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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Ogletree Deakins Insights
Legal Challenge Mounted to New Anti-DEI Executive Order Targeting Federal Contractors
By By T. Scott Kelly, Nonnie L. Shivers, Publisher, Zachary V. Zagger
Quick Hits A coalition of higher education/academic and minority trade associations has filed a lawsuit against President Trump’s executive order on DEI initiatives that imposes contractual consequences on federal contractors…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
FAR Council Issues Deviation Implementing EO 14398 With FAR 52.222-90 — DEI Restrictions on Federal Contractors
By Lorraine M. Campos, Peter J. Eyre, Rebecca Springer, Ellen Moran Dwyer, Kris D. Meade
As discussed in our March 30, 2026, client alert, Déjà Vu: New Executive Order Outlines Restrictions on Contractor and Subcontractor DEI Activity, President Trump issued Executive Order 14398 (EO 14398), Addressing…
Belonging at Work
Reframing how we deal with discomfort
By Peter Sloan
There's a lot about diversity in the workplace that frankly is uncomfortable. And that's not simply my lived experience. Dr. Katherine W. Phillips, after conducting hundreds of studies demonstrating diversity's…
Subject to Inquiry
FAR Council Issues Implementation Guidance for Executive Order 14398: New DEI Contract Clause Requirements for Federal Contractors
By Edwin O. Childs, Jason M. Vespoli, John Adams, John S. Moran, Jack White, Abram J. Pafford, Sarah Wake, Farnaz Farkish Thompson, Julia Coleman, Elissa Baur, William Doyle, Brett Barnett, John Sullivan, Sophie Marsh
On April 20, 2026, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council issued agency implementation guidance for Executive Order (E.O.) 14398, “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors,” which President Trump signed on…
Legal Futures Blog
Why menopause support belongs on every law firm’s agenda
Guest post by Stephanie Root, senior people advisor at Leeds law firm Clarion, a Menopause Friendly employerRoot: Menopause support should be a strategic priorityAccording to recent data from the Solicitors…
Inside Government Contracts
Revolutionary FAR Overhaul Incorporates New “Addressing DEI Discrimination” Executive Order Provisions
By Scott A. Freling, Jennifer Plitsch, Michael Wagner, Sarah Schuler, Victoria Skiera
As we previously covered, on March 26, 2026, President Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14398, “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors,” to address “racially discriminatory DEI activities” in federal contracting. …
HR Law Watch
New Executive Order Targets “Racially Discriminatory DEI Activities” by Federal Contractors
By Elliot I. Griffin, Brian D. Pedrow, Shirley S. Lou-Magnuson
On March 26, 2026, President Trump signed Executive Order 14398, “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors,” the latest in a series of executive actions targeting DEI practices in the federal…
Duane Morris Life Sciences Law
DOJ: First DEI-Related FCA Case Is Settled
By Duane Morris
By Daniel Walworth On April 10, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced its first False Claims Act settlement arising from allegations that an organization’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs…
BuildSmart
New Executive Order Imposes DEI Compliance Requirements on Federal Contractors and Subcontractors
By Aron C. Beezley, Gabrielle A. Sprio
On March 26, 2026, the president issued an executive order titled “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors”, directing federal agencies to include a new mandatory contract clause prohibiting federal contractors…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
WIRTW #795: the ‘girls club’ edition
Trump's EEOC is expanding its crackdown on DEI by targeting women-only workplace networking and similar programs as potential illegal “reverse discrimination." Here's what I told USA Today about this issue:…