March 21, 2025
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Justice Department issued joint guidance on spotting potentially unlawful diversity, equity and inclusion practices, the EEOC's acting chair demanded DEI information from 20 law firms, and President Donald Trump said he'd rescind an executive order that targeted Paul Weiss. Here's a rundown of the past week's DEI-related legal developments.
March 21, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice moved Friday to disqualify the D.C. federal judge presiding over Perkins Coie LLP's challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm for its diversity-focused hiring efforts and its political representation.
March 19, 2025
A Washington, D.C., federal judge Wednesday directed the Trump administration to tell all federal agencies to rescind requests for disclosures about government and contractor relationships with Perkins Coie LLP, following an order last week blocking enforcement of the president's executive order against the Seattle-based law firm.
March 15, 2025
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP became the third law firm to have workers' security clearances suspended by President Donald Trump, who signed the executive order Friday, citing the firm's DEI hiring practices and the decision by a former attorney there to assist the Manhattan district attorney's investigation of Trump.
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 13, 2025
As it fights the Trump administration over an executive order targeting the firm, Perkins Coie LLP has turned to a small army of attorneys with the Washington, D.C., litigation firm Williams & Connolly LLP.
March 12, 2025
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday halted enforcement of the Trump administration's executive order against law firm Perkins Coie LLP that cited issues including its representation of Hillary Clinton during her 2016 presidential run, calling the order "viewpoint discrimination, plain and simple."
March 11, 2025
Perkins Coie LLP sued the Trump administration Tuesday over an executive order targeting the firm for its diversity-focused hiring efforts and its representation of certain political figures including former Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, calling the order "an affront to the Constitution" that aims to chill future representation of certain clients.