Gibson Dunn Represents National Public Radio in Settlement with Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Firm News  |  November 20, 2025

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Gibson Dunn represented National Public Radio as it reached an agreement with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to resolve certain claims arising out of CPB’s alleged implementation of an Executive Order requiring CPB to halt the disbursement of federal funds to NPR. Pursuant to the settlement, CPB agreed to disburse approximately $36 million in previously withheld public radio satellite interconnection funds and agreed not to implement the Executive Order in the future unless ordered to do so by a court. NPR’s First Amendment challenge to the Executive Order will proceed with a hearing scheduled for December 4, 2025.

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