Resources

Explore our curated set of legal tools and resources to help clients, entrepreneurs, and mission-driven organizations stay informed, compliant, and empowered across immigration, business, nonprofit, and international matters.
1IMMIGRATION

Stay informed and compliant with key immigration updates and requirements. Use the links below to access official government resources.

2BUSINESS & CORPORATE LAW

Whether you’re just launching or scaling fast, these resources can help you navigate the legal side of building and running a business.

3COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Legal and strategic support starts with the right tools. These trusted resources help mission-driven organizations navigate formation, governance, funding, and compliance.

4INTERNATIONAL LAW & TRADE

Global trade comes with global rules. These trusted resources help businesses navigate cross-border compliance, licensing, enforcement, and risk management.

Executive Orders

  • Restricting The Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats – 6/4/2025
    • Fully restricts entry for citizens of: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen.
    • Orders partial suspension of entry for: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, Venezuela
      • Bars entry as immigrants and nonimmigrants on B-1, B-2, B-1/B-2, F, M, and J visas.
      • Orders Consular officers to reduce the validity for any other nonimmigrant visa issued to citizens of these countries.
  • Establishing Project Homecoming – 5/9/2025
    • Orders Secretary of Homeland Security and Secretary of State to create policies to incentivize voluntary departure and punish aliens who stay illegally
      • Provides exit bonus and free flights upon voluntary departure, allowing travel without traditional documents.
  • Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens – 4/28/2025
    • Orders the identification of “sanctuary” jurisdictions and to appropriately suspend or terminate their Federal funds, such as grants and contracts
    • Two ongoing court cases
  • Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful – 3/28/2025
    • Establishes the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force to enforce Federal immigration law and redirect available Federal, State, or local law enforcement resources to detain and deport illegal aliens in the D.C. metropolitan area
  • Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders – 2/19/2025
    • Orders the identification of all federally funded programs that currently allow illegal aliens to obtain any cash or non-cash public benefit and suspend federal payments to such states and localities
    • Orders the enhancement of verification systems
  • Protecting the American People Against Invasion – 1/20/2025
    • Revokes various executive orders relating to immigration.
    • Orders the establishment of Homeland Security Task Forces (HSTFs) in all States, whose duties include the enforcement of immigration laws
    • Orders creation of detention facilities.
    • Orders the review of all contracts, grants, or other agreements providing Federal funding to non-governmental organizations supporting or providing services to removable or illegal aliens
    • Two ongoing court cases
  • Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program – 1/20/2025
    • Suspends admission under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) unless jointly determined by the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security on a case-by-case basis
    • Revokes EO 14013 of February 4, 2021 (Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration)
    • Two related court cases
  • Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists – 1/20/2025
    • Invokes the Alien Enemies Act to designate cartels and other organizations as foreign terrorist organizations and/or specially designated global terrorists
  • Unleashing America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources – 4/24/2025
    • Directs agencies to expedite seabed mineral development by identifying commercial opportunities and tools to support domestic and international seabed mineral resource exploration, extraction, processing, and environmental monitoring
  • Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation and Alignment – 4/10/2025
    • Raises duty on Chinese imports from 84% to 125%.
    • To limit circumvention of tariffs, also raises the ad valorem rate of duty to 120%, per postal item containing goods to $100-200
  • Restoring America's Maritime Dominance – 4/9/2025
    • Directs agencies to establish a financial incentives program to incentivize private investment in the construction of commercial components, parts, and vessels
    • Includes a directive to engage treaty allies, partners, and other like-minded countries to undertake capital investment in the U.S.
  • Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241 – 4/8/2025
    • Puts forth policies that support the domestic coal industry
    • Orders agencies to identify and promote export opportunities for coal and coal technologies and facilitate international offtake agreements for U.S. coal
  • Addressing the Threat to National Security from Imports of Timber, Lumber – 3/2/2025
    • Orders the Secretary of Commerce to investigate the current and projected demand for timber and lumber in the U.S., the role of foreign supply chains, the impact of foreign government subsidies, and whether additional tariffs or quotas are necessary to protect national security
  • Addressing the Threat to National Security from Imports of Copper – 2/25/2025
    • Orders the Secretary of Commerce to investigate the current and projected demand for copper in U.S. defense, energy, and critical infrastructure structures, the role of foreign supply chains, the impact of foreign government subsidies, and whether additional tariffs or quotas are necessary to protect national security
  • Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into The United States – 2/11/2025
    • Increases the duty rate from 10% to 25% on all covered imports of aluminum
    • For foreign trade zones, covered aluminum or derivative articles must be admitted under “privileged foreign status” (unless eligible for “domestic status”) and will be subject to the additional duties upon entry into the U.S.
  • Adjusting Imports of Steel into The United States – 2/11/2025
    • Imposes 25% duties on covered imports.
    • Terminates all existing general approved exclusions (GAEs). Granted product exclusions will remain effective until their expiration date or until excluded product volume is imported, whichever occurs first.
    • For foreign trade zones, covered steel or derivative articles must be admitted under “privileged foreign status” (unless eligible for “domestic status”) and will be subject to the additional duties upon entry into the U.S.
  • Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court – 2/6/2025
    • Orders financial sanctions and visa restrictions against International Criminal Court (ICC) officials and their family members who assisted in targeting America and Israel
  • America First Policy Directive to the Secretary of State – 1/22/2025
    • Orders the Secretary of State to issue guidance bringing the Department of State’s policies, programs, personnel, and operations in line with an America First foreign policy
  • Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base – 5/23/2025
    • Orders various actions to incentivize nuclear energy
    • Directs the Secretary of Energy and Administrator of the Small Business Administration to prioritize funding for advanced nuclear technologies through grants, loans, investment capital, and other Federal support
  • Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production – 3/20/2025
    • Among other orders, directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to create policy recommendations to support financing domestic small businesses engaged in mineral production
  • Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing – 1/20/2025
    • Implications for Small Businesses: the Small Business Act of 1953 created the small business created preference categories (women-owned and minority-owned) that the EOs cannot legally do away with
    • Newly installed SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler outlined her priorities, including:
      • Improving SBA’s customer service, technology and cybersecurity, to improve digital interfaces, response times, and customer satisfaction.
      • Reducing the contractual goals for contracting with Small Disadvantaged Businesses from the current 15% down to the statutory 5%
      • Relocating SBA regional offices from “sanctuary cities”
    • Eight related court cases, most with preliminary injunctions.