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On October 29, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from enforcing its Personal Financial Data Rights Rule, also...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more
On October 31, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington halted enforcement of Section 3(b)(iv) of Executive Order 14173 (the “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Order”) and Section 3(g) of...more
Ohio AG Dave Yost led a group of 19 Republican AGs in sending a letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, asking him to ensure the continuation of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) amid the...more
On September 19, 2025, the White House issued a proclamation announcing that employers filing new H-1B petitions would be required to pay a one-time fee of US $100,000, in addition to existing fees, for each new H-1B petition...more
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Oct. 20 seeking to stop the Trump Administration’s $100,000 H-1B Visa fee. The Chamber is requesting an injunction to...more
The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) filed a petition for rehearing en banc on Sept. 29, 2025, requesting the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to reconsider a three-judge panel's...more
A group of 21 Democratic AGs filed a lawsuit challenging new US DOJ restrictions on the use of federal funding for legal services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other violent crimes. ...more
On September 29, the union representing CFPB employees submitted its petition for rehearing en banc after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction that would have...more
This administration’s effort to usurp Congressional authority pivoted from trade to immigration policy late Friday, September 19, 2025. The President issued a presidential proclamation restricting the entry of any H-1B...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of the Columbia Circuit, in a 2-1 vote on Sept. 2, ruled a lower court lacked jurisdiction to hear a case brought by non-profit groups awarded $20 billion in grants under the prior...more
On August 29, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the lower court’s ruling postponing U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Notices of Vacatur and Termination of Temporary...more
On June 18, 2025, the District Court of Massachusetts allowed a coalition of 17 states, the District of Columbia, and an environmental advocacy organization to proceed with a lawsuit against a Presidential Memorandum...more
Organizations challenging an agency’s termination of a grant or government contract based on an allegedly illegal government policy need to master a two-step dance, according to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. Under the...more
In two closely watched rulings, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island has temporarily blocked enforcement of federal grant restrictions targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and...more
On August 14, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ruled that the U.S. Department of Education violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the U.S. Constitution when it did not follow proper...more
The Trump Administration can, among other things, resume plans to begin firing more than 1,400 employees at the CFPB, two judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled last Friday. In a 2-1...more
Federal grant recipients have long faced uncertainty when a change in administration brings new policy priorities. Recent decisions – both from the courts and U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) – provide benchmarks...more
On August 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a decision in the case of National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau). The appellate court...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
In mid-June, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ordered the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to share the personal information of millions of Medicaid enrollees with the Department of Homeland...more
In that case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated a district court’s preliminary injunction and outlined an analytical framework that could change how courts evaluate injunction requests going forward....more
You’ve probably heard about the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc.—the “birthright citizenship case.” But the Court actually didn’t decide anything about who is a citizen....more
In a major legal development, a federal judge in the Northern District of California has postponed the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua. This decision, issued on...more
On Thursday, July 31, 2025, a federal judge in the Northern District of California issued an order that suspends the administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 60,000 individuals from Honduras,...more