Trump Administration

New Executive Order Gives Federal Agencies 30 Days to Include New Clause in Contracts A new Executive Order directs federal agencies to prohibit “racially discriminatory DEI activities” in all contracts to acquire [...]

Oregon ruling preserves access to federal funding—for now The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon has vacated a December 2025 policy issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human [...]

Earlier this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled that the Trump Administration’s pause of federal grant funding in 2025 was “arbitrary and capricious.” Of particular note for [...]

Feldesman LLP is pleased to announce that partners Phillip A. Escoriaza and Edward T. Waters will present at this year’s National Grants Management Association’s (NGMA) Annual Grants Training (AGT), a major conference [...]

Feldesman Partner Kathy S. Ghiladi will speak at the American Health Law Association’s Medicare and Medicaid Institute, a leading national conference on Medicare and Medicaid policy and compliance, taking place March 18–20, [...]

Feldesman Partners Mindy B. Pava and Edward T. Waters will present four sessions at the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) Financial Research Administration (FRA) Conference and Pre-Award Research Administration (PRA) [...]

Feldesman Partner Steve Kuperberg was recently quoted in the February 26, 2026, edition of the 340B Report on the federal government’s decision to support drug manufacturers in litigation challenging state 340B contract [...]

Public Comments Accepted Until March 30 Federal grantees should be aware that the General Services Administration (GSA) has proposed requiring applicants, both when initially registering in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) [...]

Feldesman Partner Phillip A. Escoriaza will provide a PRWORA update at the National Association for County Community and Economic Development’s (NACCED) 2026 Legislative Conference on February 20 in Washington, DC.   In his [...]

Decision Shows Framework to Protect Safety Net Funding A recent judicial decision may serve as an important guidepost for future litigants aiming to challenge agency action. On February 12, 2026, a federal [...]