National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education et al v. Trump et al

  1. May 02, 2025

    Employment Lawyers' Weekly DEI Cheat Sheet

    Perkins Coie LLP convinced a federal judge to invalidate an executive order targeting it in part for its diversity, equity and inclusion practices, and Jenner & Block LLP sparred with the U.S. Department of Justice in a Washington, D.C., courtroom over whether to toss that firm's challenge to a similar presidential directive. Here, Law360 looks at notable DEI-related legal developments over the past week.

  2. May 01, 2025

    Judge Won't Ax Anti-DEI Injunction For Plaintiffs' Tweaks

    A Maryland federal judge Thursday declined to upend his preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from implementing the bulk of the president's executive orders aiming to slash diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the public and private sectors.

  3. March 31, 2025

    DOJ Seeking Steep Costs To Make Challengers Think Twice

    The U.S. Department of Justice is quickly implementing President Donald Trump's plan to seek huge sums of money from litigants whose cases impede his agenda but ultimately prove unsuccessful, court records show.

  4. March 14, 2025

    4th Circ. Lets White House Anti-DEI Efforts Proceed

    The Fourth Circuit on Friday lifted a temporary injunction blocking President Donald Trump's administration from implementing the bulk of his executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs, though each judge on the panel had differing views on the matter. 

  5. March 14, 2025

    Employment Lawyers' Weekly DEI Cheat Sheet

    The Fourth Circuit unblocked executive orders issued by President Donald Trump that seek to curtail diversity, equity and inclusion programs, while Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP became the latest firm singled out by Trump over its legal work and diversity measures. Here, Law360 catches you up on DEI-related developments from the past week.

  6. March 10, 2025

    All Agencies Trump Ordered To Drop DEI Must Heed Injunction

    A preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive orders axing diversity, equity and inclusion-related work applies equally to all executive agencies given directives to purge the programming, a Maryland federal judge said Monday.

  7. March 07, 2025

    Employment Lawyers' Weekly DEI Cheat Sheet

    President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to vet large law firms' diversity initiatives for compliance with Title VII, while a federal judge in Maryland refused to pause an injunction that stymied key parts of anti-DEI executive orders. Here, Law360 recaps DEI-related developments from the past week that employment lawyers should have on their radar.

  8. March 04, 2025

    Trump Admin Can't Pause DEI Injunction, Judge Says

    President Donald Trump's administration cannot suspend a preliminary block on executive orders that scrap diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public and private sectors, a Maryland federal judge ruled, finding that the potential harm of the orders outweighs the president's policy priorities.

  9. February 22, 2025

    Trump Blocked From Implementing Anti-DEI Orders, For Now

    A Maryland federal judge on Friday temporarily barred the Trump administration from implementing the bulk of his executive orders aiming to slash diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the public and private sectors, ruling that the orders are likely unconstitutionally vague and illegally restrict free speech.

  10. February 19, 2025

    Judge Probes Vagueness In Suit Over Trump's Anti-DEI Orders

    A Baltimore federal judge on Wednesday pressed a U.S. Department of Justice attorney to spell out what would constitute so-called illegal DEI under Trump administration executive orders that aim to root out diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the public and private sectors.

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