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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship

As an update to our previous client alert regarding birthright citizenship, on July 23, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that President Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship...more

McGlinchey Stafford

SCOTUS: Choose the Right Venue in Clean Air Act Issues

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On June 18th, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two rulings determining where challenges to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions under the Clean Air Act must be filed. The Court held challenges to EPA actions that are...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Two Federal Courts Temporarily Strike Down President Trump’s IEEPA Tariffs

On May 28, 2025, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that President Trump lacks authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose his most sweeping tariffs against U.S. trading...more

Cozen O'Connor

U.S. Court of International Trade Enjoins IEEPA Tariffs, But Federal Circuit Stays the Injunctions

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On May 28, 2025, the U.S. Court of International Trade (USCIT) issued a decision vacating and permanently enjoining many of the most economically significant tariff orders issued over the past four months by President Trump....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

D.C. Circuit to decide whether to stay district court Judge Jackson’s injunction in CFPB union case

As previously covered by this Orrick Insight, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on March 28 enjoined the CFPB from “eliminat[ing] the agency before the Court has the opportunity to decide whether the law...more

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Federal Appeals Court Permits Enforcement of DEI Executive Orders

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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed the Maryland District Court’s preliminary injunction order enjoining the federal government from enforcing certain provisions of President Donald Trump’s January 20, 2025...more

Blank Rome LLP

DEI Litigation Whiplash: Appellate Court Allows the Government to Move Forward with Challenged DEI-Related Executive Orders

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Uncertainty for companies when making business decisions is a new norm. Tariffs aren’t going to be the only thing that is on again and off again. The same is happening with directives governing diversity, equity, and...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Federal Contractors in Flux: Ninth Circuit Finds President Biden Can’t Mandate Minimum Wage Under EO 14026

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has vacated an Arizona federal court’s decision denying a request by several western states to enjoin President Joe Biden’s executive order increasing the minimum hourly wage...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

DACA’s in trouble, and only Congress may be able to save it

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed a lower court ruling that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is invalid. According to the appeals court, the DACA program was...more

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Federal Circuit Set To Have First Vacancy In Six Years

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On March 16, 2021, U.S. Circuit Judge Evan J. Wallach for the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals announced he plans to take senior status on May 31, 2021. This semi-retirement is set to create the first vacancy at the Federal...more

Cozen O'Connor

Impostor Government Invoices | Car Dealer Employees Working Without Pay? | Democratic AGs v. Trump Administration

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State AGs in the News- Alaska Governor Nominates Acting Attorney General to Be Attorney General- •Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy nominated acting Alaska AG Clyde “Ed” Sniffen for the AG position. The nomination must be...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

Know Your Ninth Circuit Panel: Who Appoints Visiting Judges

Last week, we explored where the Ninth Circuit’s many visiting judges call home. This week, we investigate a slightly different subject: which president appointed those visiting judges? Some court watchers have suggested that...more

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President Trump Announces Nomination to Second Circuit Court of Appeals

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On August 14, 2019, President Trump nominated Steven J. Menashi, a conservative, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to fill the vacancy left by Justice Dennis Jacobs upon taking senior status on May...more

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