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Appeals Court Lifts Injunction on Executive Orders 14173 and 14151

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On March 14, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted the government's Motion for a Stay Pending Appeal in the lawsuit concerning two Executive Orders aimed at ending diversity, equity, and...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Court Blocks Key Provisions of Trump’s Anti-DEI Orders with Nationwide Injunction

On February 21, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in the case of National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education et al. v. Trump et...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Court Upholds Scope of Preliminary Injunction Regarding DEI Executive Orders

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A Maryland federal judge refused to suspend or narrow the nationwide preliminary injunction against DEI-related executive orders....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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Federal Court Blocks DEI Executive Orders Nationwide

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Last week, a federal court in Maryland issued a memorandum opinion and a nationwide preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of certain provisions of President Donald Trump’s Executive Orders related to diversity,...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

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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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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Trump Administration DEI Executive Orders Enjoined (For Now)

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On Friday, February 21, 2025, a federal judge in Baltimore issued a nationwide preliminary injunction (Order) enjoining certain parts of President Trump’s January 20, 2025 Executive Order 14151, Ending Radical and Wasteful...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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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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Key Portions of President Trump’s Anti-DEI Executive Orders on Hold

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On Friday, February 21, 2025, a federal district court in Maryland issued a nationwide injunction against enforcement of three key provisions in Executive Order 14173, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based...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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Preliminary Injunction Granted Against Anti-DEI Executive Orders

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In a significant legal move, Democracy Forward, on behalf of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE), the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Restaurant Opportunities...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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Federal Court Temporarily Halts Implementation of Portions of President Trump’s DEI-Related Executive Orders

A federal district court in Maryland has temporarily enjoined enforcement of several key aspects of two recent DEI-related executive orders from the Trump Administration – Executive Order 14151 (Ending Radical and Wasteful...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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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration DEI Executive Orders

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On February 3, 2025, multiple groups filed a lawsuit against President Trump and members of his administration, asking the court to halt and declare unconstitutional two executive orders that are aimed at ending diversity...more

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