A federal judge on Friday issued a broad preliminary injunction expanding on her earlier order restoring more than $500 million in federal research grants to UCLA. The new ruling blocks the federal government from using a broader “Task Force Policy” to pressure the entire University of California (UC) system with funding suspensions and coercive settlement demands.

This decision builds directly on the court’s September order, which held that federal agencies likely violated the Administrative Procedure Act when they suspended nearly all UCLA science grants without individualized explanation. In that earlier ruling, the court ordered the government to reinstate the awards and report its compliance, emphasizing that blanket funding terminations are unlawful.

Reviewing new evidence,

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