US Federal Trade Commission warns law firms about DEI hiring

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Source: Reuters

January 30, 2026 12:31 PM EST Updated 4 hours ago


Jan 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Friday it had written to 42 law firms warning them about diversity, equity, and inclusion hiring, which it described as potentially unfair and anticompetitive. President Donald Trump's administration has eliminated DEI-related programs in the government. Several private firms have also rolled back such initiatives.

The FTC letters were addressed to many of the country's largest and most profitable firms. Three of them -- Paul Weiss, WilmerHale and Perkins Coie -- were targeted last year by Trump executive orders that threatened their business practices, citing in part their allegedly discriminatory hiring practices.

Paul Weiss and two other firms named by the FTC on Friday -- Skadden Arps and Latham & Watkins -- reached deals with the White House to void or sidestep such orders, pledging millions of dollars in free legal work to mutually-supported causes with the administration.

The FTC's list also includes WilmerHale and Perkins Coie, which filed successful lawsuits challenging the president's executive orders last year as unconstitutional. Representatives for the five firms did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The White House deferred comment to the FTC.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us-federal-trade-commission-warns-law-firms-about-dei-hiring-2026-01-30/

[Lovie777]

1. Enough of this...................

[Solly Mack]

2. If these straight, white males are so superior, why do they have to lash out to make themselves feel better?

[wolfie001]

3. Bunch of racist nazi turds

Fuck the supreme court and those 6 POS

[Ocelot II]

4. In other words, if you're caught hiring any Black people or women

instead of mediocre White men, you'll be investigated and fined.

[EuterpeThelo]

7. Yep

My firm is on this new list of targets, just as we were for the stupid EEOC letters last year. We are a very diverse firm and were the first biglaw firm to have a female chair - almost 30 years ago.

[thought crime]

8. Under the new policy, it's perfectly acceptable to hire Black people or women

as long as you can prove you didn't try to hire Black people or women. If it was truly an accident, then okay.

[pfitz59]

5. Hire lazy nepo babies

or else!

[Marie Marie]

6. When did it become OK for the President and his band of incompetents to dictate to any

private firm who they may and may not hire? Why is this OK?

[thought crime]

9. Did somebody say Orwellian Dystopia?

They are literally claiming discrimination against white people.