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August 22, 2025
Employment Lawyers' Weekly DEI Cheat Sheet
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume the termination of scientific grants that had been cut as part of its campaign against diversity, equity and inclusion, and the U.S. Department of Education accused George Mason University of unlawfully factoring race into employment decisions. Here, Law360 looks at notable DEI-related legal developments from the past week.
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August 22, 2025
Trump Admin To Appeal Susman Godfrey Exec Order Ruling
The Trump administration announced Friday its intention to appeal a June ruling that struck down as unconstitutional an executive order targeting Susman Godfrey LLP, after the court said the order was issued in retaliation for its representation of clients and causes the president opposes.
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June 27, 2025
Trump's Susman Godfrey 'Sword Of Damocles' Order Tossed
A Washington, D.C., federal judge Friday struck down as unconstitutional President Donald Trump's executive order targeting Susman Godfrey LLP, saying it was issued in retaliation for the firm's representation of clients and causes with which the president disagrees, while hanging "like the sword of Damocles" over the BigLaw firm.
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May 16, 2025
Employment Lawyers' Weekly DEI Cheat Sheet
Harvard University assured the Trump administration that it doesn't use race- or ethnicity-based quotas in hiring, a law firm pipeline program was accused of disadvantaging white applicants, and Indiana's attorney general demanded that the University of Notre Dame answer questions about its efforts to diversify its faculty. Here, Law360 looks at notable DEI-related legal developments from the past week.
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May 09, 2025
Employment Lawyers' Weekly DEI Cheat Sheet
A D.C. federal judge appeared skeptical of the Trump administration’s claim that Susman Godfrey LLP violated anti-discrimination law, a Massachusetts federal judge ordered the government to define what it means by “diversity, equity and inclusion” and a new member was nominated to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Here, Law360 looks at notable DEI-related legal developments over the past week.
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May 08, 2025
Judge Seems To Favor Susman Godfrey In Trump Challenge
A D.C. federal judge appeared poised Thursday to allow Susman Godfrey LLP's challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm to proceed or to grant the firm a summary judgment win altogether, after she pressed a government attorney on the president's basis for alleging discrimination at the firm.
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May 05, 2025
Susman Godfrey Urges Court To Follow Perkins Coie EO Win
The president doesn't have the power to "exact revenge against a law firm" for representing certain clients and causes, Susman Godfrey LLP told a D.C. federal judge Monday, asking her to "follow the same course" as the judge who granted Perkins Coie LLP permanent relief from a presidential order.
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April 30, 2025
Susman Godfrey Urges Court To Reject Trump's Dismissal Bid
Susman Godfrey LLP has pressed a D.C. federal court not to kill the firm's suit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm, arguing that the government's "meritless" dismissal motion "goes to great lengths to distract from the indisputable truth" that the order is "blatantly unconstitutional."
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April 25, 2025
Employment Lawyers' Weekly DEI Cheat Sheet
Harvard University sued the government over its threat to yank billions in funding unless the elite institution undertakes reforms including shuttering diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and three federal judges threw up roadblocks to the U.S. Department of Education's effort to eliminate DEI in public schools.
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April 25, 2025
BigLaw Partners, Judges Back Susman Godfrey In EO Suit
Hundreds of BigLaw partners and former judges on Friday threw their support behind Susman Godfrey LLP's lawsuit in D.C. federal court over President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm, warning that if "the independent bar is cowed into submission" it will threaten "the rule of law itself."