On May 12, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order (EO) entitled “Delivering Most Favored Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients.” The EO directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to...more
Since his inauguration in January, President Trump has signed multiple executive orders addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies across the country. These actions have significant implications, including for...more
On February 28, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS” or “the Department”) issued a Policy Statement rescinding long-standing HHS guidance regarding the use of notice-and-comment rulemaking to adopt certain...more
President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday issued a sweeping Executive Order (the Order), entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” which impacts Federal contractors and grantees as well as...more
Earlier this week, efforts to reduce U.S. reliance on biotechnology companies in China stalled when the BIOSECURE Act (“BIOSECURE” or the “Act”) was left out of this week’s continuing resolution (CR). As a result, BIOSECURE...more
On October 2, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued final guidance for initial price applicability year (IPAY) 2027 of the Drug Price Negotiation Program established by the Inflation Reduction Act...more
In July, the Senate Armed Services Committee passed its version of the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which would make substantial changes to the rules for determining the “country of origin” of drugs for...more
Efforts to curtail U.S. reliance on biotechnology companies in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and prevent certain data of U.S. persons from being provided to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have come to the fore this...more
On 28 March, the U.S. Commerce Department, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a list of entities that have been identified as having made a boycott-related request in order to help U.S. companies, including...more
On Friday, December 8, the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) opened for public comment its Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March-in...more
On August 23, 2023, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued its final guidance (“Guidance”) implementing the Build America, Buy America (BABA) provisions of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act...more
On July 3, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final guidance on the Drug Price Negotiation Program established by the IRA. CMS showed some willingness to adopt stakeholder suggestions...more
On June 2, 2023, the U.S. Government issued an interim rule that bans the use of the popular social media application, TikTok, from government contracting.
The Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration...more
In February, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed new Buy America regulations for Federal grants, to implement the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act signed into law on November 15, 2021. BABA required that...more
On March 15, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued initial guidance on the Drug Price Negotiation Program, which was established under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on August 16, 2022. The Drug...more
On 7 March 2022, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council published a final rule amending the FAR to implement a January 2021 Executive Order (EO), EO 14005, aimed to strengthen domestic preferences in Government...more
On November 1, 2021, the Biden Administration issued several new frequently asked questions (FAQs) for federal contractors subject to the President’s executive order mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for covered contractor...more
The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (Task Force) has issued its guidance (Guidance) regarding the COVID-19 safety protocols that federal contractors must implement under President Biden’s recent Executive Order 14042. The...more
9/27/2021
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Late last week, in the latest step to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joseph R. Biden announced new Federal contractor employee vaccination requirements that are set to go into effect as of 15 October. The...more
9/14/2021
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On 29 July 2021, the Biden Administration announced a wave of White House programs to boost vaccination rates in the United States, including programs aimed directly at federal contractors. These initiatives, summarized in a...more
On 30 July 2021, the FAR Council published a proposed rule to significantly strengthen “Buy American” requirements applicable to goods sold to the U.S. Government. The proposed rule promotes the procurement of goods,...more
8/4/2021
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Through Aerospace & Defense Insights, we share with you the top legal and political issues affecting the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry. Our A&D industry team monitors the latest developments to help our clients stay in...more
Last week, the White House Office of Management and Budget issued guidance to federal agencies implementing a January executive order that aimed to strengthen American industry through changes to federal contract law that...more
Pursuant to Executive Order 14017, issued by President Biden on 24 February 2021, a federal government task force examined the vulnerabilities in America’s supply chains for semiconductor manufacturing and advanced packaging,...more
6/11/2021
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On 5 May 2021, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced that the Biden Administration would support India and South Africa’s request for a World Trade Organization (WTO) waiver of intellectual property (IP) rights...more
5/12/2021
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