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WuXi AppTec Added to DOW's 1260H List: The BIOSECURE Act Clock Is Running

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The U.S. Department of War (DOW) on June 8, 2026, published its annual list of "Chinese military companies" in the Federal Register as required by Section 1260H of the Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021) National Defense Authorization...more

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Don't Wait: FAR Part 36 Offerors Must Protest Within 10 Days of an Unsuccessful Offeror Notice

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Companies competing in federal architect-engineer and design-build procurements under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 36 should be aware of a critical – and frequently misunderstood – timeliness requirement that can...more

Fenwick & West LLP

What the New AI Executive Order Means for Businesses That Use AI

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The federal government has taken its most significant step yet toward oversight of AI, with President Donald Trump issuing a new executive order (EO) that establishes a voluntary review framework under which developers give...more

Fish & Richardson

The NatSec100 and the Patent Paradox

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In the 2026 NatSec100, the companies winning on execution and the companies building the deepest patent positions are often not the same. The gap between them is where long-term value will be decided in the next wave of...more

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Defense Department Seeks to Expand Foreign Ownership and Influence Vetting to More Government Contractors

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) published a proposed rule in May, 2026, that would amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to partially implement sections 847 of the fiscal year 2020 National...more

McGuireWoods LLP

AI-Assisted Billing Could Create FCA Pitfalls: How Healthcare Companies Can Get Ahead of Risk

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Across the healthcare industry, providers are increasingly relying on AI-assisted billing tools to automate medical coding, prior authorization workflows, and the submission of claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

A Decade Later, Escobar Is Still Shaping FCA Cases

A decade ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Universal Health Services Inc. v. U.S. ex rel. Escobar. It was the most consequential False Claims Act decision in years and changed the way lower courts evaluated FCA claims. ...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

DEI Clause Challenge: What ANCs, Tribes, and NHOs Should Know

On June 4, 2026, a coalition of contractor and higher-education associations filed a motion for a preliminary injunction and a 5 U.S.C. § 705 stay in National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump,...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Fifth Circuit Grants Stay of Injunction Blocking the Anti-ESG “Boycott Law”

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On May 29, 2026, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Texas Attorney General and Comptroller’s motion to stay a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Texas SB 13, the state’s 2021 law prohibiting...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Legal Challenge to New York’s Expanded Prevailing Wage Requirements for Off-Site Custom Fabrication

On May 28, 2026, the Associated General Contractors of New York State (AGC of NY) and several other trade associations filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York seeking injunctive...more

Wiley Rein LLP

SBA Proposes New “Social Disadvantage” Test for 8(a) Eligibility, Replacing Rebuttable Presumption

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As we previewed in our previous alert, on June 11, 2026, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposed an amendment to 13 C.F.R. § 124.103, revising the 8(a) Business Development Program eligibility process. The...more

DOJ’s New FCA Fast Track Could Mean Earlier Whistleblower Litigation

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is changing how it reviews certain False Claims Act (FCA) whistleblower cases, and organizations participating in federally funded benefits programs should take notice. A recently announced...more

Ankura

A Case Study | Building Resilience Against Operational Disruption

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Challenged with an evolving regulatory environment and heightened regional risk context, a major government-owned organization faced increasing expectations from its board, regulators, and stakeholders to demonstrate...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Ahold Delhaize Settles Allegations of Inflated Drug Price Reporting for $40 Million

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Ahold Delhaize Settles Allegations of Inflated Drug Price Reporting for $40 Million - On June 10, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Ahold Delhaize USA Inc. agreed to pay $40 million to the United States...more

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

One part legal, one part behavioral: A winning recipe for a more thoughtful compliance program

Over more than three decades of defending claims, litigating False Claims Act cases, and helping clients avoid suspensions and debarments, my law firm colleagues and I have learned a fair amount about risk and what makes...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

OMB proposes major overhaul of Uniform Guidance

On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in coordination with other agencies and departments, proposed sweeping changes to the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance, namely the regulations found at 2...more

DLA Piper

Old Crime, New Code: DOJ puts algorithmic collusion in the crosshairs

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Software cannot shield collusion. Where it is the path of collusion, criminal enforcement is on the table. That was the message from Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Daniel Glad at the Antitrust West Coast Conference...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

National Security Concerns Can Bar SBIR Awards: Key Takeaways from Kayhan Space Corp. v. United States

A recent decision from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims delivers an important — and sobering — message to small businesses competing for federal innovation funding: Historical ties to foreign countries of concern can be...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Trump Administration and House Lawmakers Launch New AI Governance Initiatives

On June 2, 2026, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO), Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security, directing a government-wide effort to strengthen cybersecurity capabilities through advanced...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DoD Proposes to Expand FOCI Disclosure and Mitigation Requirements to Unclassified Contracts

On May 7, 2026, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) published a proposed rule that would amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to add foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI) disclosure...more

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SBA Proposes to Overhaul 8(a) Social Disadvantage Standard and Open the Door to DEI-Based Claims

The Small Business Administration (SBA) on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, released a proposed rule, Reforms to Remove SBA’s 8(a) Program’s Rebuttable Presumption of Social Disadvantage for Individually Owned Firms Only; Reforms Do...more

Hogan Lovells

Packaging, PFAS, carbon footprint: How can health care industries prepare for upcoming regulatory deadlines?

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Health care industries are facing increasing environmental regulatory pressure, particularly regarding packaging, PFAS restrictions, and carbon footprint requirements, which has direct implications for market access and...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

SBA Proposes Significant Change to 8(a) Program’s Social Disadvantage Requirements

On June 11, 2026, the U.S. Small Business Administration published a proposal fundamentally altering how individuals demonstrate eligibility under the Social Disadvantage standard for the 8(a) Business Development Program....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - June 2026

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Our Drug Pricing and Market Access team tracks recent developments in healthcare reform, the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, the 340B Program, Medicare, and state law....more

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

June 2026 Government Contracts Legal Update and Podcast

Congress is considering legislation that would codify the long-standing “Rule of Two” into statute, potentially strengthening one of the federal government’s most important small business contracting requirements. The...more

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