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Executive Order Restricting Gender-Affirming Care for Minors: Litigation Update and Analysis

[03/13/25]

Posted on March 13, 2025 in Litigation Analysis

Published by: Hall Render

On January 28, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14187 entitled “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation” (the “Executive Order”), which sets forth administration policies opposing the provision of gender-affirming care to minors and directs agencies and certain federal health care programs to limit access to such care through measures including halting federal... READ MORE

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Federal District Court Issues Nationwide Injunction Preventing Implementation of Core Provisions of President Trump’s Anti-DEI Executive Orders, Including FCA Liability

[02/25/25]

Posted on February 25, 2025 in False Claims Act Defense, Health Law News, HR Insights for Health Care

Published by: Hall Render

On February 21, 2025, the Federal District Court for the District of Maryland (“the Court”) issued a nationwide preliminary injunction pausing three provisions contained in two of President Trump’s Executive Orders (Executive Orders 14173 and 14151). The plaintiffs challenged three specific provisions in the Executive Orders by arguing that each was likely to be... READ MORE

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Executive Order Creates Potential False Claims Act Liability for Employment Discrimination

[01/31/25]

Posted on January 31, 2025 in False Claims Act Defense, Health Law News, HR Insights for Health Care

Published by: Hall Render

In the opening days of his second term, President Donald Trump signed a number of executive orders covering a wide swath of public and private activity. One such executive order (the “Order”), entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” addresses diversity, equity and inclusion (“DEI”) programs in the federal government, as well as... READ MORE

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Biden Administration Issues Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence with Potential Big Impacts for the Health Care Sector

[11/28/23]

Posted on November 28, 2023 in Health Law News

Published by: Hall Render

On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (the “Executive Order”). The Executive Order outlines several steps that the Biden Administration will take with respect to the regulation of artificial intelligence (“AI”) technologies and tools across various industry sectors and... READ MORE

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President Trump Issues Nonimmigrant Visa Executive Order Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

[06/24/20]

Posted on June 24, 2020 in COVID-19 Daily Updates, Health Law News

Published by: Hall Render

On Monday, June 22, 2020, President Trump signed an executive order regarding immigration policies and enforcement amidst the COVID-19 pandemic titled “Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present A Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak” (the “Executive Order”). Most significantly, the new proclamation affects nonimmigrant visas that permit work authorization.... READ MORE

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Here’s Price Transparency![1]

[09/13/19]

Posted on September 13, 2019 in Health Law News

Published by: Hall Render

On June 24, 2019, the Trump administration changed the game for the health care industry through the release of an executive order on price transparency. Entitled “Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First,” the executive order is aimed primarily at giving patients access to price and quality information about... READ MORE

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President Trump Issues Executive Orders on Immigration Policies

[01/26/17]

Posted on January 26, 2017 in Health Law News

Published by: Hall Render

As you may know, President Trump signed a pair of executive orders recently regarding immigration policies and enforcement. While his orders may have a sweeping effect on immigration as a whole, employment-based immigration processes are not overtly changed. Below is a brief summary of provisions of the executive orders and the draft order that... READ MORE

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