As we have hinted at (and even mentioned) in some of our more recent client alerts, the proverbial other shoe has now dropped. In the April 15, 2025, Executive Order entitled "Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement"...more
On March 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order No. 14240 titled “Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement” (the EO).1 While less than perfectly written, it does seem to have the...more
On March 14, 2025, President Trump rescinded a second batch of Biden-era executive orders (EOs), including EO 14026 (Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors).
Issued in 2021, EO 14026 raised the federal...more
3/20/2025
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Compliance ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Minimum Wage ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Rescission ,
State Labor Laws ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
On February 1, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order No. 14193, titled “Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border” (Tariff EO). The EO announced tariffs that would impact a wide...more
While it is not our intent to flood your inbox with articles, alerts, and analyses; the pace, breadth, and volume of actions by the Trump administration in its first month (not even 100 days) is nothing short of remarkable....more
3/4/2025
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Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
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Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration
As discussed in a recent Cozen O’Connor Alert, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) has been at the top of President Trump’s mind, so much so that he recently issued an executive order effectively ending the use of DEI in...more
2/12/2025
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Employment Discrimination ,
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Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Trump Administration
On January 21, 2025, Judge Ryan T. Holte of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued a decision finding now former-President Biden’s February 4, 2022, Executive Order 14063 (EO) and the resulting Federal Acquisition...more
1/28/2025
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Bid Protests ,
Bid Solicitation ,
CICA ,
Competition ,
Construction Industry ,
Court of Federal Claims ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Agencies ,
Labor Relations ,
Project Labor Agreements ,
Subcontractors ,
Unfair Competition ,
Unions
The first two days of the new Trump administration were marked by pronouncements that portend short-run uncertainty about the tariff environment.
Although President Trump’s past statements had led many people to expect he...more
1/24/2025
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Executive Orders ,
Immigration ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Trade ,
National Security ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trade Deficit ,
Trade Policy ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump, under the auspices of promoting civil rights and merit-based opportunity by ending “illegal” diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, revokes Executive Order (EO) 11246, as...more
1/24/2025
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Discrimination ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Donald Trump ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)