Manatt Partner Deborah Kelly to Moderate Federal Bar Association’s Virtual Panel on March 4th, 2025

Manatt Labor and Employment Partner Deborah P. Kelly will moderate the Qui Tam Section of the Federal Bar Association’s Virtual panel titled “Targeting Corporate DEI via the False Claims Act” on March 4, 2025, from 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (ET).

The panel, which is jointly sponsored by the Federal Bar Association and the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, will cover the President’s recent directive on January 21, 2025, to rescind Executive Order 11246, (in place since Lyndon Johnson’s presidency) and direct all federal contractor’s to end “illegal DEI initiatives”. The panel will examine the Trump administration’s anticipated plan to use the False Claims Act against federal contractors and subcontractors to enforce this intended ban and what companies should do (or not do) to prepare. 

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