The new presidential administration has begun implementing its agenda for the next four years through numerous executive orders and other means. These executive actions and policy changes will have significant implications across industries and job functions.
Duane Morris attorneys provide cross-practice guidance and in-depth insights into a variety of business and legal concerns emerging from changes in the political landscape and the executive branch.

Cross-Practice Legal Insights on the New Administration's Executive Orders and Enforcement Agenda
Duane Morris is presenting a series of Zoom events where its attorneys offer high-level overviews and drill-down detail on topics including:
- EEOC and NLRB enforcement priorities;
- New immigration controls impacting operations and ability to attract and retain top talent;
- Federal policy changes affecting DEI programs;
- Shifts in energy policy and key climate-related executive actions;
- Tariff and trade policy updates; and
- Cryptocurrency policy developments.
Upcoming
Proactive Employer Strategies: Preparing for ICE Raids in the Workplace
Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 3:30 p.m. Eastern | 12:30 p.m. Pacific.
Duane Morris attorneys will provide important insights on how businesses can prepare for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in the workplace, discussing:
- Worksite enforcement activities carried out by ICE;
- Employer and employee rights during ICE enforcement activities;
- How employers can prepare for ICE; and
- What employers should do during and after an ICE worksite raid.
Save the date for our future Zoom event: Trends in Antitrust and Corporate Governance Under the New Administration, Tuesday, February 25, 2025
More Zoom events will be scheduled in the coming weeks
Duane Morris Insights
Labor and Employment
- White House Targets Private DEI Efforts Considered "Illegal", Duane Morris Alert, January 27, 2025
- LBJ's Executive Order 11246 Revoked, Ending Decadeslong Race and Gender Affirmative Action Obligations for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors, Duane Morris Alert, January 22, 2025
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- White House Targets Private DEI Efforts Considered "Illegal", Duane Morris Alert, January 27, 2025
- LBJ's Executive Order 11246 Revoked, Ending Decadeslong Race and Gender Affirmative Action Obligations for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors, Duane Morris Alert, January 22, 2025
Energy and Environmental
- How the Delta Smelt Swam Into a Political Firestorm, Duane Morris Animal Law Blog, January 23, 2025
- Trump Issues Flurry of Energy and Environmental Executive Orders on Day One, Duane Morris Energy and Environmental Blog, January 21, 2025
Trade and Tariffs
- Court Rules Trump Administration Violated TRO Enjoining Administration’s Funding Freeze, Duane Morris State Attorneys General Blog, February 11, 2025
- Court Grants State Attorneys General TRO Enjoining Administration’s Funding “Freeze”, Duane Morris State Attorneys General Blog, February 3, 2025
- Federal Judge in State AG Suit Signals Intention to Enjoin Funding Freeze, Despite Second OMB Memo Rescinding Prior Memo Directing Freeze, Duane Morris State Attorneys General Blog, January 30, 2025
- OMB Guidance Temporarily Pausing Federal Grants and Loans Rescinded, Duane Morris Alert, January 28, 2025
Immigration
- State Attorneys General Diverge on Birthright Citizenship Executive Order, Duane Morris State Attorneys General Blog, February 6, 2025
Banking, Finance and FinTech
- The Challenge of Digital Asset Regulation of NFTs, Duane Morris Fintechnically Speaking Blog, February 10, 2025
- SAB 121 Undone - Will Bank Regulations on Crypto Follow?, Duane Morris Alert, January 29, 2024
- By Executive Order, the White House Takes a Bold Stance in Support of Crypto, Duane Morris Alert, January 24, 2024
Health and Pharmaceuticals
- Medicare Prescription Pricing Faces Uncertainty with Revocation of Executive Order 14087, Duane Morris Alert, January 23, 2025
Education
- What the Executive Order on "Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity" Means for Title IV Education Institutions, Duane Morris Alert, January 30, 2025
- OMB Guidance Temporarily Pausing Federal Grants and Loans Rescinded, Duane Morris Alert, January 28, 2025