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President Trump called the U.S. Supreme Court's June 27 decision limiting the ability of federal judges to use nationwide injunctions to block his policies "a monumental victory," but his legal win may be less definitive than it first appeared.

The Supreme Court's decision curtailed the ability of judges to issue so-called universal injunctions that can stop the government from enforcing a policy against anyone, anywhere in the entire country.

The Trump administration said it would move quickly to challenge such injunctions. However, the ruling by the court's 6-3 conservative majority contained exceptions, allowing federal judges to continue to issue sweeping rulings blocking key parts of the president's agenda.

In the short time since the ruling, lower-court judges have already blocked Trump's asylum ban at the U.S.-Mexico border, prevented his administration from ending temporary deportation protections for Haitian migrants and forced the government to restore health websites deemed to run afoul of Trump's efforts to squash "gender ideology."

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In D.C.: Former FTC competition bureau director Henry Liu rejoined Covington as a practice leader … Jenner & Block brought on appellate partner Peter Davis from Latham … Paul Hastings hired antitrust partner Joshua Soven from Paul Weiss … Jones Day added financial markets partners Michael Dawson from WilmerHale and Nicholas Podsiadly from Fifth Third Bank … Kilpatrick picked up trademark partner Peter Willsey from Brown Rudnick.

In Los Angeles: Orrick hired public finance partner Jade Turner-Bond from Nixon Peabody … Norton Rose Fulbright added real estate partner William Tate from K&L Gates …Gabe Steffens, former general counsel of The Amherst Group, joined Mayer Brown.

In Philadelphia: Jacqueline Romero, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, joined Baker Hostetler … Stradley Ronon tapped regulatory insurance partner Steven Burgess Davis from Duane Morris.

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