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The oversight obligations of boards continue to expand. Recent enforcement actions and new laws in areas such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and supply chains create new challenges for boards, as we explain in this...more
The executive order on artificial intelligence issued by the White House yesterday is the federal government’s most ambitious attempt to date to corral this burgeoning technology – and contains numerous items of interest for...more
President Biden recently signed Executive Order 14104, “Federal Research and Development in Support of Domestic Manufacturing and United States Jobs,” which places greater emphasis on manufacturing products in the United...more
On July 28, 2023, the Biden administration issued “Executive Order on Federal Research and Development in Support of Domestic Manufacturing and United States Jobs” (the “Executive Order”). How federal agencies implement...more
Key Points - On July 28, 2023, President Biden signed EO 14104, “Federal Research and Development in Support of Domestic Manufacturing and United States Jobs,” which aims to increase domestic manufacturing and...more
A new Biden administration Executive Order proposes to enforce more rigorously U.S. manufacturing requirements attendant to federally funded inventions. While the aim of the Executive Order is to support domestic...more
This article provides a brief analysis of the fundamental changes and clarifications to the Buy America requirements for federally-funded infrastructure projects that are currently proposed by the Office of Management and...more
A new Executive Order by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper aims to accelerate the state’s shift to zero-emission trucks and buses. The Executive Order aims to increase the availability of zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty...more
The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) this past August saw the introduction of a number of new and expanded tax credits aimed at onshoring American manufacturing...more
Numerous changes to the Buy American Act (“BAA”) have been proposed and implemented in recent years, with another one coming this week. Beginning today, on October 25, 2022, the domestic content requirement for components in...more
Unless you’ve been living on a lost island in the South Pacific, you are no doubt aware of the shortage of semiconductors. The shortage and supply chain issues have been highlighted in media reports that feature video images...more
Expanding on policies established by President Obama and President Trump to promote advances in biotechnology, President Biden signed Executive Order 14081, entitled “Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation...more
On September 15, 2022, President Biden signed an executive order (EO) that reaffirms longstanding U.S. open investment policy and elaborates and expands on the existing list of statutory factors that the Committee on Foreign...more
On August 9, 2022, President Biden signed into law the highly anticipated CHIPS Act of 2022 (the “CHIPS Act”). Presented as being crucial to ensuring U.S. leadership in global chip production and technical capability against...more
Earlier this month — July 9, 2022 — marked the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy (Executive Order). The Executive Order was notable in its breadth and...more
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROPOSES SEVERAL POLICY ACTIONS TO OVERCOME ENERGY SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES AND TRANSITION TO CLEAN ENERGY - This is the second in a series of client alerts that will be published in the near future...more
2021 was a game-changing year in cybersecurity. There were many high profile vulnerabilities and data breaches, and responses from the government and private sector. A few examples include Accellion, SolarWinds, Microsoft...more
Regardless of whether they were eagerly anticipated or begrudgingly unavoidable, the changes promised to the Buy American Act (BAA) early last year have at last arrived, or at least are quickly approaching. On March 4, 2022,...more
Over a year after the Biden Administration issued Executive Order 14005 on “Ensuring the Future is Made in America by All of America’s Workers,” (discussed previously here) the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (“FAR...more
The White House has announced key government-wide initiatives for the coming year that are focused on long-term domestic supply chain resilience. On the one-year anniversary of President Joe Biden's Executive Order (EO) 14017...more
Reports identify weaknesses and introduce plans to strengthen certain critical supply chains - On February 24, 2022, the Biden Administration released a Plan to Revitalize American Manufacturing and Secure Critical Supply...more
In this week’s issue, OSHA withdrew its emergency temporary standard (ETS), which required a mandatory vaccination policy for large private employers with an exception for employers that adopt a policy requiring mandatory...more
In 2021, the automotive industry was awash in change— driven by investment trends, new goals set by the Biden-Harris administration, and international electric vehicle–focused developments. Looking back, 2021 will be viewed...more
I. Overview of Federal Regulatory Developments Related to PFAS - Federal government activities with respect to regulation of PFAS in 2021, which will likely carry forward through 2024 include the following: ...more