On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a 6-3 decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc. that federal courts lack the authority to issue universal injunctions under the Judiciary Act of 1789. In so ruling, the Court granted the...more
6/30/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Class Action ,
Executive Orders ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Judicial Authority ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Stays ,
Trump Administration ,
Trump v CASA
On June 16, 2025, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in a case from the Third Circuit regarding the availability of a federal forum to raise constitutional challenges to a subpoena issued by a state attorney general....more
On Monday, June 16, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish, a case about the extent to which federal contractors can remove lawsuits to federal court under the federal...more
6/24/2025
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Appellate Courts ,
Certiorari ,
Chevron ,
Contract Disputes ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Contractors ,
Jurisdiction ,
Officer Removal ,
Oil & Gas ,
Removal ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation
On July 1, the Supreme Court issued one of its most significant decisions regarding First Amendment rights on the internet in the NetChoice cases. At issue were a pair of facial First Amendment challenges to Texas and Florida...more
On June 6, 2024, the US Supreme Court decided Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe and Becerra v. Northern Arapaho Tribe (Nos. 23-250 and 23-253), holding that the Indian Health Service (IHS) must reimburse Native nations,...more
6/12/2024
/ Becerra v San Carlos Apache Tribe ,
Claim Procedures ,
Health Insurance ,
Indian Health Service (IHS) ,
Medicaid ,
Medical Reimbursement ,
Medicare ,
Native American Issues ,
SCOTUS ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Tribal Government Programs ,
Tribal Governments
On August 14, 2023, the Biden Administration released its first guidance on how institutions of higher education may lawfully pursue efforts to recruit and admit diverse student bodies in light of the Supreme Court’s recent...more
8/21/2023
/ Affirmative Action ,
Biden Administration ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Colleges ,
Department of Education ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Equal Protection ,
New Guidance ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Title VI ,
Universities
The Clean Power Plan is a program developed by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by forcing electric power generation to shift from coal-fired plants to renewable sources, such as wind and...more
7/12/2022
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Clean Air Act ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Power Plants ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Regulatory History ,
SCOTUS ,
West Virginia v EPA
In July 2020, the death penalty attracted national attention when the Trump Administration and the Department of Justice reinstituted federal executions for the first time in more than 17 years. Ultimately, the administration...more
In this In the Public Interest podcast episode, WilmerHale co-host and Partner Brendan McGuire welcomes Lawrence Bacow, the 29th President of Harvard University, along with WilmerHale Partners Felicia Ellsworth and Seth...more
3/16/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Deportation ,
F-1 Visa ,
Foreign Students ,
Harvard University ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Massachusetts Institutie of Technology (MIT) ,
Remote Learning ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities
On April 23, 2020, the Supreme Court ruled in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund that a federal permit is required under the Clean Water Act (CWA) when a discharge to groundwater is the “functional equivalent” of a...more
4/28/2020
/ Appeals ,
Clean Water Act ,
Direct Discharge ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Violations ,
Functional Equivalent ,
Groundwater ,
Hawaii Wildlife Fund v County of Maui ,
Navigable Waters ,
NPDES ,
Permits ,
Point Sources ,
Remand ,
SCOTUS ,
Vacated ,
Waters of the United States