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Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

What K-12 Leaders Need to Know About the Trump Administration's New Executive Order on School Discipline

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) is developing significant changes to how school discipline is addressed at the federal level. An executive order from President Donald Trump in late April requires the DOE to issue new...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

Cozen O'Connor

State AG Pulse | DEI in the Federal and State Spotlight

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Season 5 of State AG Pulse kicks off with State AG Group attorneys Chris Allen and Ann-Marie Luciano in conversation with Vice-Chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Group, Mike Schmidt, on the Trump administration’s...more

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Federal Court Refuses to Lift Preliminary Injunction Blocking DEI Executive Orders, While EEOC, USDOE, and State AGs Address DEI...

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Last week brought further developments related to the Trump administration’s efforts to curtail what it views as illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives....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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Developments in the DEI Landscape Heading into Trump's Second Month

President Trump’s Executive Orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”), discussed in previous client alerts with regard to higher education institutions and business more broadly, have prompted responses from...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

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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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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

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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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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Ten State Attorneys General Launch Inquiry into Major Financial Institutions’ DEI & ESG Programs

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The Attorneys General of ten states have issued a letter challenging the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs at six major financial institutions in the United...more

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