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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Simple Justice
From The Desk of Ed Martin
When news broke that the Department of Defense had earmarked thousands of web pages for deletion, including the page about then-Col. Paul Tibbets’ B-29 Bomber, the Enola Gay, it seemed…
Mike McBride Online
Thinking about Carl Dean and #IWD2025
By Mike McBride
When we refer to women as "DEI hires," what we are really saying is that we aren't secure enough in our own accomplishments to let someone else shine. I imagine…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Beltway Buzz, March 7, 2025
President Trump Addresses Congress. On March 4, 2025, President Donald Trump delivered an address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress. Although the State of the Union–like address was…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
WIRTW #750: the ‘rule of law’ edition
This news should alarm any rational lawyer. Donald Trump has issued an Executive Order punishing Perkins Coie, the law firm that represented Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign. The EO does the…
Beyond the First 100 Days
Court Upholds Scope of Preliminary Injunction Regarding DEI Executive Orders
A Maryland federal judge refused to suspend or narrow the nationwide preliminary injunction against DEI-related executive orders. On March 3, 2025, a federal court in Maryland denied the Trump administration’s…
Levy Employment Law Blog
DEI in Crisis Part IX: First Amendment Rights Provide Partial Relief
By Tracey Levy
What is “illegal DEI”? That question was at the heart of a federal district court decision out of Maryland that issued a preliminary injunction against portions of the Trump executive…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
The Long-Term Impact of DEI Executive Orders
By Anne Hall
In January 2025, the President issued two executive orders (EOs) concerning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, (DEIA) initiatives. These EOs are likely to have…
GovCon & Trade
Judge Denies Government’s Motion to Stay Injunction of Anti-DEI Executive Orders
On March 3 Judge Abelson of the U.S. District Court for the District or Maryland denied the government’s motion for a stay pending appeal of the preliminary injunction halting the…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
The First 45 Days: New Podcast Episode
On a new episode of our From Lawyer to Empoyer podcast which just dropped wherever you listen to your podcasts, my colleague Emily McDonough Souza and I break down the…
HR Law Talk
Register Now | Responding to Policy Shifts Under the Trump Administration
By Lymari Cromwell, Tim K. Garrett, Robert Horton, Mary Leigh Pirtle, Will Abramson, Ashley Li, Alex Redmond, Hunter K. Yoches
As we navigate a new year and a new administration, we are all grappling with an unprecedented wave of executive orders and memoranda from the Trump administration that are reshaping…