Federal grant recipients have long faced uncertainty when a change in administration brings new policy priorities. Recent decisions – both from the courts and U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) – provide benchmarks...more
8/18/2025
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Benchmarks ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
GAO ,
Infrastructure ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Separation of Powers ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Statutory Requirements
Following the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) announcement of a new project review process in May 2025, the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) issued the first round of DOE grant terminations under the Trump...more
7/29/2025
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Appeals ,
Clean Energy ,
Complaint Procedures ,
Contract Termination ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Grants ,
Judicial Review ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Trump Administration ,
Tucker Act
Federal grantees facing the termination of their grants by the new administration have challenged those terminations by filing suits under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) in federal district courts. In about a half a...more
4/10/2025
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Contract Disputes ,
Court of Federal Claims ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Government Agencies ,
Grants ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Jurisdiction ,
Pending Litigation ,
SCOTUS ,
TRO ,
Tucker Act
As Holland & Knight previously discussed, the Trump Administration issued an executive order (EO) on Feb. 26, 2025, implementing the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) "cost efficiency initiative" that (among...more
4/4/2025
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Contract Termination ,
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Grants ,
Grants ,
Mitigation ,
Popular ,
Strategic Planning ,
Trump Administration
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo upended decades of precedent that required courts to defer to agencies' interpretations of statutes. This, known as the Chevron doctrine, allowed for...more
7/11/2024
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Auer Deference ,
Chevron Deference ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
DFARS ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Agencies ,
Kisor v Wilkie ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Tucker Act