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President Trump rescinds federal contractor affirmative action executive order
By Phil Miles
Earlier this week, President Trump signed a new executive order, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity. One major piece of this order is that it rescinds Executive Order 11246…
Savine Employment Law Blog
Do It NOW! Webinar: Navigating The New Presidential Order On Affirmative Action And DEI Programs
By Irene Savine
New Presidential Order On Ending Affirmative Action Programs and Challenging Business’s D.E.I. and D.E.I.A. Programs Attention Employers: Major Changes in Federal Civil Rights Enforcement Are Here, Join Our Webinar On January…
Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
The Pendulum Has Swung – Changes for Federal Contractors Under the Trump Administration
By Langdon Ramsburg, Schaun D. Henry
Since 1965, federal contractors have been required to take affirmative action to ensure that they are not discriminating against employees. The affirmative action requirement stemmed from an executive order (11246)…
Government Contractor Compliance & Regulatory Update
Breaking: President Trump Rescinds Executive Order 11246
By Guy Brenner, Olympia Karageorgiou, Mallory Knudsen Hart
On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued a broad executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the “Order”), which among other things, rescinds Executive Order (“EO”) 11246.…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
Executive Order Targets DEI Programs Across Federal Contractors and the Private Sector
Yesterday, President Trump issued an Executive Order aimed at ending Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts by federal and private employers.: Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity – The…
The D&O Diary
McDonald’s Sued in ESG-Backlash Lawsuit over Hispanic Scholarships
Early in the New Year, McDonald’s announced that as a result of an outside law firm audit it would be ending some of its diversity practices, citing as the reason…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Affirmative action ban in US colleges did not limit law student diversity: American Bar Association
The percentage of minority students either held or increased compared to 2023
PrawfsBlawg
Law school applications are way up! Let’s wait on the parade
Main Wednesday, December 11, 2024Law school applications are way up! Let's wait on the parade[republished from my Substack. Subscribers welcome!]Let the bells ring out during this holiday season . .…
Inside Government Contracts
Federal Court Enjoins DOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program On Equal Protection Grounds
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College, there has been an increase in legal challenges…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Harvard Law reports decline in students of colour after Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban
The drop in percentage represents roughly 45 fewer non-white incoming first-year students