April 25, 2025
The first three months of President Donald Trump's administration have left lawyers who represent employers and benefit plans hungry for clarity on issues like cryptocurrency as a 401(k) investment and coverage for gender-affirming care. Here, Law360 looks at five areas where attorneys are hoping for guidance or regulations.
March 31, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice is quickly implementing President Donald Trump's plan to seek huge sums of money from litigants whose cases impede his agenda but ultimately prove unsuccessful, court records show.
March 18, 2025
A federal judge said there is no clear evidence that the National Institutes of Health's revoking a Washington hospital's research grant violated her order blocking President Donald Trump's efforts to cut funding for gender-affirming care for young people, but the judge chastised the administration for its "narrow and self-serving view" of what makes up care.
March 07, 2025
Attorneys general from Washington and three other states told a federal court that the Trump administration has canceled thousands of dollars in grant funding for gender-affirming care — and threatened to strip up to nearly $370 million more — in violation of court injunctions.
March 04, 2025
The Trump administration has been barred from enforcing portions of executive orders targeting funding for gender-affirming care. Here, Law360 Healthcare Authority looks at these and other significant cases and decisions that shaped the healthcare industry over the last week.
February 28, 2025
A Washington federal judge late Friday blocked parts of two of President Donald Trump's executive orders that cut off funding for gender-affirming care for young people, ruling that they violate the Constitution's separation of powers and equal protection guarantees.
February 25, 2025
President Donald Trump's administration said Tuesday that Washington, Colorado and two other states can't block his executive orders targeting transgender people and federal funding for gender-affirming care, because the president has the power to protect children from "potentially dangerous, ineffective" treatments.
February 25, 2025
Directives from the White House threatening gender-affirming care, medical research funding and employment across federal health agencies met resistance in recent days as courts ruled to halt enforcement and states and labor groups filed for injunctive relief.
February 20, 2025
Washington, Colorado, Oregon and Minnesota argued Wednesday for a court order halting President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting federal funding for gender-affirming care for young people, saying the edicts are unconstitutional and have "unleashed unbridled fear and irreparable harms."
February 19, 2025
Colorado on Wednesday joined Washington and two other states opposing President Donald Trump's executive order targeting federal funding for gender-affirming care for people younger than 19, in an amended complaint that noted Colorado was the first state to include gender-affirming care among essential health benefits.