Education

Injunctions Remain in Effect Until Appellate Courts Rule On November 7, 2025, the federal government filed notices of appeal in two separate lawsuits challenging its reinterpretation of what constitutes a “Federal public [...]

Feldesman Partner Phillip A. Escoriaza will present on the shifting federal grants landscape at the Grant Professionals Association GrantSummit 2025, taking place October 29 to November 1 in Baltimore, Maryland.  Mr. Escoriaza’s [...]

On September 11, 2025, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington preliminarily stopped the administration’s reinterpretation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (“PRWORA”) [...]

On September 10, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island in State of New York, et al., v. USDOJ, et al., 25-cv-00345 (D.R.I.), granted the States’ Motion [...]

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) [...]

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 [...]

See the latest Client Alert from August 13, 2025 here. A federal court filing this week shed some light on recent revisions to the Government’s interpretation of “Federal public benefit” in Title [...]