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Grantees Must File Separate Cases in U.S. District Court and the Court of Federal Claims The new Administration has rolled out executive orders directing federal agencies to review and terminate grants deemed [...]

On August 12, 2025, the court in State of New York, et al., v. USDOJ, et al., 25-cv-00345 (D. R.I.), entered an updated “Stipulation and Joint Proposal for Briefing Schedule” stating that [...]

“Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking” Gives Agency Heads More Control Over Federal Grant Review and Provides for Uniform Guidance Revisions A new Executive Order (EO) issued Thursday, August 7 continues—and expands upon—the [...]

On August 11, 2025, Feldesman Partners Mindy B. Pava and Ted Waters will present on the rapidly changing federal grants and enforcement landscape at the National Council of University Research Administrators’ (NCURA) [...]

In recent months, the Administration has been adding a new condition to Federal awards that ties assurances that grantees comply with long-standing Federal antidiscrimination laws to a requirement that grantees refrain from [...]

DOJ Provides Guidance to Federal Funding Recipients on Unlawful Discrimination In an effort to eliminate the ambiguity over what constitutes “illegal DEI” or “unlawful discrimination,” the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued [...]

See the latest Client Alert from August 13, 2025 here. Government Agrees to Pause Implementation of its New Interpretation of “Federal public benefit” in Certain States Until September 2025 In additional litigation [...]

In emphasizing its heightened focus on the disclosure of all potential conflicts of interest—especially the disclosure of “Other Support” such as outside or foreign funding and in-kind contributions —the National Institutes of [...]

Joining the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the departments of Agriculture and Education released updated interpretations of the term “federal public benefit” as used in the Personal Responsibility and [...]

Updated on July 21, 2025 ****** On Thursday, July 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a significant policy change by issuing a notice (0991-ZA57) setting forth [...]