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Executive Order
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Energy and Environmental Trends Watch
Unleashing American Energy: Trump Administration’s Latest Executive Orders
Margaret Anne Hill, Frank L. Tamulonis III, Melissa A. Scacchitti, and Stephen C. Zumbrun ● New Executive Orders and Proclamation On April 8, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued three…
International Trade Insights
New Executive Order: Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness
On April 17, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a new Executive Order (“EO”) building upon a previous EO, Promoting American Seafood Competitiveness and Economic Growth, which was issued by his…
Simple Justice
Is Disparate Impact Dead?
Yet another Executive Order was signed by President Trump, this time declaring the death of disparate impact liability. A bedrock principle of the United States is that all citizens are…
Law and the Workplace
President Trump Issues Executive Order Aimed at Eliminating Disparate Impact Liability Under Anti-Discrimination Laws
By Allan Bloom, Elise M. Bloom, Laura Fant, Rachel Fischer
On April 23, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order (“EO”) entitled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” which aims to “eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all…
Religion Clause
President Responds to Death of Pope Francis
President Trump issued a Proclamation (full text) yesterday ordering flags to be flown at half-staff on the day of the late Pope Francis' funeral. The President announced yesterday on Truth…
Religion Clause
Supreme Court Hears Arguments Today on Mandated Insurance Coverage for Anti-HIV Drugs Over Religious Objections
The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments this morning in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc. Plaintiffs in the case objected on religious grounds to providing their employees the U.S. Preventive Services…
HR Law Watch
Court Permanently Blocks DOL from Enforcing DEI Certification Provisions
By Brian D. Pedrow, Shirley S. Lou-Magnuson, Brenna McLaughlin
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…
Construction Law Insights
Dealing with Tariffs and Executive Orders (Properties Magazine)
he year 2025 is shaping up to be quite the challenging year for the construction industry. From the President’s executive order nos. 14151 and 14174 (signed January 20 and 21,…
Global Policy Watch
March 2025 AI Developments Under the Trump Administration
By Nooree Lee, Robert Huffman, Ryan Burnette
This is part of an ongoing series of Covington blogs on the AI policies, executive orders, and other actions of the Trump Administration. This blog describes AI actions taken by…
Inside Global Tech
March 2025 AI Developments Under the Trump Administration
By Nooree Lee, Robert Huffman, Ryan Burnette
This is part of an ongoing series of Covington blogs on the AI policies, executive orders, and other actions of the Trump Administration. This blog describes AI actions taken by…