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Pensions & Investments, the international newspaper of money management, quoted McGuireWoods partner Farnaz Farkish Thompson in a Jan. 27, 2025, story examining the potential impact of the Trump administration’s executive action targeting certain diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices at universities, foundations and public companies. On Jan. 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” which revoked Executive Order 11246 and directed federal enforcement agencies …

… defend against enforcement actions by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs. Strategies for state attorney general and congressional investigations related to corporate DEI programs. Maximizing insurance recoveries for investigations and lawsuits challenging corporate hiring practices, affirmative action and other DEI initiatives. Potential mitigation measures such as attorney-client privileged DEI audits to assess risk and insurance coverage review. “Diversity and inclusion are core values at McGuireWoods and …

Recent guidance published by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has the potential to dramatically impact the education technology industry, McGuireWoods Washington D.C. partner Farnaz Farkish Thompson told The Chronicle of Higher Education in an April 6, 2023, story. In a “Dear Colleague” letter it published in February, ED for the first time announced plans to subject online program managers (OPMs) — outside contractors that run colleges’ and universities’ online programs — to regulatory oversight …

… advises clients on healthcare compliance and regulatory issues, including the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law, Medicare policy, and state fraud and abuse laws. He also is an editor and contributing author to McGuireWoods' False Claims Act blog, The FCA Insider.Richmond partner and department chair Diane Flannery was recognized as a top author in class action. Leading the Products, Environmental & Mass Tort Litigation Department, Flannery tries complex products liability cases in federal …

McGuireWoods Washington, D.C., partner Farnaz Thompson spoke with the EWTN network on April 30, 2021, about Title IX and a class-action suit filed in March 2021, Hunter v. U.S. Department of Education.Title IX prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or other education program that receives federal money. Some exemptions are provided to religious colleges, and the plaintiffs in Hunter argue these exemptions allow schools to discriminate based on sexual orientation …

… Department.“We are delighted that Farnaz has joined our growing D.C. office as she begins a new chapter in her career,” added office managing partner Todd Mullins.Thompson is the fourth partner to join McGuireWoods’ D.C. office this year, following the arrival of antitrust partner Wrede Smith and former U.S. Department of Justice attorneys John Moran and Michael Podberesky, both members of the firm’s Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department …