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Administrative Law Report - March 2025, Vol. 5

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Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things administrative law, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

DEI Injunction Terminated by Federal Court of Appeals Reinstating DEI Certification Requirement and Civil False Claims Act Risk

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As previously reported, one of the first executive orders (EO 14173) issued by President Trump was to rescind Executive Order 11246, issued by President Lyndon B. Johnson, which required federal contractors and subcontractors...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Administration Outlook: NADOHE Injunction on DEI Crackdown Is Stayed – Key Takeaways for Federal Grantees and Contractors

In an important development in the Trump Administration's campaign to extinguish DEI practices from the private sector, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has stayed the district court's preliminary injunction in...more

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Court Enjoins Enforcement of California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act

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On March 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction preventing the California Attorney General (AG) from enforcing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act...more

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“California Worker Freedom from Employer Intimidation” Law: What Qualifies as Intimidation?

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Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top California has recently enacted a new, controversial statute preventing employers from requiring employees to attend political or religious meetings. California Labor...more

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Fourth Circuit Temporarily Allows DEI-Related EOs to Continue

As we previously reported, on March 3, 2025, the Maryland District Court denied Defendants’ motion to stay the preliminary injunction in National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump, preventing the...more

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San Francisco v. EPA: Supreme Court Decides Clean Water Act Permits May Not Include Receiving Water Limits

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In City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency, 604 U.S. ___, 145 S. Ct. 704 (2025), in a 5-4 decision issued on March 4, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down two provisions in San...more

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Bans on PFAS in Cookware: Litigation and Legislative Challenges

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On the litigation front, a federal judge denied an attempt by the Cookware Sustainability Alliance (CSA) to halt Minnesota’s current ban on intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in cookware. However,...more

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Amendments to the Amparo Law

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On March 13, 2025, the Federal Official Gazette published the decree amending and repealing various provisions of the Amparo Law (the "Amendment"). Substance and Objectives of the Amendment - This amendment to the Amparo...more

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Appeals Court Lifts Injunction on Executive Orders 14173 and 14151

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On March 14, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted the government's Motion for a Stay Pending Appeal in the lawsuit concerning two Executive Orders aimed at ending diversity, equity, and...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Kansas Seeks to Stop Ford County From ​“Usurping” its Sovereignty

In January, Ford County, Kansas joined a class action complaint filed in Missouri against eleven plastics manufacturers, seeking to represent ​“all persons or entities” in 35 states who purchased relevant plastics since 1990....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Fourth Circuit Stays Injunction of Trump DEI Executive Orders

On March 14, 2025, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit stayed the nationwide preliminary injunction of President Trump’s Executive Orders 14173 and 14151 (DEI EOs). As we previously...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Fourth Circuit Reinstates Anti-DEI Executive Orders Pending Further Litigation

On February 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland entered a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of important aspects of two Executive Orders: “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blakes Competitive Edge™: March 2025 Update

Welcome to the March issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

NLRB in the balance: Did Trump have the right to terminate a Board member?

The legal dispute over President Donald Trump’s removal of National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne A. Wilcox may be on a fast track to review by the U.S. Supreme Court. Ms. Wilcox, a Democrat appointed by President...more

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Corporate Transparency Act – Reporting Obligations are Back in Effect

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The Financial Crimes’s Enforcement Network of the U.S. Treasury Department (“FinCEN”) Beneficial Ownership Information (“BOI”) reporting obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) are once again back in effect....more

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Appeals Court Lifts Injunction on Pair of DEI-Targeting Executive Orders: What It Means for Federal Contractors and Grantees

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A panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit lifted a nationwide injunction, allowing the Trump administration to resume implementation of a pair of executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and...more

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California - Not Independent Now And Most Likely Not Independent Ever

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I have seen the line "Independence now, independence forever!" attributed to Daniel Webster but I have been unable to locate the line in any of the texts cited as the source.  I have also seen a longer quotation attributed to...more

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Nursing Impact Litigation – A Tale of Two Matters

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This article highlights legal disputes central to APRNs’ ability to practice independently, the use of professional titles, insurance discrimination, and broader healthcare competition dynamics. Around the country, Advanced...more

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Fourth Circuit Terminates Maryland District Court’s DEI Injunction

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On March 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the  Fourth Circuit granted the government’s motion for a stay pending appeal, terminating a Maryland district court’s injunction of certain elements of President Trump’s January 20...more

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Brasília em Pauta – Edição Nº 190

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Prezados e prezadas, O “Brasília em Pauta” é um boletim semanal preparado pela equipe de Contencioso de Brasília, contendo os principais casos a serem julgados pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), Superior Tribunal de...more

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Fourth Circuit Stays Enforcement of Injunction on IE&D Executive Orders

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On March 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit lifted the nationwide injunction on President Trump's executive orders targeting inclusion, equity, and diversity (IE&D) programs, allowing enforcement while...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

U.S. Supreme Court receives cert petition regarding CFPB’s payday lending rule

On March 7, a cert petition was filed at the U.S. Supreme Court challenging a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on the CFPB’s payday lending rule. The petitioner, a financial services trade...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Federal Contractor DEI Certifications Allowed to Resume After Fourth Circuit Temporarily Blocks District Court's Nationwide...

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On March 14, 2025, the Fourth Circuit reversed a lower court's nationwide injunction that blocked key portions of President Trump's January 2025 Executive Orders on DEI programs. While the appeal is pending, federal agencies...more

Lathrop GPM

Now What? Navigating the DEI Executive Orders and Ongoing Legal Challenges to Their Enforcement

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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

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