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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

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Illinois District Court Blocks Portions of Anti-DEI Executive Order

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There are several concurrent challenges to President Donald Trump’s “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” executive order (Anti-DEI EO). Previously, the U.S. District Court for the District of...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

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Federal Appeals Court Permits Enforcement of DEI Executive Orders

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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed the Maryland District Court’s preliminary injunction order enjoining the federal government from enforcing certain provisions of President Donald Trump’s January 20, 2025...more

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Trump’s DEI executive orders are no longer blocked from taking effect

Certification requirements for contractors are back in play. As we previously reported, a federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction prohibiting the federal government from enforcing certain portions of...more

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Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Allows for Enforcement of DEI-Related Executive Orders Pending Appeal

On March 14, 2025, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted the government’s request to stay a nationwide preliminary injunction that blocked enforcement of elements of President Trump’s Executive Order 14173...more

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What to Know: Injunction of Certain Trump DEI Executive Order Provisions Lifted

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On March 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted the government’s request to stay a Maryland federal judge’s nationwide preliminary injunction that temporarily stopped three key provisions of...more

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Fourth Circuit Stays Injunction of Trump DEI Executive Orders

On March 14, 2025, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit stayed the nationwide preliminary injunction of President Trump’s Executive Orders 14173 and 14151 (DEI EOs). As we previously...more

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DEI Litigation Whiplash: Appellate Court Allows the Government to Move Forward with Challenged DEI-Related Executive Orders

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Uncertainty for companies when making business decisions is a new norm. Tariffs aren’t going to be the only thing that is on again and off again. The same is happening with directives governing diversity, equity, and...more

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Court Blocks Enforcement of Anti-DEI Executive Orders

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What, exactly, is “illegal” Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (“DEI”)? As we previously reported, two recent Executive Orders (“EO”) prohibit “illegal” DEI practices that violate longstanding civil rights laws, but fail to...more

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Recent DEI Executive Orders Temporarily Blocked by Federal Judge

On February 21, Judge Adam B. Abelson of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland issued a preliminary injunction that temporarily bars the Trump administration from implementing major portions of two...more

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Court Limits Trump Administration's Executive Orders on DEI: Employer Impact

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Summary of Executive Orders - As we have referenced in prior alerts, the Trump administration issued two Executive Orders relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs for federal contractors, with language...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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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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Court Blocks Key Provisions Under Trump Administration’s Anti-DEI Executive Orders

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On Friday, February 21, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland issued a preliminary injunction against key provisions of executive orders issued by President Trump that are aimed at curtailing the...more

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Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Efforts to Eliminate DEI Programs; Government Appeals

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On February 3, 2025, the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, the American Association of University Professors, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore...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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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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Maryland Federal District Court Preliminarily Blocks Key Provisions of Trump Anti-DEI Orders

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On February 21, 2025, the US District Court for the District of Maryland issued an order temporarily blocking three key provisions of two January 2025 executive orders issued by President Donald Trump – Executive Order 14151,...more

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Federal Judge Issues Temporary Nationwide Order Halting Parts of Trump Executive Orders Restricting DEI Programs

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A Maryland federal court judge issued a temporary injunction late Friday, February 21, 2025, curtailing President Trump’s executive orders aimed at diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, including Executive Order...more

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“Red Light, Green Light”: Federal Court Blocks Trump’s DEI Executive Orders

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The past few weeks have seen a series of judicial ”Red Light, Green Light” games. On February 21, 2025, a U.S. District Court judge in National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, et al. v. Donald J....more

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Federal Court Blocks Key Provisions of DEI Executive Orders

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A federal court has blocked key provisions of the Trump Administration’s executive orders on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). On February 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a...more

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GSA Changes Federal Contracts to Implement EO 14173; Certification, Other Provisions On Hold

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Last week, there were two important developments for federal contractors seeking to understand how President Trump’s Executive Order 14173 titled, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” will...more

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Federal Court Issues Partial Preliminary Injunction Halting Enforcement of DEI-Related Executive Orders

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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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

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