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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Ogletree Deakins Insights
Beltway Buzz, January 24, 2025
The Trump Administration 2.0. President Donald Trump began his second term in office this week, and as expected, began with a flurry of actions and executive orders (EOs). Below is…
HR Law Watch
The Changes Begin: Trump Administration Takes Slew of Actions in the Labor and Employment Field
As anticipated, immediately upon his inauguration, President Trump took swift action in the labor and employment arena. His initial appointments and Executive Orders left no doubt that his administration will…
Global Policy Watch
President Trump’s “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” Executive Order Targets Federal Contractors and the Private Sector
By Lindsay Burke, Scott A. Freling, Evan Parness, Jennifer Plitsch, Carolyn Rashby, Michael Wagner
On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued the Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity Executive Order (the “EO”), which revokes Executive Order 11246, a 60-year-old Civil Rights-era directive that prohibited federal…
Government Contracts Navigator
Understanding President Trump’s Executive Orders on DEI: Implications for Federal Contractors
Dominique L. Casimir ● On January 21, 2025, President Trump signed two Executive Orders (“EOs”) taking aim at diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) within federal agencies and the federal contractor workforce:…
The Contractor's Perspective
White House Revokes EO 11246, Targets DEI Programs Alleged to Violate Anti-Discrimination Laws
By Michael Schrier, Former Attorney Tracey O'Brien
President Trump recently issued an executive order revoking E.O. 11246, which had required federal contractors to implement affirmative action and non-discriminatory practices for over 60 years. The new order prohibits…
Pierson Ferdinand Blog
From Diversity to Adversity: What the New Executive Orders Mean For Your Workplace and DEI Programs
In the wake of this week’s executive orders (EO), Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity, impacting private employers, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing, affecting federal…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
The Non Sequiturs in a Suit Challenging Illinois’ Nonprofit DEI Disclosure Requirement
The folks who, very belatedly, claim fidelity to a color blind, merit-based society have filed another lawsuit in their self-described effort to eliminate the vestiges of racial discrimination "root and…
Inside Jobs
President Trump’s “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” Executive Order Targets Federal Contractors and the Private Sector
By Lindsay Burke, Scott A. Freling, Evan Parness, Jennifer Plitsch, Carolyn Rashby, Michael Wagner
On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued the Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity Executive Order (the “EO”), which revokes Executive Order 11246, a 60-year-old Civil Rights-era directive that prohibited federal…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Major Change to Federal Contractors’ Affirmative Action Requirements
By Ashley Hager, Abolade Oyetunji
On Tuesday, President Trump radically changed the legal landscape for federal contractors when he revoked an executive order that had been in effect for nearly 60 years. Executive Order 11246,…
Gov Con Employment Exchange
Revocation of EO 11246 and Prohibition of Certain DEI Practices by the Trump Administration
By Matthew Camardella, K. Joy Chin, Michael R. Hatcher, Samia M. Kirmani, Lisa B. Marsh, Laura A. Mitchell, Michael D. Thomas
President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (EO). Its stated purpose is to end illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion and diversity, equity,…