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In Trump v. Casa, the Supreme Court addressed three emergency applications challenging the use of universal injunctions that bar enforcement of federal action across the country. The case concerned the entry of a temporary...more
On Friday, Judge Matthew J. Maddox of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ruled that the removal of Democratic Commissioners from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) without cause was unlawful....more
Week Seventeen - CIT Unequivocally Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs as Invalid - On May 28, 2025, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), in a unanimous decision, held tariffs imposed by the Trump...more
On September 23, 2024, in Mid-America Milling Company et. al. v. United States Department of Transportation, et. al., Case No. 3:23-cv-00072, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (the...more
On May 9, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a temporary restraining order to halt the implementation of Executive Order 14210 (“Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government...more
Last month, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order aimed at curbing collective bargaining rights for a large segment of federal employees. The order was issued pursuant to a national security exemption...more
On April 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order reinstating a preliminary injunction against the CFPB’s proposed reduction in force (RIF). The U.S. District Court for the District...more
On April 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reinstated a district court order blocking the CFPB from conducting a large-scale reduction in force. The decision reversed an earlier partial stay that had...more
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has upheld a temporary injunction issued by Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia prohibiting the CFPB from firing more...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order temporarily halting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) mass layoffs. The court granted an emergency motion to enforce or...more
Case: ERC Today LLC et al. v. John McInelly et al., No. 2:24-cv-03178 (D. Ariz.) In an April 2025 order, the US District Court for the District of Arizona denied a motion for a preliminary injunction filed by two tax...more
The Trump Administration has appealed an order by a federal District Court Judge blocking the CFPB from firing 1483 employees effective in June 2025 and cutting off their access to CFPB work systems on April 18, 2025....more
At an emergency hearing this morning in National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought, Judge Amy Berman Jackson once again halted the layoffs of over 1,000 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The judge...more
The judge who barred the Trump Administration from dismantling the CFPB says the agency cannot implement plans to fire the majority of the bureau’s employees at this stage....more
It was reported last night that the CFPB had laid off about 90% of its staff. This came on the heels of the CFPB providing each of its employees with its 2025 Supervisory and Enforcement Priorities which calls for a much...more
On April 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order partially staying the district court’s preliminary injunction in the ongoing legal dispute between the National Treasury Employees...more
In a per curiam order, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on April 11, 2025, partially stayed a preliminary injunction halting any attempt to dismantle the CFPB. Judges...more
A group of 16 Democratic AGs, led by Massachusetts AG Andrea Joy Campbell, filed a lawsuit alleging that the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) delays in the review and approval of grant applications and terminations of...more
On April 2, 2025, California’s Fifth Appellate District issued a decision in Bring Back the Kern v. City of Bakersfield (April 2, 2025, F087487) (2025 WL 98443). The Court held the “self-executing” reasonableness requirement...more
The Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has issued an administrative stay for to a judge’s order blocking wholesale changes at the CFPB....more
It has been a little over two months since President Donald Trump returned to office, and since then, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been in flux—to put it mildly. As of this writing, it is unclear...more
As previously reported, in April 2024, New York’s Social Services Law was amended to include a substantial change to the state’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPA Program), a Medicaid-funded program allowing...more
Recently, Judge Amy Jackson of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction sought by the National Treasury Employees Union, over efforts by Acting Director Russell Vought to...more
On March 10, 2025, a federal judge in Maryland clarified the scope of the nationwide preliminary injunction that enjoins key portions of two of President Donald Trump’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)–related executive...more
In a landmark decision, Judge Ali has issued a preliminary injunction (PI) preventing the U.S. government from enforcing suspensions, stop-work orders, and terminations for foreign aid contracts issued between January 20 and...more