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These restrictions will remain in effect until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To review ongoing updates and information about the Federal Circuit\u2019s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, please go to the court\u2019s <a href=\"\/home\/the-court\/notices-announcements\/covid-19-information-page\/\">COVID-19 information page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims have entered a new joint order modifying and superseding their prior administrative order of July 31, 2021, concerning access to the National Courts Building complex in Washington, D.C.\u00a0 Courthouse access will continue to be limited to court staff [...]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,46],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - 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