D.C. Appeals Court Refuses to Block Pentagon Blacklist of Anthropic Despite Conflicting San Francisco Ruling
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The D.C. Circuit declined Anthropic’s emergency request to block the Pentagon from blacklisting the company, refusing to shield it even though a San Francisco federal judge, Rita Lin, had already ordered the administration to remove the supply‑chain‑risk label and allow federal employees and contractors to use Anthropic’s Claude. The D.C. court said Anthropic would “likely suffer some degree of irreparable harm” but found the financial harm “not fully clear,” set a May 19 evidentiary hearing, and drew criticism from industry voices like CCIA CEO Matt Schruers that the split rulings are creating substantial business uncertainty for U.S. AI firms.