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Government Agencies Executive Orders Preliminary Injunctions

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

U.S. District Court Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Blocking Department of Labor from Enforcing Certain Provisions of...

On April 2, we reported that Judge Matthew Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois had issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Department of Labor from enforcing certain provisions...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

The Fourth Circuit’s Ruling and What it Means for Employers

On March 14, 2025, the Fourth Court of Appeals lifted the nationwide preliminary injunction issued on February 20, 2025 by a federal judge in Baltimore that temporarily halted the implementation of two of President Trump's...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal District Court Temporarily Blocks DOL from Requiring DEI Certification Provisions

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On March 27, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted a nationwide temporary restraining order (TRO) preventing the Department of Labor (DOL) from requiring federal contractors and...more

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Federal Judge Temporarily Halts DOL’s Enforcement of Portions of President Trump’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Executive...

The Department of Labor (DOL) is enjoined from enforcing parts of President Trump’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-related Executive Orders following a partial nationwide injunction entered against them by Judge Matthew F....more

Blank Rome LLP

Attention Department of Labor Contractors and Grantees: A Federal Court Hits Pause on Executive Orders Related to Diversity,...

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Federal courts continue to grapple with challenges to President Trump’s executive orders (“EOs”) related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”), particularly EO 14151, Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Federal Judge Restrains Liability for Alleged False DEI Certifications

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President Trump’s January 21 Executive Order targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs (DEI) (the “January 21 Executive Order”) and, specifically, § 3(b)(iv)) (the Certification Provision) cannot be the basis for...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Chicago Federal District Court Issues Targeted Order Enjoining Department of Labor from Presenting DEI Certifications to Federal...

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On March 27, 2025, a federal district court in Chicago issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking the Department of Labor from implementing key provisions from two of President Trump’s Executive Orders issued in...more

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Fourth Circuit Lifts Injunction on Key DEI Executive Order Provisions

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The Fourth Circuit recently lifted the nationwide preliminary injunction that had blocked federal agencies from carrying out key provisions in two of President Trump’s Executive Orders on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Fourth Circuit Lifts Nationwide Injunction of Executive Orders Addressing DEI Programs

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Departing from a pattern of recent federal district court decisions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted the government’s application for stay pending appeal of a nationwide preliminary injunction against...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District courts both order reinstatement of terminated federal employees

On March 13, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) after President Trump’s Executive Order 14210 led to widespread terminations of federal probationary employees. The...more

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Fourth Circuit Temporarily Allows DEI-Related EOs to Continue

As we previously reported, on March 3, 2025, the Maryland District Court denied Defendants’ motion to stay the preliminary injunction in National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump, preventing the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Fourth Circuit Reinstates Anti-DEI Executive Orders Pending Further Litigation

On February 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland entered a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of important aspects of two Executive Orders: “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Fourth Circuit Stays Preliminary Injunction of DEI-Focused Executive Order Provisions

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WHAT: The U.S. Court of Appeals panel has stayed a preliminary injunction that the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland had issued covering parts of two Executive Orders: EO 14151, “Ending Radical and Wasteful...more

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Court Clarifies: DEI Injunction Applies Across Government

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The federal district court for the district of Maryland on March 10, 2025, clarified its Feb. 21 preliminary injunction against Trump Administration enforcement of aspects of its executive orders (EOs) that ban “illegal”...more

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Nationwide Injunction Shuts Down Enforcement of Trump’s DEI Executive Orders

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On February 21, 2025, a federal district court judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction that blocks enforcement of three major provisions of President Trump’s Executive Orders related to Diversity, Equity and...more

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Court Clarifies Nationwide Injunction Against Anti-DEI Executive Orders Applies to All Federal Agencies

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On March 10, 2025, a federal district court in Maryland clarified the scope of its February 21, 2025, nationwide injunction against enforcement of three key provisions in President Trump's executive orders targeting...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Judge Clarifies That Injunction Blocking Trump DEI Orders Applies to All Executive Agencies

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As we previously reported, on February 3, 2025, a federal judge in Baltimore issued a preliminary injunction blocking key provisions of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at ending programs supporting diversity,...more

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Federal Judge Clarifies Scope of Preliminary Injunction Enjoining President Trump’s DEI-Related Executive Orders

On March 10, 2025, a federal judge in Maryland clarified the scope of the nationwide preliminary injunction that enjoins key portions of two of President Donald Trump’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)–related executive...more

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Court Blocks Suspension and Termination of Foreign Aid Contracts: Key Takeaways for Government Contractors

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In a landmark decision, Judge Ali has issued a preliminary injunction (PI) preventing the U.S. government from enforcing suspensions, stop-work orders, and terminations for foreign aid contracts issued between January 20 and...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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Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Issued on Executive Order Limiting Gender-Affirming Care

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On March 4, 2025, a federal judge in Maryland issued a preliminary injunction to an executive order restricting access to gender-affirming care for individuals under the age of nineteen (the Executive Order)....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Update: The NIH Funding Cuts: Implications and Status of Lawsuits

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The proposed cuts would place a 15% indirect cost rate on all new and existing grant awards received by research institutions and universities....more

Cozen O'Connor

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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Preliminary Injunction Issued to Block Provisions of Executive Orders Limiting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs; Now...

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On February 21, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland issued a nationwide preliminary injunction halting the enforcement of three key provisions of President Trump’s Executive Orders intended to...more

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Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Parts of Executive Orders Impacting DEI in Government Contracting

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On Feb. 20, 2025, Judge Adam B. Abelson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (Baltimore) issued a preliminary injunction enjoining aspects of the enforcement of two executive orders signed by President...more

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