News & Analysis as of

Government Contracting Family Law

Read Government Contracting Law updates, articles, and legal commentary from leading lawyers and law firms:
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Reshaped Priorities: Navigating Changes to FCPA and FARA Enforcement

On February 10, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order directing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to pause enforcement of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), citing concerns over the competitive...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Six Essential Tips for Selling Commercial Products and Commercial Services to the Federal Government

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

In celebration of the release of the 6th Edition of the Government Contracts Compliance Handbook, we are sharing six essential tips for selling commercial products and commercial services to the federal government. While...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Establishing the National Energy Dominance Council (Trump EO Tracker)

Establishes the National Energy Dominance Council with the Secretary of the Interior, and Secretary of Energy and Chair and Vice Chair. The Order assigns the council to advice the President on various energy related matters,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs

Introduces the “Fair and Reciprocal Plan,” which directs agencies to initiate all necessary actions to investigate any harmful non-reciprocal trade arrangement utilized by trading partners of the United States. Agencies will...more

Hogan Lovells

Attorney General instructs DOJ to investigate, eliminate, and penalize illegal DEI programs

Hogan Lovells on

Upon her swearing in on February 5, 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a series of memoranda to all Department of Justice employees, including a memorandum entitled “Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

An Appropriate Valentine: House and Senate Stake Budget Positions

Republicans in Congress this week continue to discuss ways to move forward President Trump’s legislative agenda through budget reconciliation. The House and Senate Budget committees passed budget resolutions that completely...more

A&O Shearman

Strategic steer and CMA policy proposals: UK government consults on its steer to the CMA

A&O Shearman on

Searching for ways to achieve its promised ‘growth’ and productivity ambitions, the UK government turned its gaze on the UK regulators around October last year, with the UK prime minister promising to “rip up the bureaucracy...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Federal Government Small Business Contracting Goals

Federal government agencies propound small business contracting goals that guide other agencies with regard to how much of their contracting dollars should be awarded to small businesses. The SBA conducts an annual review and...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Executive Orders and deciding effective initiatives, or Trump 2 fast 2 furious

The first month of President Trump’s second administration began with a flurry of Executive Orders, many of which directly affect various employment related issues. While many of the new administration’s Executive Orders (EO)...more

McDermott Will & Emery

FAQs for Employers and Federal Contractors on Navigating the DEI Landscape

McDermott Will & Emery on

On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued several executive orders (EOs) eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs within the federal government. One of those orders, “Ending Illegal Discrimination...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Trump Administration Pauses FCPA Enforcement – Why Compliance Is Still Critical

Foley Hoag LLP on

On February 10, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to effectively pause the Justice Department’s enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). This was the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Make America Healthy Again Commission Aims To Combat Chronic Disease and Reform Health Policies

On February 13, 2025, at the swearing-in of Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump signed Executive Order “Establishing the President’s Make America Healthy Again...more

Hogan Lovells

President Trump Establishes the Make America Healthy Again Commission

Hogan Lovells on

Yesterday, the Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Shortly after his confirmation, President Trump issued an Executive Order establishing the Make...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Federal Funding Freeze and its Effect on Health Equity Programs

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

A string of executive orders and an OMB memorandum from the Trump Administration left the status of almost all federal funding in a state of limbo. In particular, funding from the National Institutes of Health and for Health...more

Hogan Lovells

Trump Administration Issues Two Executive Orders Affecting Agency Regulations and Workforce

Hogan Lovells on

President Donald Trump recently issued two executive orders furthering his policy to reduce the number of federal regulations and the size of the federal workforce, both of which will affect the food and agriculture...more

Morgan Lewis

US Administration Terminates Federal Office Leases Through General Services Administration

Morgan Lewis on

The widely reported directive tasking the US Department of Government Efficiency and the General Services Administration (GSA) with the termination of roughly 7,500 federal office leases nationwide will have far-reaching...more

Fisher Phillips

What Businesses Need to Know About DEI in the Trump Era: FAQs for Employers

Fisher Phillips on

The whirlwind first few weeks of the second Trump administration have left private employers with concerns and questions related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs. In order to dispel myths and provide...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government...

DoD Other Transactions (OTs) Desk Reference

The incoming Trump administration has sent many signals that it intends to ramp up the Department of Defense’s use of nontraditional acquisition pathways to bridge the “Valley of Death” and bring innovative technologies to...more

Baker Donelson

Federal Crackdown on DEI Programs Intensifies – Government Enforcement and Investigations Risks

Baker Donelson on

In our prior Baker Donelson Client Alert, we examined the labor and employment implications of Attorney General Pam Bondi's Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination & Preferences memorandum. This alert focuses on the...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Beltway Buzz - February 2025 #2

The Beltway Buzz™ is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business...more

Morgan Lewis - Up & Atom

Federal Circuit Broadly Interprets Indemnity Provisions in the Price Anderson Act

A recent decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reinstated claims seeking indemnification under the Price-Anderson Act. In reversing a decision by the US Court of Federal Claims, the Federal Circuit...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

California Refines Political Giving Rules to Limit “Pay to Play” Concerns

Under SB 1243, attorneys, architects, engineers, planners, political consultants, and other “agents” are absolutely barred from making political contributions to elected and appointed officials while a decision is pending and...more

Berkshire

Sixteen State Attorneys General: “DEI Best Practices Are Not Illegal”

Berkshire on

The Attorneys General of Massachusetts and Illinois, joined by the Attorneys General of 14 other states (Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon,...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Crypto Brief - Lowenstein Crypto Newsletter - February 13, 2025

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on

Lowenstein Crypto advises leading digital asset and cryptocurrency projects, exchanges, and trading firms. Our practice covers regulatory advice, transactions and structuring advice, investigations, and adversarial matters...more

ArentFox Schiff

Investigations Newsletter: President Trump Puts a “Pause” on FCPA Enforcement

ArentFox Schiff on

President Trump Puts a “Pause” on FCPA Enforcement - On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) pausing the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). According to the EO, the pause will...more

17,138 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 686

"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