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Federal Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Blocking Trump Administration’s Blanket Freeze on Federal Funding

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As PilieroMazza has been tracking in our recent alerts, the Trump administration is attempting to block federal funding through a freeze outlined in the now-rescinded OMB Directive M-25-13 (Directive). The Directive and the...more

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Client Alert: Administration’s Attempt to Freeze all Federal Financial Assistance is Stalled by Court Ruling

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On January 27, 2025, the new Administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a Memorandum ordering a total freeze on “all federal financial assistance” that could be targeted under his previous executive orders...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Administration Outlook: Court Grants Partial Temporary Restraining Order on Executive Order Halting Foreign Aid

On Thursday, February 13, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a partial temporary restraining order in response to lawsuits challenging Executive Order 14169, which paused all congressionally...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Update on Legal Challenges to President Trump's Presidential Actions

Since President Trump took office on January 20, 2025, he has issued an unprecedented number of presidential actions, including 62 executive orders and numerous declarations, proclamations, announcements, memoranda, grants of...more

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Federal OMB Funding Freeze and Litigation Primer

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Amid a surge of presidential executive orders since the change in administrations, the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has published a series of documents that have spawned much confusion and litigation. Via...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Federal Funding, OMB, and the Impact of Recent Court Orders: What Now?

The Trump Administration must immediately restore frozen funding during and in accordance with the Temporary Restraining Order. The order may impact programs and contracts that were suspended or terminated. Contractors should...more

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Take Two: Rhode Island District Court Again Directs Trump Administration to Unfreeze Federal Funds

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Despite two Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs) issued by federal courts in Rhode Island and Washington, DC, the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island found that the Trump Administration’s funding freeze...more

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White House Rescinds Memorandum Freezing Federal Spending

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Two days after the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum freezing all federal grants until at least February 10, 2025, the OMB issued a memorandum reversing the spending freeze....more

Cozen O'Connor

Democratic AGs Secure Order Blocking Federal Funding Freeze

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A coalition of 23 Democratic AGs, led by California AG Rob Bonta and New York AG Letitia James, has secured a temporary restraining order blocking a directive from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that would...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Federal Funding Pause: Understanding the White House’s Memo and Subsequent Court Rulings

On Monday January 27th, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum instituting a pause on federal grant and loan programs.  This memo quickly became the subject of litigation, further guidance...more

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Federal Spending Freeze and Executive Orders Blocked by Federal Judge: What Contractors Need to Know

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As we recently noted, President Trump has issued a flurry of Executive Orders (EO) since he took office. Among other things, President Trump has sought to eliminate DEI and affirmative action-based programs and has put a...more

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Federal Freeze Rescinded: Implications for Tribal Governments and ANCs

On January 27th, the Trump administration ordered a freeze on all disbursements of federal funds through a memorandum signed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB memo stated that the freeze does not apply to...more

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Trump Administration Pauses Federal Funding, Federal Court Reviewing

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President Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2025, and issued numerous executive orders later that afternoon. Many of these executive orders, including one that directly referenced infrastructure, paused federal funding for...more

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Trump Administration (Sort Of) Abandons Funding Freeze

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued memorandum M-25-13, “Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs,” (OMB Memo) on Tuesday, January 27, 2025. Two days later on January 29,...more

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Democratic AGs Give Chilly Reception to Federal Funding Freeze

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A coalition of 23 Democratic AGs, led by New York AG Letitia James, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island to block a directive from the Trump administration’s Office of Management and...more

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Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs/White House Office of Management and Budget...

A Blog post on January 30, 2025, described the White House Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) issuance of a January 27th Memorandum for heads of executive departments and agencies addressing: Temporary Pause of...more

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Trump Administration Rescinds Freeze on Federal Financial Assistance (Or Does It)?

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After an immediate, severe backlash against OMB’s January 27 memo ordering a freeze on almost all federal financial assistance, as well as legal action that led to a January 28 temporary restraining order issued by the D.C....more

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Environmental Justice Update: Louisiana Decision Upholds Use of EPA Emergency Powers

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Louisiana has been at the center of the Biden Administration’s prioritization of environmental justice (EJ) issues. In United States v. Denka Performance Elastomer, the Eastern District of Louisiana granted a motion by the...more

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What Happened to Executive Order 14042? An Update on President Biden’s Contractor Vaccine Mandate

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On September 9, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order (EO) 14042, which required parties contracting with the federal government to comply with certain COVID-19 safeguards as prescribed by the Safer Federal Workforce...more

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Task Force and OMB Issue New Guidance on Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate

As federal contractors are aware, on December 7, 2021, a federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction halting enforcement of the federal contractor and subcontractor vaccine mandate requirements issued by the...more

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EO 14042: OMB Guidance Keeps Enforcement On Hold “At This Time”

On October 19, 2022, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published its first set of interim guidance for agencies regarding the Federal Government’s enforcement of Executive Order 14042 (“EO 14042”). In addition to...more

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New Guidance on Contractor Vaccine Mandate Anticipated Soon

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On Friday, October 14, 2022, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (“Task Force”) announced that they anticipate further guidance will be issued following the narrowing of the...more

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Executive Order 14042: Return Of The Patchwork Preliminary Injunctions

On October 14, 2022, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (“Task Force”) published yet another update for Federal contractors regarding the Federal Government’s approach to enforcing Executive Order 14042 (“EO 14042”) in...more

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OMB Pauses Enforcement of Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate In Light of Court Injunctions

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On December 9, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget issued updated guidance to address the nationwide injunction that currently bars, on a preliminary basis, enforcement of the federal vaccine mandate. For federal...more

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Judge Blocks COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Nationwide for Federal Contractors; OMB Issues Guidance

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A Georgia federal district court judge has issued a preliminary nationwide injunction halting enforcement of Executive Order (EO) 14042, “Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors.” Georgia v. Biden,...more

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