Judge blocks government from labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk and halts federal ban

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• U.S. District Judge Rita Lin prevented enforcement of the supply chain risk designation against Anthropic.
• The ruling halts President Trump’s order for federal agencies to immediately cease using Anthropic technology.
• Lin stayed her order for seven days to give the government an opportunity to appeal.
• The court said the order does not require agencies to use Anthropic or prevent them from transitioning to other providers consistent with law.
• Anthropic sued, saying the actions were an unlawful response to its First Amendment protected speech.
• Anthropic said the company is grateful to the court and plans to keep working with the government on AI safety.