News & Analysis as of

Government Contracting law-news Military

Read Government Contracting Law updates, articles, and legal commentary from leading lawyers and law firms:
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Exchange Network Grant Program: FY25 Solicitation Notice

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published on January 13th its FY25 Solicitation Notice for its Exchange Network Grant Program (“Grant Program”). EPA initiated the Exchange Network Grant Program in...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Future of FCPA Enforcement Uncertain (For Now) as New Administration Revamps the Law Enforcement Toolkit

Vinson & Elkins LLP on

Among the drumbeats of rapid pronouncements and policy shifts since January 20, 2025, the Trump Administration recently issued a 180-day pause on new investigations and enforcement actions involving the U.S. Foreign Corrupt...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

NIH’s New Unilateral Change to Your Institution’s Indirect Rate: An Old-School Breach of Contract?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

On Friday, February 7, the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) issued Policy Statement Supplemental Guidance affecting budgets both for active grants and for future grants, which was set to take effect on Monday, February...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Federal Judge Orders USAID and Foreign Aid Funding to be Restored

PilieroMazza PLLC on

On January 20, 205, the President issued Executive Order Number 14169 (Executive Order), which imposed a 90-day pause on new obligations and disbursements of development assistance funds to foreign countries and implementing...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The NIH Funding Cuts: Implications and Status of Lawsuits

Latham & Watkins LLP on

The proposed cuts would place a 15% indirect cost rate on all new and existing grant awards received by research institutions and universities....more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Labor & employment in Week 4 of Trump 2: No love lost.

Everything's enjoined! Almost. It's been a tough week for President Trump, but he doesn't seem to be letting the bad news get him down. To avoid ruining the Valentine's Day mood, I'll keep this week's update short. ...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Executive Orders and Federal Contractors: Minimum Wage Requirements Called into Question

McGlinchey Stafford on

We’ve seen the President issue a number of executive orders in recent weeks. What is the precedent for these orders, particularly when it comes to governing the operations of federal contractors? What is the process for these...more

Blindauer Law PLLC - Government Contracts...

Remedies When The Government Stops Paying a Contractor, Grantee, or Cooperatee

When the Government is in a contract, it cannot just stop making payments. This is the general rule whether the contract is a procurement, grant, or cooperative agreement. Rather, the Government’s continued non-payment is...more

Venable LLP

Another Change, Did You See NIH's Near-Immediate Change to Your Indirect Cost Rate?

Venable LLP on

Over the past few weeks, the Trump administration has introduced sweeping changes across the federal government that have impacted the federal grantee and contractor community. Adding to these changes, the National Institutes...more

Cozen O'Connor

Democratic AGs Secure Order Blocking Cuts to NIH-Funded Research Grants

Cozen O'Connor on

A group of 22 Democratic AGs obtained a temporary restraining order blocking Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates (Rate Change Notice), which would reduce to 15 percent all...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

DOD to Begin Terminating DEI Contracts and Requirements

Fox Rothschild LLP on

The Department of Defense (DOD) is taking steps to comply with President Trump’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)-related Executive Orders (EOs). In a memorandum dated January 28, 2025, DOD’s Acquisition and...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

DEI Executive Orders Pose Risks for Federal Contractors

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on

Recently, President Donald Trump issued two executive orders (the “executive orders”) seeking to end “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion (“DEI”) programs in the workplace. Together, they direct all federal agencies to...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

What Can Happen When Federal Career Employees Are Told “You’re Fired!”

Among the less-noticed, less-reported implications of “firing” federal employees for whatever reason (or no reason) is the process under current law and regulations that applies to reducing or eliminating programs and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

DEI Executive Order Implies Threat of FCA Litigation

On January 21, 2025, the Trump Administration issued Executive Order 14173 focused on diversity, equity and inclusion (“DEI”) programs and their use in the public and private sectors. This Executive Order links compliance...more

Kilpatrick

7 Key Takeaways | The Changing Landscape of Federal Funding in the Trump Administration

Kilpatrick on

Kilpatrick’s Kate Klein and Aditya “Ditty” Shrivastava recently led a webinar discussing the new administration’s approach to federal funding and its implications for grant and aid funding and policy changes. They explored...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Employers Should Plan for the Impact of Evolving Social Policy on Their Workforce

Epstein Becker & Green on

Even before the 2024 presidential election and the recent wave of executive orders, employers were evaluating their positions on various social issues. Whether taking a formal stand, abstaining from a position, or landing...more

Alston & Bird

False Claims Act FY 2024 Update: Increase in Overall Recoveries, Decrease in Whistleblower Awards – Constitutional Questions...

Alston & Bird on

Our False Claims Act Team highlights key FCA enforcement trends in 2024, including the continued focus on health care fraud by the Department of Justice (DOJ)....more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 16 - February 2025

Wednesday was a rainy day outside the Georgia State Capitol, but the inside of the building was brightened considerably by a few glowing golden retrievers trotting through the halls. Several pups from Children’s Healthcare of...more

Clark Hill PLC

Office of Personnel Management Provides Further Guidance on Ending DEI Offices, Programs and Initiatives

Clark Hill PLC on

On Feb. 5, OPM issued a memorandum providing additional guidance regarding the President’s three executive orders entitled “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing,” “Ending Illegal Discrimination...more

Alston & Bird

Trump Administration Halts New FCPA Enforcement, Will Review Open Investigations

Alston & Bird on

In a move that sent shockwaves through the world of white collar corporate defense, President Trump has issued an Executive Order instructing the Attorney General to pause new FCPA enforcement subject to review existing FCPA...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

DOJ and 18 States Reach False Claims Act Settlement with QOL

Troutman Pepper Locke on

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and 18 state attorneys general (AG) announced a settlement with Boston-based QOL Medical, LLC (QOL) and its CEO, Frederick Cooper, to resolve allegations that the company provided unlawful...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Holland & Knight Health Dose: February 11, 2025

Holland & Knight LLP on

Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

What U.S. Employers Need to Know about Upcoming DEI Executive Orders

On the first day of President Trump’s second administration, he signed the Ending Racial and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing Executive Order. This order provides direction to eliminate any and all Diversity,...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Fifth Circuit Delivers Boast to Presidential Authority Under the FPASA

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

On February 4, the Fifth Circuit Court overturned a September 2023 order from a Texas trial court finding President Biden lacked the authority under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act (FPASA or Act) to...more

Perkins Coie

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Tenth Circuit Case Challenging President’s Procurement Act Authority

Perkins Coie on

The Biden-era effort to raise the minimum wage for employees of federal contractors will not, for now, get a final say by the Supreme Court of the United States. Rather, legal challenges will continue to muddy the issue...more

17,093 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 684

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide