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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Court Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs

On May 28, 2025, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) unanimously struck down the extensive tariffs imposed by President Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The...more

Clark Hill PLC

Trade Court invalidates global reciprocal tariffs and trafficking tariffs, shaping negotiation dynamics

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On May 28, a U.S. federal trade court issued a decision with a monumental impact on global economies. In a landmark decision, the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”) decisively struck down the Worldwide and...more

Baker Donelson

President Trump's Reciprocal and Fentanyl Trafficking Tariffs Invalidated by the Court of International Trade: What You Need to...

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On May 28, 2025, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) does not give the President authority to impose unlimited tariffs on goods from...more

Alston & Bird

Court Strikes Down Reciprocal and Fentanyl Tariffs; Appellate Court Stays the Decision

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On May 28, 2025, a three judge panel of the Court of International Trade (the “CIT”) blocked President Trump’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs against nearly every country in the world as well as the tariffs imposed against...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Federal Court Strikes Down Trump’s Border Emergency and Global Tariffs

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President Trump exceeded his emergency authority when he imposed tariffs on Canadian, Chinese, and Mexican origin goods citing border issues, and global reciprocal tariffs the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”) said on...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Federal Trade Court Rules Trump Lacks Authority for Tariffs Under IEEPA - D.C. District Court also finds tariffs unconstitutional...

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On May 29, 2025, in a fast-moving case involving President Trump’s authority to issue tariffs using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit temporarily stayed...more

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Supreme Court to Decide the Fate of Universal Injunctions

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The Supreme Court is prepared to determine the legality of a powerful but controversial judicial remedy — the universal injunction. The case, Trump v. CASA, Inc., reached the Justices after a lower court barred the Trump...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Court of International Trade Unequivocally Declares IEEPA Tariffs to be Unlawful

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On May 28, 2025, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), in a unanimous decision, held tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of...more

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Democratic AGs Blockade Tariff Orders in Court of International Trade

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A group of 12 Democratic AGs obtained a ruling from the U.S. Court of International Trade that President Trump’s issuance of tariffs under the International Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA) is unlawful. The court accepted...more

Gray Reed

Tariff Rollercoaster Continues as Court Overturns Trump Mandated Tariffs

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Yesterday, May 28, 2025 the U.S. Court of International Trade delivered a landmark decision that could reshape the landscape of American trade policy and presidential authority. The court ruled that President Trump exceeded...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Court Upholds Rights of DBE Supporters to Intervene

On September 23, 2024, in Mid-America Milling Company et. al. v. United States Department of Transportation, et. al., Case No. 3:23-cv-00072, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (the...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

The U.S. Court of International Trade Stops Several IEEPA Tariffs

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On May 28, the U.S. Court of International Trade in a case challenging tariffs issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) filed by V.O.S. Selections, Inc. and other plaintiffs, and joined in...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Court Strikes Down Trump's Emergency Tariffs, Immediately Halts Collections

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In a sweeping decision released May 28, 2025, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) invalidated a broad set of tariffs imposed by President Trump earlier this year under the International...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Supreme Court May Review Federal Courts' Power to Issue Nationwide Injunctions

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to review federal district court decisions that have thus far blocked implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive order intended to end birthright citizenship for children of certain...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Trump Executive Order Dismantling Federal Unions Blocked by Federal Judge

Last month, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order aimed at curbing collective bargaining rights for a large segment of federal employees. The order was issued pursuant to a national security exemption...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Supreme Court Could Soon Rule on the Merits in Challenges to the Trump Administration - The Trump Administration’s First 100 Days

The U.S. Supreme Court has taken a cautious approach to the Trump administration’s wide-ranging actions....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Court Permanently Blocks DOL from Enforcing DEI Certification Provisions

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In our previous post, we discussed the nationwide temporary restraining order issued by the United States District Court for the North District of Illinois that temporarily prevented the Department of Labor from requiring...more

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Importers Challenge Reciprocal Tariffs in Court of International Trade

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Monday, a group of five plaintiffs filed an action in the Court of International Trade (“CIT”) asking the court to enjoin and declare illegal the reciprocal tariffs imposed under Executive Order 14257 (April 2, 2025) and...more

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DC Circuit so far largely upholds Judge Jackson’s order preliminarily enjoining the CFPB Acting Director from shutting down the...

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On Friday, April 11, a panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals modified Judge Jackson’s preliminary injunction order of March 28 pending appeal, as follows...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

The NLRB Saga Continues: Gwynne Wilcox Re-Reinstated as NLRB Member, Then Reinstatement Stayed By SCOTUS

In the latest chapter in the evolving fight over the scope of executive power, the en banc D.C. Circuit reversed its prior stay, pending appeal, of the District Court’s order to reinstate Gwynne Wilcox to the NLRB. This means...more

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Democratic AGs Sue to Halt Dismantling of Federal Agencies

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A group of 21 Democratic AGs fileda lawsuit to block an Executive Order that directs the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Minority Business Development Agency, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Split D.C. Circuit Panel Rules Trump Can Remove Wilcox from NLRB – NLRB to Stay Without a Quorum

A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals issued a favorable ruling for President Trump, staying a recent district court decision that ruled his termination of National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”)...more

Lathrop GPM

Executive Orders, Actions, Agency Regulations, and Congressional Legislation - How They Differ and Why It Matters

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President Trump issued more than 70 Executive Orders in the first 30 days of his new administration – nearly twice the amount his closest competitor (President Biden) issued in his first 100 days. These Executive Orders have...more

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Federal Judge Clarifies Scope of Preliminary Injunction Enjoining President Trump’s DEI-Related Executive Orders

On March 10, 2025, a federal judge in Maryland clarified the scope of the nationwide preliminary injunction that enjoins key portions of two of President Donald Trump’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)–related executive...more

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Court Blocks Suspension and Termination of Foreign Aid Contracts: Key Takeaways for Government Contractors

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In a landmark decision, Judge Ali has issued a preliminary injunction (PI) preventing the U.S. government from enforcing suspensions, stop-work orders, and terminations for foreign aid contracts issued between January 20 and...more

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