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Executive Order
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SmarTrade
President Trump Signs Executive Order Imposing Further Sanctions on Iran
By Thompson Hine International Trade
Following a week of escalating tensions, allegations that Iran attacked two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, Iran’s threat to increase its stockpile of enriched uranium, and its acknowledged downing…
HealthBlawg
Cost transparency – The next grand experiment in healthcare
By David Harlow
Much has been said about cost transparency in healthcare, and this week, the administration got slightly more specific, issuing an Executive Order calling for some regulations and reports: The Federal…
Health Industry Washington Watch
President Trump’s Issues Executive Order on Health Care Price Transparency, but Key Details are TBD
By Gail L. Daubert, Debra A. McCurdy
On June 24, 2019, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) intended to improve health care price and quality transparency, boost tax-preferred health savings accounts, and protect patients from surprise…
ImmigrationProf Blog
By Playing Politics with DACA Trump is Toying with Immigrant Lives
The Supreme Court will soon decide whether to review the lower court decisions enjoining the Trump administration's rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Here are some thoughts in…
Inside Energy & Environment
President Trump Issues Executive Order Directing Significant Changes to the Regulation of Genetically-Engineered Organisms
On June 11, 2019, President Trump issued an Executive Order that would require the Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Food and Drug Administration—the three main agencies…
Antitrust and Competition Report
Changes in California could see significant impact on the price of prescription drugs
By Robert Hill, Joseph W. Metro, Edward Schwartz, Paul W. Pitts, Karl Herrmann
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed an Executive Order to allow state agencies to join together and negotiate the purchase of prescription drugs. This measure could significantly reduce the cost…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Kushner Rumored to Be Finalizing Immigration Proposal for the President
For several weeks, there has been talk that White House Senior Advisor (and President Trump's son-in-law) Jared Kushner was hard at work on an immigration reform proposal. No proposal has…
Gravel2Gavel
Alaska District Court Sets Aside Rulings Under New Administration’s EO 13795
By Anthony B. Cavender On March 29, the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska issued two separate rulings that reversed and set aside energy and environmental decisions made by the…
Death Penalty
Executive Order Imposing Moratorium on California’s Death Penalty: the Power of a State Governor
By Reba Kennedy
California Governor Gavin Newsom Blocks Capital Punishment Throughout the State, Ending Death Penalty in a Single Order In Florida, Texas, and most other states where prosecutors are given the option…
K-12 Legal Insights
An Overview of the Key Findings from the Federal School Safety Commission Report
Following the school shootings at Marjory Stoneman and Santa Fe High Schools, President Trump established an executive Commission on School Safety. The Commission’s members were Betsy DeVos, U.S. Secretary of…