Alert 02.12.26
Fourth Circuit Holds That Anti-DEI Executive Orders Are Likely Not Facially Unconstitutional
The Order vacates a district court’s preliminary injunction, which had been temporarily stayed by the Fourth Circuit last year.
JeAnne Reyes provides strategic, practical guidance to employers on complex employment law issues, including, but not limited to, workforce management, hiring and terminations, and risk mitigation and compliance.
JeAnne has deep experience providing practical advice and counseling to high-growth companies, partnering closely with executive leadership, HR teams and in-house counsel. She also supports mergers and acquisitions through employment-related diligence and transactional counseling, and represents employers in sensitive disputes.
Representative Experience
- Advised executive leadership and HR teams of public and private companies on employment compliance, performance management, onboarding/off-boarding, policy drafting, workplace investigations, workforce restructuring, high-risk terminations and reductions in force.
- Supported mergers, acquisitions and financings by conducting employment diligence and drafting and negotiating employment-related provisions and agreements.
- Represented employers in early-stage dispute resolution, dispute prevention, and risk mitigation.
Professional Highlights
- “Fourth Circuit Holds That Anti-DEI Executive Orders Are Likely Not Facially Unconstitutional,” Feb. 12, 2026.
- “Ninth Circuit’s Ruling on California’s AB 51 Creates Further Uncertainty for California Employers Using Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements,” Oct. 5, 2021.
- “Workplace COVID-19 Vaccination Policies: To Mandate, or Not to Mandate?” Apr. 9, 2021.
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- “California’s Supreme Court Rejects Employer Use of Time-Rounding Policies in the Meal Period Context,” Mar. 15, 2021.
- Presenter: “Startup Recruiting Bootcamp,” Feb. 25, 2020.
- “New California Law Prohibits Employers from Seeking Salary History Information from Job Applicants,” Oct. 30, 2017.
- “Telecommuting: A Reasonable Accommodation?” Employment Law Daily, Oct. 30, 2015.
- “Employers Beware! Employees are Permitted to Use Employer’s Email Systems for Non-Work Purposes, Including Union Organizing,” Dec. 12, 2014.
- Co-Presenter: “Not So Fast! – Using Social Media for Business: Concerns about Employment, Ownership, Privacy, & Ethics, MCLE Credit Crunch, Jan. 27, 2015.
Education
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J.D., University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Berkeley Law), 2014
B.A., Sociology, Haverford College, 2004
Admissions
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California
Languages
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Spanish