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Trump Administration Dials Up Deregulation

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President Donald Trump has made reducing the size and scope of the federal government a central part of his second-term agenda. Toward that end, in recent days the Trump administration has taken aggressive steps toward...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Trump Administration Pursues Deregulation in a Trio of Orders

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The orders span various sectors and aim to introduce sunset provisions into regulations and eliminate regulations deemed unlawful or anti-competitive....more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

White House Advances Deregulatory Agenda

On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued a memorandum directing federal agencies to begin repealing regulations deemed “clearly unlawful,” particularly those invalidated or undermined by recent Supreme Court rulings such as...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Trump Directs FTC to Lead Government-Wide Rescission and Modification of Anticompetitive Federal Regulations

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On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order directing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to lead a process for identifying and rescinding or modifying anticompetitive federal regulations that “reduce...more

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Trump Administration Calls for Additional Deregulatory Action

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Last week, President Trump issued several actions, including executive orders and instructions to agencies, that direct agency heads to review and repeal regulations deemed unlawful or anti-competitive. The actions further...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Additional Recissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions (Trump EO Tracker)

Rescinds several executive orders made during the Biden-Harris administration. A continuation of Executive Order 14148 from January 20, 2025 which rescinded 78 Presidential orders and memoranda issued by then-President Biden....more

Holland & Knight LLP

EPA Announces Deregulatory Initiative to "Power the Great American Comeback"

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced on March 12, 2025, that EPA will undertake 31 distinct actions in an effort to advance President Donald Trump's Day One executive orders (EOs) to...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

No (Public) Comment: HHS Rescinds Policy on Public Participation in Rulemaking

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently rescinded its policy dating back to 1971 to now allow its agencies and offices to quickly alter certain rules and regulations without public notice and comment. The...more

Alston & Bird

Trump Administration Changes Seek to Avoid Notice and Comment Hurdles

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Our Health Care and Health Care Litigation Groups examine a policy move by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that will allow the department to forgo notice and comment procedures for many of its regulations....more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Deregulation: Uncertainty and Opportunity

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The Trump administration has recently issued a series of Executive Orders on “deregulation,” directing federal agencies to review, rescind, and modify existing federal regulations. This regulatory overhaul presents both...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: March 4, 2025

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

What Happens When Agency Administrators Don't Support the Agency's Statutory Mission?

I’ve always taken the position that, no matter how much I disagree with the President, the Senate should confirm his executive branch nominees (nominations to the Judicial Branch are different, since judges don’t work for the...more

Blank Rome LLP

Regulated Entities: It’s Time to Play Love It or Leave It with Federal Regulations

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Amidst the flurry of Executive Orders (“EOs”) that tends to accompany any new administration, one EO may have flown under the radar. But for the regulated community—which, these days, includes most businesses in some form or...more

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Deregulation of the Administrative State: Opportunities and Risks Presented by Recent Executive Order

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Amidst the flurry of Executive Orders (“EOs”) that tends to accompany any new administration, one EO may have flown under the radar. But for the regulated community—which, these days, includes most businesses in some form or...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Trump orders review of regulations to help the ‘deconstruction of the overbearing and burdensome administrative state’

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President Trump has issued an Executive Order that requires agencies to review all regulations “for consistency with law and Administration policy.”...more

Hogan Lovells

FDA Delays Effective Date for Final Healthy Rule

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On February 25, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) delayed the effective date for its final “Healthy” rule from February 25, 2025 to April 28, 20251. The delayed effective date is in line with President Trump’s...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Rolling Back the Administrative State: Understanding Trump’s Deregulatory Initiative

On February 19, 2025, President Donald Trump issued the executive order “Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Deregulatory Initiative” (the 2025 EO). The 2025 EO,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Trump signs executive order on DOGE to reduce federal regulations

On February 19, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Regulatory Initiative.” The order emphasized the...more

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President Trump Issues Executive Order On Implementing DOGE Deregulatory Agenda

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On February 19, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Deregulatory Initiative” (“the Deregulation EO” or...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy (Trump EO Tracker)

Commences a reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy that the President has determined are unnecessary. The non-statutory components and functions of several governmental entities shall be eliminated to the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Deregulatory Initiative (Trump...

Directs agency heads, in coordination with their Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team lead and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director, to initiate a process to review all agency regulations and rescind...more

Snell & Wilmer

Trump Issues Executive Order for Deregulation

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President Donald J. Trump, in December 2017, discussed the number of regulations eliminated in his first Administration’s “far-reaching regulatory reform,” known as the “two-for-one rule.” Eleven months earlier, Trump had...more

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

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

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

“Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation” — How Effective Will It Be in Practice?

President Trump, on January 31, 2025, issued Executive Order 14192, “Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation.” This has been referred to as President Trump’s “ten-to-one deregulation initiative” that he spoke about when he...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

What We're Watching: State Attorneys General Offices in 2025

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As the Oval Office and Congress flip to Republican control, we expect more state AG-led efforts to impact public policy. Shortly after the New Year, we gathered together attorneys from our State Attorneys General team to...more

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