive Orders Directed at DEI

On February 20, 2024, a Federal District Court in Baltimore preliminarily stopped the Trump DEI Executive Orders from going into effect until further legal proceedings occur. This abrupt halt of the Executive Orders will...more

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Court Temporarily Hits the Brakes on EO 14173 Ending Illegal Discrimination: What Employers Should Know

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Big Picture - On February 21, 2025, a Federal Judge in the District Court of Maryland granted a temporary injunction blocking portions of President Trump’s Executive Orders “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring...more

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Federal Court Issues Partial Preliminary Injunction Halting Enforcement of DEI-Related EOs

On February 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a preliminary injunction pausing enforcement of several provisions of President Trump’s DEI-related executive orders on Ending Radical and...more

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