In a widely expected move, Acting National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel William Cohen rescinded a range of Biden Administration labor-law policies, including high-profile directives that targeted…
more
/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Upon being sworn in on February 5, 2025, Attorney General Pamela Bondi immediately issued memoranda reorienting national security enforcement resources of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to focus on addressing illegal…
more
/ Immigration Law, International Law & Trade
The National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, is in the midst of a major judicial and regulatory shakeup. In the past three months, four major events have thrown the validity of NEPA regulations into doubt ..…
more
/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
On February 18, 2025, in a widely expected decision, the Eastern District of Texas, in the case of Smith v. United States Dep't of the Treasury, 2025 WL 41924 (E.D. Tex.), and following the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on…
more
/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking
On February 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (the “Department”) issued a “Dear Colleague Letter” to “clarify and reaffirm” that schools, colleges and universities receiving “federal financial…
more
/ Civil Rights, Education Law
On February 5, 2025, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a series of policy memoranda directed to U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) employees. Two addressed DOJ’s new perspective on immigration enforcement: “General Policy…
more
/ Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
Following the myriad nominations, acting appointments and Executive Orders by the new Administration, many clients and friends have requested advice regarding legal and regulatory changes that might be forthcoming in the…
more
/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Finance & Banking
On Friday, February 7, the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) issued Policy Statement Supplemental Guidance affecting budgets both for active grants and for future grants, which was set to take effect on Monday, February 10…
more
/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Education Law, Government Contracting
On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued two proclamations (collectively, the “Proclamations”) that increase tariffs on imports of aluminum products from 10% to 25%, maintain 25% tariffs on imports of steel products, and…
more
/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, International Law & Trade
On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued a new Executive Order (“EO”) titled “Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practice Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security.” This EO comes on the tail of Attorney…
more
/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, International Law & Trade, Government Contracting
As we previously reported, on January 23, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of the U.S. government in relation to the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) – granting an emergency application to overturn…
more
/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Finance & Banking
Within its first few days, the new administration revoked the 2023 Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (the “Old AI Executive Order”) – which had been intended to…
more
/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Science, Computers, & Technology
On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit Based Opportunity” (the “EO”). The EO seeks to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) and…
more
/ Civil Rights, Government Contracting
On February 5, 2025, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a series of fourteen policy memoranda directed to all employees of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”). Two are particularly likely to impact companies and higher…
more
/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Contracting
President Trump met with Republican lawmakers on Thursday, February 6, 2025, to outline his tax priorities, including extending the 2017 tax cuts and expanding the state and local tax deduction. Also included among the…
more
/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Taxation
