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Latest News in Public Policy
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March 21, 2025
Trump Tells AG To Seek Sanctions On 'Vexatious' Attys
President Donald Trump on Friday night directed the U.S. attorney general to seek sanctions against attorneys and firms who lodge "frivolous, unreasonable, and vexatious" lawsuits against the federal government, focusing on immigration and BigLaw attorneys he claims "coach clients to conceal their past or lie" when seeking asylum.
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March 21, 2025
4th Circ. Won't Pause Order To Reinstate Federal Workers
The Fourth Circuit on Friday refused to pause a Maryland federal judge's restraining order requiring the reinstatement of thousands of probationary workers who were fired from 18 federal agencies.
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March 21, 2025
Judge Won't Lift Injunction On Refugee Program Shutdown
A Washington federal judge on Friday refused to pause an order preliminarily barring President Donald Trump from suspending the U.S. refugee program and withholding federal funding for refugee services, saying the Trump administration failed to show it risked irreparable harm.
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March 21, 2025
NJ AG Says Landlord Discriminated Against Low-Income Renters
The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights has found probable cause that the owner of a Garden State apartment complex and its leasing agent allegedly discriminated against poor tenants through illegal minimum-income requirements, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced Friday.
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March 21, 2025
SEC Crypto Roundtable Puts 'Howey' To The Test
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission brought a dozen cryptocurrency legal experts together on Friday to wrestle with how to define security status for digital assets, and their in-depth discussion left the regulator with more questions or suggestions than agreed-upon definitions.
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