Alejandra Montenegro Almonte, Katherine Pappas, Ann Sultan, and Jason Workmaster presented the PLI webinar, "Navigating Executive Orders on DEI," which is available from PLI on demand.

The Trump administration released multiple directives squarely aimed at diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEI and DEIA) activities both within and outside of the federal government. With announcements coming in fast succession from multiple federal offices, this session gives on an overview of the key guidance from the administration and discusses how organizations can evaluate their existing DEI activities through a risk-based approach that considers various factors: continuing obligations under U.S. federal and state anti-discrimination statutes and regulations, DEI-related legal obligations and stakeholder expectations in other jurisdictions that may apply to the organization's global operations, and the enforcement risks under the new directives. It discusses the ways in which the executive orders are uniquely impacting recipients of federal funding, including government contractors and what contractors can be doing to position themselves to recover any costs they incur as a result of their response to the executive orders, as well as to minimize their civil False Claims Act risk.