March 31, 2025
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.
March 14, 2025
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.
March 14, 2025
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.
March 10, 2025
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.
March 07, 2025
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.
March 04, 2025
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.
February 22, 2025
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.
February 19, 2025
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.
February 18, 2025
The Trump administration urged a Maryland federal court Tuesday not to block its executive orders curtailing diversity, equity and inclusion programs, saying the city of Baltimore and other challengers hadn't shown any of their funding has been affected by the orders.
February 04, 2025
The city of Baltimore and a coalition of academic and restaurant advocacy groups hit the Trump administration with a suit Monday in Maryland federal court over the president's push to curtail diversity, equity and inclusion programs, saying his executive orders are unlawfully vague and block Congress' constitutional power of the purse.