Monthly Archives: August 2025
Federal Judge Vacates Two Department of Education DEI Directives on Procedural Grounds
In a 76-page memorandum opinion dated August 14, 2025 (“Dkt. 83”), Maryland District Court Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher found unlawful the U.S. Department of Education’s (“ED”) Dear Colleague Letter of February 14, 2025 (“Letter”), and “The Reminder of Legal Obligations Undertaken in Exchange for Receiving Federal Financial Assistance and Request […]
DOJ Issues New Guidance on DEI Programs for Federal Fund Recipients
On July 29, 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi released a nine-page memorandum titled “Guidance for Recipients of Federal Funding Regarding Unlawful Discrimination” (“DOJ DEI Memo”).[1] Although characterized as “non-binding,” the DOJ DEI Memo provides supplemental guidance[2] on the Department of Justice’s current interpretation of federal antidiscrimination laws as applied to […]