# 2025-05845: President Cuts Off WilmerHale Law Firm from Federal Funds Over Risks

2025-05845, Addressing Risks From WilmerHale, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-04-03, effective 2025-03-27 (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-05845
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-05845
- Title: Addressing Risks From WilmerHale
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 14549
- Published: 2025-04-03
- Effective: 2025-03-27
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

President Cuts Off WilmerHale Law Firm from Federal Funds Over Risks

## Summary

The President is taking action against WilmerHale, a big law firm accused of harmful political and racial practices that threaten American values and security. Starting now, WilmerHale will lose access to federal contracts and taxpayer money to stop these risky behaviors. This move protects the public and ensures government funds don’t support unfair or dangerous actions.

## Effects PRIA read

- Security Clearances Suspended: cost, high. The Attorney General, Director of National Intelligence, and other agency heads must immediately take steps consistent with law to suspend any active security clearances held by individuals at WilmerHale pending a review of whether those clearances are consistent with the national interest.
- Stop Federal Support and Access: cost, high. The Office of Management and Budget must identify government goods, property, material, and services provided for the benefit of WilmerHale, including Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities, and agency heads shall, to the extent permitted by law, expeditiously cease providing such material…
- Contractors Must Disclose WilmerHale Ties: cost, medium. Government contracting agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law, require government contractors to disclose any business they do with WilmerHale and whether that business is related to the subject of the Government contract.
- Review and Possible Contract Terminations: cost, high. Agency heads shall review all contracts with WilmerHale or with entities that disclose doing business with WilmerHale and, to the extent permitted by law, take steps to terminate any contract for which WilmerHale has been hired to perform services. Agencies must submit an assessment to the Director…
- Limits on Hiring and Building Access: cost, medium. Agency heads shall, to the extent permitted by law, limit official access to Federal Government buildings for WilmerHale employees when such access would threaten national security, limit government employees from engaging with WilmerHale employees in their official capacity, and refrain from hirin…

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## Sources
- [2025-05845 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/03/2025-05845/addressing-risks-from-wilmerhale)
- [2025-05845 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-03/pdf/2025-05845.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-05845 (as of 2026-11-04).