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April 23, 2025
Trump Order Directs Feds To Disregard Disparate Impact
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday instructing federal agencies to stop treating disparate impact as a viable theory of liability in discrimination matters, staying in line with his quest to eliminate the philosophy of diversity, equity and inclusion, and echoing policy suggestions floated in the conservative Heritage Foundation's Project 2025.
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April 23, 2025
Trump Admin's Border Cash Reporting Order Halted
A California federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's order singling out cash-moving businesses along the southwest border for heightened anti-money laundering reporting, saying that, among other things, the plaintiffs have sufficiently pled that the order is arbitrary and capricious.
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April 23, 2025
DOJ, Legal Groups Spar Over Migrant Kids Counsel Funding
Attorneys representing groups that provide legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children and a government attorney sparred Wednesday over whether the government is legally obligated to fund such legal counsel during a hearing on the groups' motion for preliminary injunction in California federal court.
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April 23, 2025
CFPB Walks Away From Horizon Credit Card Suit
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday dropped another Biden-era enforcement action, this time pulling the plug on a Pennsylvania federal court lawsuit over what the agency had previously alleged was a deceptive and abusive membership credit card program that took in tens of millions of dollars in consumer fees.
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April 23, 2025
Ex-Rep Should Pay $25K For 'Sham' Lawsuit, Fla. Judge Told
A real estate holding company owner told a Florida state court judge Wednesday that he's owed about $25,000 in legal fees for defending against a "sham" contract breach lawsuit alleging he assisted officials investigating possible foreign agent crimes against a former congressman, saying the agreements at issue were declared invalid.

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