The annual False Claims Act (FCA) recovery statistics issued by the U.S. Department of Justice for Fiscal Year 2024, coupled with the Trump administration’s focus on the elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse in government spending and apparent intentions to rely on the FCA to pursue other administration priorities, signal a likely increase in FCA investigations and actions throughout 2025 and beyond.

On April 8, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) titled “Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry.” This order aims to enhance the United States’ “economic prosperity and national security, lower the cost of living, and provide for increases in electrical demand from emerging technologies” by increasing domestic energy production via coal. The order emphasizes coal’s role in lowering electricity costs, stabilizing the grid, creating high-paying jobs, and supporting burgeoning industries.

Since taking office, the Trump administration has significantly curtailed the CFPB’s rulemaking and enforcement activity. Recently, Congress and federal courts have been grappling with what that means for CFPB employees and the rules the CFPB has enacted and enforces. On April 9, 2025, the United States House of Representatives voted to pass a joint resolution disapproving a CFPB rule that would make certain large payment companies subject to Regulations E and Z. The same day, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments to resolve a TRO that would maintain the existence of the CFPB as it stood before the administration change. What does this mean for you and your clients?