--- title: Alibaba wins injunction against Pentagon rule | daily.dev description: A California federal judge has temporarily blocked a Pentagon rule that could cost contractors their defence contracts if they share lobbyists with Alibaba.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/alibaba-wins-injunction-against-pentagon-rule-pow588qxb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Alibaba wins injunction against Pentagon rule | daily.dev og:description: A California federal judge has temporarily blocked a Pentagon rule that could cost contractors their defence contracts if they share lobbyists with Alibaba.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/alibaba-wins-injunction-against-pentagon-rule-pow588qxb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pOW588qxB.png og:image:alt: Alibaba wins injunction against Pentagon rule og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Alibaba wins injunction against Pentagon rule **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A California federal judge has temporarily blocked a Pentagon rule that could cost contractors their defence contracts if they share lobbyists with Alibaba. The injunction, granted Monday, keeps Alibaba's legal challenge alive but does not remove it from the Pentagon's list of companies it says support China's military. Alibaba was added to that list in June. Morningstar analyst Chelsey Tam called the ruling 'a symbolic and procedural win' rather than a fundamental game-changer, noting Alibaba has little US business. Similar legal fights involve WuXi AppTec, BYD, and DJI. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did a US judge block the Pentagon's rule against Alibaba's lobbyists A California federal judge granted Alibaba a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of a US law that bars Pentagon contractors from employing lobbyists who also represent companies on the Pentagon's China military list, which Alibaba was added to in June. The injunction only pauses the lobbying restriction while Alibaba's broader lawsuit challenging its listing continues; it does not remove Alibaba from the list itself. _Those tracking how US-China tech restrictions ripple into business and compliance follow cases like this on daily.dev._ ### Is Alibaba still on the Pentagon's list of companies tied to China's military Yes, Alibaba remains on the Pentagon's list. The recent court injunction only blocks enforcement of a lobbying restriction tied to that listing and does not remove the company from the list itself; that removal is a separate part of Alibaba's ongoing legal challenge, which argues the designation has 'no basis in fact or law'. _Anyone weighing exposure to US-China tech policy risk can follow this dispute on daily.dev._ ### Which other Chinese companies are challenging the Pentagon's China military company list WuXi AppTec won a court order in August that kept it off the Pentagon's list, two subsidiaries of carmaker BYD sued in September over the lobbying restriction on free speech grounds, and drone maker DJI is challenging its designation after an appeals court ordered the government to review the decision again. _Developers and analysts tracking the broader China tech-restriction landscape can keep up on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Alibaba sues the Pentagon to get off its Chinese military companies list](https://daily.dev/posts/alibaba-sues-the-pentagon-to-get-off-its-chinese-military-companies-list-rrmjfvkjh) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - 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