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  1. August 15, 2025

    Employment Lawyers' Weekly DEI Cheat Sheet

    An Alabama federal judge refused to block a state law that seeks to curtail diversity, equity and inclusion programs in educational settings, and the Trump administration settled two suits that challenged the use of race in admissions decisions at the U.S. Air Force Academy and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Here, Law360 looks at notable DEI-related legal developments from the past week.

  2. August 14, 2025

    Ed. Dept. Effort To Bar School Diversity Programs Blocked

    A Maryland federal judge on Thursday held that the U.S. Department of Education violated the constitution and Administrative Procedure Act when it issued guidance that took aim at school diversity programs, ruling that the "law does not countenance the government's hasty and summary treatment of these significant issues."

  3. July 11, 2025

    Courts Face Early Push To Expand Justices' Injunction Ruling

    In the two weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed federal judges' ability to issue universal injunctions, Trump administration attorneys have begun pushing to expand the decision's limits to other forms of relief used in regulatory challenges and class actions. So far, judges don't appear receptive to those efforts. 

  4. July 03, 2025

    Employment Lawyers' Weekly DEI Cheat Sheet

    A Kentucky law banning college-level diversity, equity and inclusion programs went into effect, the Los Angeles Dodgers were targeted by an anti-DEI group, Missouri's attorney general demanded documents on the city of Columbia's racial equity work and the U.S. Department of Education defended an anti-DEI policy in court. Here, Law360 looks at notable DEI-related legal developments from the past week.

  5. 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.