On April 14, U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly ruled, in relevant part, that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) cannot require federal grant recipients to certify that their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)...more
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
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
The first challenge to President Trump’s Executive Orders targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the private sector has resulted in a preliminary injunction. As we previously reported, several organizations filed a...more
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
As outlined in a recently published Legal Alert, shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump enacted two Executive Orders designed to detect and eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs related to...more
A new lawsuit is challenging the Trump administration’s executive orders that take aim at DEI efforts in the private sector and in the federal government, calling them a “crusade to erase diversity, equity, inclusion, and...more