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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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Big Law’s DEI Practices Face Scrutiny by Republican AGs and the EEOC

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A group of 12 Republican AGs announced that they have sent a letter to multiple law firms (collectively, “law firms”) warning that the law firms’ diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and practices may violate state...more

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Court Enjoins Bulk of President Trump’s DEI Executive Order, Democratic State AGs Offer Guidance on ‘Lawful’ Practices

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Reverberations from the Trump administration’s recent executive order (EO) denouncing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices intensified Friday when a federal judge in Baltimore issued a nationwide preliminary...more

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16 State Attorneys General Offer Guidance on DEI Policies Amid Federal Scrutiny

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The attorneys general from 16 states have issued a joint guidance letter in response to orders and statements from the Trump administration, including a memorandum from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) titled “Ending...more

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State Attorneys General Point to Ways DEI Programs Can Stay Within Legal Boundaries

The attorneys general of sixteen states recently released guidance explaining how diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in the private sector can remain viable and legal. ...more

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Democratic AGs Tout Role of DEI Initiatives in Preventing Workplace Discrimination

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A group of 16 Democratic AGs issued guidance to businesses, nonprofits, and other organizations in response to a Trump Administration Executive Order that had warned that DEI and DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and...more

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Recent Executive Orders’ Potential Impact on Private Employers

Though much is still unclear about the precise impact of recent executive orders, statements from the EEOC and guidance issued by sixteen state attorneys general provide a sense of how states and federal agencies are...more

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States Take Stand Against Trump’s Anti-DEI Actions: What Employers Need to Know

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Sixteen Democratic state attorneys general just issued joint guidance reaffirming their position that workplace diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) initiatives remain legal – and important to the modern workplace. The February...more

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Sixteen State Attorneys General: “DEI Best Practices Are Not Illegal”

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The Attorneys General of Massachusetts and Illinois, joined by the Attorneys General of 14 other states (Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon,...more

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19 State AGs Join Anti-DEI Enforcement Efforts Following Trump Executive Orders; Employers Should Prepare

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Following President Trump’s executive orders on diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) programs, recent statements from State Attorneys General (“State AGs”) highlight that employers should prepare for increased scrutiny...more

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Key Take-Aways On The Executive Order Removing Barriers to AI Development

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On January 23, 2025, the President issued an Executive Order on “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence.” The Executive Order seeks to position the Country as a global leader in AI innovation. ...more

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State Attorneys General Take Aim at DEI Policies at Six Major Financial Institutions

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On January 23, 2025, a coalition of Attorneys General from ten states, led by AG Ken Paxton of Texas, penned a letter to six major U.S. financial institutions, warning that their embrace of “race-and-sex-based quotas” and...more

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State AGs Double Down on DEI (and ESG)

In December, we covered the announcement by 11 Republican state AGs of an antitrust suit against investment companies related to coal companies and ESG goals led by Texas. With the new year and new administration, we have...more

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DEI is D.O.A.: What President Trump’s Executive Order Means for All Employers

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Still grappling with the fallout from the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, which ended affirmative action in higher education, employers now face liability for their diversity, equity and inclusion...more

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What to Know About the War Being Waged Against DEI

Can you still have DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs? How about affirmative action plans? The Supreme Court’s June 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard garnered national attention in holding...more

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Costco Urged by Republican AGs to Repeal DEI Policies

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A group of 19 Republican AGs announced that they have sent a letter to Costco Wholesale Corporation, warning that its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies may violate state and federal civil rights laws prohibiting...more

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What Now? Critical DEI Considerations for Private-Sector Employers Under Trump Administration 2.0

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Following a flurry of executive orders signed by President Trump, private employers are reevaluating their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives to make important decisions on these programs’ future existence and...more

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Democratic AGs Pen Letter Opposing Walmart’s Decision to End Diversity Initiatives

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A group of 13 Democratic AGs wrote a letter to Walmart’s President and CEO expressing concern about Walmart’s announcement that it will end certain aspects of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives....more

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New Jersey Attorney General: NJ’s Law Against Discrimination (LAD) Applies to Automated Decision-Making Tools

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This month, the New Jersey Attorney General’s office (NJAG) added to nationwide efforts to regulate, or at least clarify the application of existing law, in this case the NJ Law Against Discrimination, N.J.S.A. § 10:5-1 et...more

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State Attorneys General Clash Over the Legality of DEI Initiatives

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From Congress’ recently proposed “Dismantle DEI Act of 2024” to the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit’s decision permitting mandatory diversity training by employers, diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) programs...more

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Missouri sues IBM over alleged diversity quotas

State Attorney General follows through on threat. Last summer, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v....more

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The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling: A Shift in How Private Employers Approach DEI?

The Supreme Court of the United States’ recent decision to strike down affirmative action admissions policies in higher education is having significant indirect consequences for private employers and their diversity, equity,...more

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Dueling Over Diversity: Republican and Democratic AG Letters Highlight the Divide Over Corporate Diversity Initiatives

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While the Supreme Court's recent decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College was explicitly limited to the educational setting, its prohibition of race-based affirmative action...more

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