Hello, everyone. My name is Allan Medina. I am a partner in Goodwin’s Washington, DC, office, with a practice focus on government investigations.
I’m here with Liza Craig, who is also a partner in the DC office. We are...more
4/23/2025
/ Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Executive Orders ,
Fraud ,
Fraud Abuse and Waste ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Government Agencies ,
Healthcare ,
Personal Data ,
Preemption ,
Privacy Laws ,
Sensitive Personal Information
Policy shifts, court challenges, and strategic considerations for organizations navigating federal directives on DEI....more
4/22/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Pending Litigation ,
Popular ,
Private Sector ,
State Attorneys General ,
Trump Administration
The Trump administration has issued two Executive Orders very recently that will drive changes in federal procurement and defense procurement and impact federal contractors in the very near future. The Executive Orders are...more
4/18/2025
/ Bid Protests ,
Defense Sector ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
DFARS ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Procurement Systems ,
OFPP ,
OMB ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Subcontractors ,
Trump Administration
The Trump administration has recently taken a decisive step toward making the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) primarily responsible for federal procurement of common goods and services. This will significantly...more
Federal contractors, including defense contractors, should prepare for the emergence of new requirements in the coming months that are designed to strengthen software supply chain security, impose more stringent cybersecurity...more
3/20/2025
/ Biden Administration ,
Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) ,
Data Breach ,
Defense Sector ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
NARA ,
NIST ,
Obama Administration ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Software ,
Software Developers ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has sent a strong message to corporate America by signaling that it intends to use the force of criminal investigations to eliminate certain practices in the private sector. ...more
The Department of Defense (DoD) is moving forward with eliminating Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs under Executive Order Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing, dated January 20,...more
Just eight (8) days into President Trump’s second term (and following other headline-making Executive Orders which Goodwin has covered here and here), the Acting Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) Director issued...more
On January 21, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order entitled Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity (the “Executive Order”), which eradicates the federal government’s diversity, equity...more
On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order, titled Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (the Executive Order), which, in part, directs federal agencies to terminate federal...more
On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. The EO establishes sweeping directives and priorities for federal...more
11/1/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Procurement Systems ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
National Security ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Agencies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Semiconductors ,
Technology Sector