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In a highly anticipated decision released last week, the en banc US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dealt a blow to President Trump’s tariff agenda. The Federal Circuit’s ruling came down in a consolidated appeal of...more
Yesterday, the D.C. Circuit issued the latest decision in the saga over President Trump’s firing of the Democratic Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioners. That decision sets the stage for a likely emergency application...more
On August 21, 2025, the United States Supreme Court allowed the federal government to proceed with the cancelation of $783 million in funding grants from the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) to universities and research...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted EPA’s motion to lift the stay in the litigation challenging the maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for six PFAS chemicals (PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFNA, HFPO-DA commonly known...more
On August 20, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit stayed a district court’s order postponing the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Nicaraguan, Honduran and Nepalese nationals. The U.S. Department of...more
Derivatives exchange and prediction market KalshiEX LLC (Kalshi) was handed a litigation setback in defending its sports event contract offerings in federal court against claims brought by the State of Maryland. The District...more
On August 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated a district court’s preliminary injunction that prevented the CFPB from taking actions regarding its employment, contracts and facilities...more
On August 6, the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota vacated the Federal Reserve’s 2011 Regulation II interchange fee cap rule, finding that the rule allegedly exceeded the FRB’s authority under the Durbin...more
Here is a typical scenario. You appeal your case to a federal or state appellate court. The briefing is done and dusted. The case is argued. Everyone is patiently waiting for the appellate court’s decision. Then — voila — the...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Eleventh Circuit) recently vacated the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) 2023 funding order for the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) (the 2023 Funding Order), stayed...more
On July 22, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C.) Circuit granted a motion by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to lift the abeyance in consolidated litigation challenging the agency’s...more
Capping off two months of legal drama, the Supreme Court has stayed the ruling of U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox, which ordered the immediate reinstatement of the three U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)...more
The reinstatement of two Democratic NCUA board members has been put on hold by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia....more
In another case that may not augur well for the CFPB staff, the Supreme Court is allowing the Trump Administration to continue dismantling the Education Department, lifting a court order that had required the rehiring of as...more
On June 23, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) extended the postponement of the effective date of certain regulatory provisions of its December 17, 2024, final risk management rule for trichloroethylene...more
On June 23, 2025, Judge Matthew J. Maddox of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland denied a motion by President Donald J. Trump and other officials (“Defendants”) to stay his order reinstating three Democratic...more
EPA has again obtained extensions of the stays in the litigation challenging the MCLs for six PFAS and the litigation challenging the hazardous substance designation for PFOS and PFOA. EPA requested the U.S. Court of...more
On June 10, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) stayed the Court of International Trade’s (“CIT”) permanent injunction on the Trump Administration’s executive orders...more
In a 7–2 decision issued by the U.S. Supreme Court on May 30th (with Justices Jackson and Sotomayor dissenting), the Court granted the federal government’s request to stay the district court’s injunction that had blocked the...more
Recent legal challenges to the Trump Administration’s tariff agenda have generated heightened uncertainty within the trade environment, and companies are encouraged to take note. On May 28, 2025, the US Court of...more
In a landmark decision, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) has ruled against President Trump’s imposition of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). In its decision (involving two...more
The US Court of International Trade and the US District Court for the District of Columbia have invalidated President Donald Trump’s actions imposing tariffs pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of...more
Last week, two federal courts struck down sweeping tariffs that the Trump Administration had recently imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). ...more
On May 30, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an order granting the Trump administration’s application to stay a lower court order temporarily halting the rescission of the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and...more
The EPA is continuing to reevaluate whether to change its position regarding the Biden administration’s 2024 listing of PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under CERCLA....more