News & Analysis as of

Government Contracting law-news Electronic Discovery

Read Government Contracting Law updates, articles, and legal commentary from leading lawyers and law firms:
Hogan Lovells

2025 ACI FCPA Recap: DOJ Reflections and Predictions

Hogan Lovells on

At ACI's 42nd Annual FCPA and Global Anti-Corruption Conference (the Conference), presenters and panelists – including multiple members of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) leadership team – explored the latest trends...more

White & Case LLP

US And European Defense Dealmaking Spikes Amid Climate Of Conflict

White & Case LLP on

Global conflicts have put governments on alert and defense spending high on the agenda, but private sector dealmaking has also ramped up in response to the threat - In an increasingly fraught geopolitical environment,...more

Cooley LLP

EU Issues 2025 Update to Dual-Use Control List

Cooley LLP on

The 2025 update to the European Union (EU) dual-use export control list came into effect on 15 November, following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. ...more

Carlton Fields

“Launching the Genesis Mission”: An Ambitious Agenda for AI-Driven Technological Dominance

Carlton Fields on

President Trump’s Executive Order 14363, titled “Launching the Genesis Mission," outlines a potentially transformative national effort to turbocharge artificial intelligence growth to win the technological “cold war” over AI...more

ArentFox Schiff

Zafirov One Year Later: Constitutional Challenges to the False Claims Act’s Qui Tam Provision

ArentFox Schiff on

Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle’s ground-breaking decision in Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates LLC and Justice Clarence Thomas’ solo dissent in US ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources Inc. have revived what many...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – December 2025

PilieroMazza PLLC on

Nonprofits Celebrate PilieroMazza’s Kristen Centre for Transformative Legal Support - Pro Bono Partnership (PBP) has recognized PilieroMazza Partner Kristen Centre for her outstanding contributions to nonprofit...more

Polsinelli

OFCCP Raises Jurisdictional Thresholds Under Two Equal Employment Opportunity Mandates

Polsinelli on

Key Highlights - Under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 503) (extending protection to individuals with disabilities), the basic coverage threshold increased from $15,000 to $20,000....more

Berkshire

Updated Thresholds for Section 503 and VEVRAA

Berkshire on

Last week, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released new jurisdictional thresholds for Section 503 of the Rehabilitations Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA). The...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Court Highlights Dire Consequences for Contractors That Mishandle Inadvertently Disclosed Source Selection Information

The COFC ruling upholding the U.S. Marine Corps’ disqualification decision has significant implications for government contractors. The recent decision by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC) in Marathon Targets serves as...more

Knobbe Martens

FAA Request for Information Related to a New Air Traffic Control Platform

Knobbe Martens on

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a request for information (RFI) related to “a single, state-of-the art platform for air traffic control called the Common Automation Platform (CAP).” The CAP would replace En...more

Maynard Nexsen

Army’s “Amazon” marketplace: the new Global Tactical Edge Acquisition Directorate (G-TEAD)

Maynard Nexsen on

New Army acquisition process speeds the ordering cycle, and delegates purchase authority to Commanders at the user level....more

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

OFCCP Raises Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 503 and VEVRAA

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced inflation-based increases to the jurisdictional thresholds under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Government Makes Initial Awards in “Golden Dome” SHIELD Procurement: Flexible Contract Structure Creates a Complex Bid Protest...

Fox Rothschild LLP on

Shortly after taking office in 2025, President Donald Trump directed the Pentagon to develop a missile defense shield for the United States. President Trump announced that the system would cost $175 billion and should be...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal Court Enjoins DEI and Gender Executive Orders

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The City of Seattle recently succeeded in securing a partial injunction against the Trump Administration’s enforcement of two executive orders (EOs) under which the Administration threatened to withhold millions in federal...more

Fisher Phillips

OFCCP Announces Increased Jurisdictional Thresholds for VEVRAA and Section 503: What Federal Contractors Should Do Now

Fisher Phillips on

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) just announced updated jurisdictional thresholds for two key federal affirmative action laws: the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and...more

King & Spalding

Outlook and Opportunities in GCC Projects into 2026 and Beyond

King & Spalding on

Strong Contract Award Values and Resilient Outlook - The GCC Projects market has continued to perform strongly against its ten-year average spend (around US$ 164b1) and is on track to perform at similar levels to 2023 and...more

Snell & Wilmer

California Appellate Court Reaffirms Subcontractor Substitution Statutory Requirements (Public Works)

Snell & Wilmer on

The California Transportation Agency awarded a contract to a construction joint venture (OC 405 Partners) for improvements to Interstate 405. OC 405 Partners then awarded subcontract work to Golden State Boring & Pipe...more

Mayer Brown

MME Moves Forward With Structuring the 2026 Capacity Reserve Auctions

Mayer Brown on

INSIDE THE 2026 LRCAP - On October 24, 2025, the Ministry of Mines and Energy (“MME”) published Normative Ordinances No. 118/2025 and No. 119/2025, which establish the guidelines and procedures for the 2026 Capacity...more

Pillsbury - Bid Protest Debrief

Not All Errors Are Fatal: GAO Finds No Prejudice in DFARS Risk Oversight

In Chugach Logistics and Facility Services JV, LLC, B-423690 (Nov. 20, 2025​), CLFS protested an $80 million award by the Department of the Navy to CCS King George 2 LLC (CCS KG) for base operations support at Naval Base...more

Maynard Nexsen

Project Catalyst: An Economic Development Podcast | Episode 18: The Triad’s Economic Momentum with Marvin Price of the Greensboro...

Maynard Nexsen on

Hosts Tina Emerson and Chris Kouri sit down with Marvin Price, Executive Vice President of Economic Development at the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce and a Board Member of the NC Economic Development Association (NCEDA). With...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Lawsuit Challenges Racial + Ethnic ‘Social Disadvantage’ Presumption in SBA and Other Federal Supplier Diversity Programs

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

On Nov. 17, 2025, Revier Technologies, Inc. and Young America’s Foundation (YAF) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana seeking to invalidate the Small Business Administration (SBA)...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

‘Hey, They’re Not CMMC Compliant! Why Did They Get The Award?’: Protesting CMMC Issues

W.C. Fields once said that there comes a time in everyone’s life when they “must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.” For contractors in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), that time has apparently come when, at...more

White & Case LLP

From 2025 Upheaval to 2026 Strategy: Key Regulatory Risks and Opportunities for Government Contractors

White & Case LLP on

2025 has been an exceptionally active year for U.S. government contractors and grant recipients. The combination of executive orders, regulatory changes and legislative updates that have reshaped procurement, industrial...more

A&O Shearman

New AI Action Plan Executive Order For the Establishment of the Genesis Mission

A&O Shearman on

As part of the AI Action Plan, President Trump issued an executive order for the establishment of the Genesis Mission, an integrated artificial intelligence platform for Federal scientific datasets. Background Information...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

White House OSTP Issues RFI Regarding “Accelerating the American Scientific Enterprise”

On Thanksgiving Eve, November 26, 2025, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) requested input from interested parties on federal policy updates “that aim to accelerate the American scientific...more

19,873 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 795

"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