In the final days of May, decisions in two significant court actions — V.O.S. Selections Inc. v. U.S. and Learning Resources Inc. v. Donald Trump — affected the tariff and trade landscape. If the courts' rulings are not...more
President Trump took steps to dismantle California’s vehicle emissions standards on June 12, 2025, by signing three Congressional Review Act (“CRA”) resolutions revoking California’s waiver under the Clean Air Act. The waiver...more
In recent years, states and municipalities have attempted to hold fossil fuel companies liable for their alleged impacts on climate change. Numerous states and municipalities have sued fossil fuel companies, alleging that...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – the federal agency tasked with enforcing, implementing, regulating and supervising consumer financial products and services across the country – is expected to see dramatic...more
Our Drug Pricing and Market Access team tracks recent developments in healthcare reform, the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, the 340B Program, Medicare, and state law....more
In contrast to the recent influx of terminations in the broader government contracting and federal grants space, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has not yet started to issue wide-ranging programmatic or sweeping...more
On March 18, the Trump administration fired two Democratic appointed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioners, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, leaving the FTC with only two commissioners, Melissa Holyoak and...more
Policy shifts, court challenges, and strategic considerations for organizations navigating federal directives on DEI....more
Welcome to The On-Ramp, the newsletter published by Venable’s Autonomous and Connected Mobility Team. The On-Ramp explores legal and policy developments in the world of autonomous and connected vehicles, smart infrastructure,...more
On January 20, 2025, the Trump Administration signed Executive Order 14173 on “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the Executive Order). The Executive Order seeks to end diversity, equity,...more
In January 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed several Executive Orders immediately after being sworn into office. Executive Order 14151 “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Program and Preferencing” and Executive...more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the March 2025 webinar....more
On March 18, President Trump removed the two Democratic Commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a move that sets up litigation as the Commissioners appear likely to challenge their removal. Pending any...more
Since taking office in January, President Trump has signed a flurry of Executive Orders (EOs) on a wide range of topics. Few EOs, however, have generated as much attention and uncertainty as Executive Order 14151 and...more
The Trump administration continues to rollback policies on DEI and banking regulation while facing various lawsuits over its personnel, spending, and immigration actions....more
On March 13, 2025, twenty states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration to stop its plans to cut the U.S. Department of Education’s workforce by roughly half. The case is in the U.S. District Court for the...more
On March 5, 2025, the National Education Association (NEA) and its New Hampshire affiliate (NEA-NH) sued the U.S. Department of Education, challenging a recently issued “Dear Colleague Letter” (DCL) that informed schools that...more
The administration continues to advance its agenda via executive orders amid confusion around rollbacks and rescissions. Last week, the Trump administration continued to sign several new executive orders imposing and...more
Responding to the petition of several state Attorneys General, U.S. District Judge John “Jack” McConnell Jr. issued an Enforcement Order on Monday, February 10, clarifying the scope of a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO)...more
The proposed cuts would place a 15% indirect cost rate on all new and existing grant awards received by research institutions and universities....more
As we previously blogged about, Acting Director Scott Bessent circulated a message throughout the CFPB on February 3 directing “…all employees, contractors, and other personnel of the Bureau...more
On January 29, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced that it had rescinded its earlier memo, issued on January 27, which ordered a temporary pause on certain federal grant and loan disbursements, creating...more
With several pending litigations challenging federal emissions and fuel economy standards, the automotive industry is likely to see continued disruption at a time when it seeks stability....more
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
EPA’s long-awaited proposal would set aggressive emission reduction targets with many different approaches and timelines to achieve them. On May 11, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its...more