Anthropic requests emergency stay of supply chain risk designation in DC appeals case

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by Miranda Nazzaro
March 12, 2026
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Anthropic requested an emergency stay regarding the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation.

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Anthropic has filed an emergency stay request regarding the Pentagon's designation of its products as a supply chain risk. The company's lawyers argued in a Wednesday filing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision was not a "reasoned agency decision." Anthropic claims this designation will "inflict escalating and irreparable harm" on the company. The request was filed in a DC appeals case.

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Anthropic filed an emergency stay request in a DC appeals case concerning the Pentagon's designation.

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