After several Supreme Court decisions and Executive Orders upended many of the norms governing the relationship between governmental agencies and the constitutional branches, a recent decision by the Federal Deposit Insurance...more
Last week, a federal court in Maryland issued a memorandum opinion and a nationwide preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of certain provisions of President Donald Trump’s Executive Orders related to diversity,...more
2/28/2025
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In the latest developments in the DEI policy chronicles, on the same day she was sworn into office, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memorandum entitled “Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and Preferences.”...more
2/20/2025
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On February 7, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order directing the Attorney General to review and propose actions to address the right to keep and bear arms, which he called “an indispensable safeguard of security...more
As outlined in a recently published Legal Alert, shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump enacted two Executive Orders designed to detect and eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs related to...more
Since taking office, President Donald Trump has enacted two Executive Orders aimed at eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) programs from all aspects of...more
2/4/2025
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2024 was a year defined by change in the world of administrative law. With the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, the nation’s...more
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated a series of regulations passed by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). The...more
At the end of its most recent term, the U.S. Supreme Court took aim at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s internal enforcement mechanism, heavily curtailing the ability of the SEC to self-enforce violations of our...more
Every ten years, states conduct a redistricting process to redraw state and congressional boundary lines for the selection of elected representatives. Due to its politically thorny nature, this process unsurprisingly results...more
Last week, House and Senate leaders convened to discuss President Biden’s current liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) export permit freeze, which opponents contend will have a significant impact on domestic energy security, jobs,...more
The Voting Rights Act (“VRA”), a landmark civil rights law enacted in 1965, has frequently been used as an enforcement mechanism to strike down voting laws and procedures that discriminate against voters on the basis of race....more
A groundbreaking decision released by the Fifth Circuit on May 18 signals a changing landscape for federal administrative law and the separation of powers. In Jarkesy v. Securities and Exchange Commission, 34 F.4th 446 (5th...more