The new presidential administration has begun implementing its agenda for the next four years through numerous executive orders and other means. These executive actions and policy changes will have significant implications across industries and job functions.
Duane Morris attorneys provide cross-practice guidance and in-depth insights into a variety of business and legal concerns emerging from changes in the political landscape and the executive branch.
Cross-Practice Legal Insights on the New Administration's Executive Orders and Enforcement Agenda
Duane Morris is presenting a series of Zoom events where its attorneys offer high-level overviews and drill-down detail on topics including:
- EEOC and NLRB enforcement priorities;
- New immigration controls impacting operations and ability to attract and retain top talent;
- Federal policy changes affecting DEI programs;
- Shifts in energy policy and key climate-related executive actions;
- Tariff and trade policy updates; and
- Cryptocurrency policy developments.
Upcoming
Staying Connected: A Primer on What’s to Come for Digital Assets and Blockchain
Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern | 9:00 a.m. Pacific.
Duane Morris attorneys will discuss policy changes of the new presidential administration and how the January 23, 2025, executive order on crypto assets, along with key legislative bills at the federal level, could shape the future of digital assets, including a high-level overview of:
- The New Frontiers in Technology (NFT) Act
- The Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century (FIT21) Act
- Guiding and Establishing National Innovation in U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act
- The Stablecoin Transparency and Accountability for a Better Ledger Economy (STABLE) Act
- How these various pieces of legislation could interact with each other and existing regulatory structures to create an environment conducive to digital asset innovation
More Zoom events will be scheduled in the coming weeks
Duane Morris Insights
Energy and Environmental
- How the Delta Smelt Swam Into a Political Firestorm, Duane Morris Animal Law Blog, January 23, 2025
- Trump Issues Flurry of Energy and Environmental Executive Orders on Day One, Duane Morris Energy and Environmental Blog, January 21, 2025
Trade and Tariffs
- Experts Weigh In on Executive Order Pausing FCPA Enforcement at American Bar Association White Collar Conference Duane Morris Alert, March 10, 2025
- Executive Order Suspending Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement Signals New Enforcement Priorities, Duane Morris Alert, February 19, 2025
- Court Rules Trump Administration Violated TRO Enjoining Administration’s Funding Freeze, Duane Morris State Attorneys General Blog, February 11, 2025
- Court Grants State Attorneys General TRO Enjoining Administration’s Funding “Freeze”, Duane Morris State Attorneys General Blog, February 3, 2025
- Federal Judge in State AG Suit Signals Intention to Enjoin Funding Freeze, Despite Second OMB Memo Rescinding Prior Memo Directing Freeze, Duane Morris State Attorneys General Blog, January 30, 2025
- OMB Guidance Temporarily Pausing Federal Grants and Loans Rescinded, Duane Morris Alert, January 28, 2025
Immigration
- What the New Administration’s Increased Immigration Enforcement Means for Employers, Duane Morris Alert, February 25, 2025
- State Attorneys General Diverge on Birthright Citizenship Executive Order, Duane Morris State Attorneys General Blog, February 6, 2025
Education
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Best Practices When Responding to Department of Education Investigations, Duane Morris Alert, March 18, 2025
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Bracing for Impact: How Colleges and Universities Can Navigate the U.S. Department of Education's Reduction in Force, Duane Morris Alert, March 13, 2025
- Department Guidance on Racial Preferences in Education, Duane Morris Alert, February 27, 2025
- What the Executive Order on "Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity" Means for Title IV Education Institutions, Duane Morris Alert, January 30, 2025
- OMB Guidance Temporarily Pausing Federal Grants and Loans Rescinded, Duane Morris Alert, January 28, 2025
Labor and Employment
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Signs Point to FTC Continuing Labor Market Focus, but Using Different Tools, Duane Morris Alert, March 18, 2025
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Acting NLRB General Counsel Hints at Pro-Employer Agenda in Rescinding Predecessor’s Memos, Duane Morris Alert, February 28, 2025
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
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Fourth Circuit Grants Stay of Injunction, Allowing Enforcement of White House Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Employment Policy, Duane Morris Alert, March 17, 2025
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Multistate Coalition of Attorneys General Issue Guidance on DEI/DEIA Employment Initiatives Following Executive Order, Duane Morris State Attorneys General Blog, February 25, 2025
- Federal Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Blocking Specific Provisions of Executive Order on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Duane Morris Alert, February 24, 2025
- White House Targets Private DEI Efforts Considered "Illegal", Duane Morris Alert, January 27, 2025
- LBJ's Executive Order 11246 Revoked, Ending Decadeslong Race and Gender Affirmative Action Obligations for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors, Duane Morris Alert, January 22, 2025
Banking, Finance and FinTech
- The SEC’s New Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit: What Does This Mean for the Crypto Enforcement Agenda?, Duane Morris Alert, February 24, 2025
- The Challenge of Digital Asset Regulation of NFTs, Duane Morris Fintechnically Speaking Blog, February 10, 2025
- SAB 121 Undone - Will Bank Regulations on Crypto Follow?, Duane Morris Alert, January 29, 2025
- By Executive Order, the White House Takes a Bold Stance in Support of Crypto, Duane Morris Alert, January 24, 2025
Health and Pharmaceuticals
- Medicare Prescription Pricing Faces Uncertainty with Revocation of Executive Order 14087, Duane Morris Alert, January 23, 2025