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Horizon - ESG Regulatory News and Trends - June 2025

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EPA announces details of its reorganization. On May 2, the EPA announced a major reorganization that will eliminate several key offices, including the Office of Atmospheric Protection (OAP), Office of Air Quality Planning and...more

Perkins Coie

Trump Administration Launches Sweeping Initiative to Advance Deployment of Nuclear Technology

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On Friday, May 23, 2025, President Trump signed four executive orders related to nuclear energy, three of which seek to expedite approval processes for permitting new nuclear reactors. The orders, which build upon...more

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Four Trump Administration Steps to ‘Deregulate’ With a Reduced Workforce

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For decades, businesses have focused on “doing more with less,” maximizing efficiency by optimizing resources and streamlining processes to achieve greater output with fewer inputs. This effort often involves leveraging...more

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Breaking: FDA, HHS Seek Public Input on Cutting Rules

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On May 13, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a public Request for Information to “identify and eliminate outdated or unnecessary...more

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HHS, FDA Issue RFI on Deregulatory Plan to Lower Costs and Empower Providers

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Earlier this week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a broad request for information (RFI) seeking input on how to “dramatically deregulate across all areas the Department touches.”1 It specifically...more

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Several Planned DEA Actions Remain Pending as New DEA Administrator Awaits Confirmation

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The US Senate held a confirmation hearing on April 30, 2025 for Terrance C. Cole, the president’s nominee for the administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Although Administrator-nominee Cole’s policy priorities...more

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The Second Trump Administration’s First 100 days

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The first 100 days of the second Trump Administration have been marked by a flurry of Executive Orders (EOs) and policy memoranda intended to advance President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda. In the process, these...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Federal Trade Commission Launches Public Inquiry as It Prepares to Lead President Trump’s Effort to Modify and Rescind...

Recognizing that “regulations that reduce competition, entrepreneurship, and innovation” are harmful to the U.S. economy, the Federal Trade Commission is seeking comment from the public on federal regulations that “exclude...more

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Implementing Executive Order, FTC Calls on Public and Regulated Community to Identify Anticompetitive Regulations for Potential...

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The second Trump administration has issued a slew of deregulatory measures aimed at turbocharging the reduction of regulatory bloat (EO 14192, requiring the repeal of 10 regulations for every new one issued), ensuring...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Navigating the Regulatory Crossroads: Chemical Policy in Trump’s First 100 Days

President Donald Trump’s initial 100 days in office during his second term have marked a significant shift in the United States’ approach to chemical regulation, emphasizing deregulation and industry facilitation over more...more

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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

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Client Alert: White House Advances Development of New Artificial Intelligence Action Plan and R&D Strategy

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Recent activity by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) highlights the Federal government’s ongoing focus on US leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) and opportunities for public input. On April...more

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SEC Enforcement Policies Suggest a Return to Basics - The Trump Administration’s First 100 Days

Significant changes to personnel, structure and operation are underway at the SEC, consistent with sweeping changes at federal agencies more broadly....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

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Trump Administration's Regulatory Sunset Executive Order Finds Similarities in Long-Standing Texas Act

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President Trump issued Executive Order ("EO") 14270 to reform the regulatory framework governing energy production through sunset provisions on all existing and future energy regulation....more

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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

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President Trump Issues Executive Order Seeking to Boost Coal Mining and Production

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On April 9, 2025, President Trump announced a slew of executive actions seeking to bolster the coal industry. One of the three executive orders is directly targeted at procedures to increase coal mining and production, which...more

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FDA at the Start of the Trump Administration: A Cheat Sheet

There has been a flurry of activity at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since the start of the Trump administration. Day-to-day operations at FDA are already significantly altered, and we expect the trickle-down effects...more

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The On-Ramp: An Autonomous, Connected, and Electric Mobility Newsletter - April 2025

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Welcome to The On-Ramp, the newsletter published by Venable’s Autonomous and Connected Mobility Team. The On-Ramp explores legal and policy developments in the world of autonomous and connected vehicles, smart infrastructure,...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The First Two Months of the SEC Under President Trump

As President Donald J. Trump wraps up his first two months in office, we review the changes that have taken place at the SEC. Prior to taking office, President Trump announced his intent to appoint Paul Atkins to replace Gary...more

Cooley LLP

New Executive Order Will Consolidate Federal Agency Procurement Functions in the General Services Administration

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On March 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order requiring federal agencies to consolidate much of their existing procurement responsibilities in the General Services Administration (GSA). The new order,...more

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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

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Trump EO on Preparedness and Resilience Could Signal Major Shifts in Federal Role

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On March 19, 2025, the White House released Executive Order (EO) 14239, Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness, which calls for a comprehensive review of and changes to many long-standing federal...more

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