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NYU Langone will pay $8.5 million and UPMC $950,000 under Justice Department deals that keep gender-affirming care closed to minors. What started as subpoenas has become a template, and it now runs through the settlement table more than the courtroom.
U.S. District Judge Cynthia Valenzuela dismissed the Justice Department's lawsuit against California's transgender sports policies, finding the state never got proper notice it risked its federal education funding.
A divided Ninth Circuit panel ruled the Trump administration can enforce a subpoena for a telehealth provider's patient records, rejecting a lower court's finding that the investigation was launched in bad faith.
In Z.A. v. Blanche, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction barring the Justice Department from obtaining the identities and records of transgender minors treated at Stanford's children's hospital, calling the demand part of a 'bad-faith campaign' to intimidate providers.
After a federal grand jury subpoena ordered NYU Langone to hand over the names and health records of trans youth, families and civil rights groups went to court — and bought time until June 24.
An ATF rule submitted in early May would require federal firearms forms to reflect 'biological sex' rather than legal gender — and citizens caught misstating it could face up to five years in prison. Civil rights groups are calling it a felony trap aimed at trans Americans.
The Justice Department announced on May 1 that it is investigating whether dozens of Illinois public school districts taught what it calls 'sexual orientation and gender ideology' content without parental opt-outs. Governor JB Pritzker called it a 'sham investigation.'
