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Matt Reid on Compliance and the JAG Corps
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Sunday Book Review: June 27, 2021, the Gettysburg edition
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Sunday Book Review: March 7, 2021, the Fall of the Alamo edition
Compliance into the Weeds: Leadership Failures at Ft. Hood, with Special Guest Diane St. Ives
Daily Compliance News: November 11, 2020-Veterans’ Salute edition
2020 OFCCP Refresh and Reset
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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
Veterans of the U.S. Navy who were exposed to Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) and diagnosed with kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer, testicular cancer, or other types of cancers may be eligible to file a lawsuit and receive...more
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) prohibits employment discrimination and retaliation based on an employee’s military status or obligations. If an individual’s military status or their...more
Welcome to Holland & Knight's monthly defense news update. We are pleased to bring you the latest in defense policy, regulatory updates and other significant developments. ...more
AT A GLANCE On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump invoked the National Emergencies Act (NEA), citing a national crisis at the southern US border....more
In August 2024, pilots employed by Alaska Airlines and members of the Air Force Reserves scored a major victory in a federal appeals court. In Synoracki v. Alaska Airlines, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth...more
On December 23, 2024, former President Joe Biden signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, which includes a provision prohibiting the Department of Defense (DOD) from contracting with...more
On January 29, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released a report analyzing the auto lending market’s impact on servicemembers. ...more
As China's significant investments in its commercial space sector have raised concerns about technological competition, the Department of Defense is increasing its efforts to partner with emerging commercial space startups....more
Summary - The order requires the deploying and maintaining of a next-generation missile defense shield. Also requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to the President a reference architecture, capabilities-based...more
I've been asking this a lot lately. President Trump’s first week of his second term in office was action-packed, as I posted last week. If you thought things would slow down for Week 2, you were mistaken. You may remember...more
Date Issued: Jan. 20, 2025 This executive order declares a national emergency at the southern border of the U.S. due to the presence of threats, including cartels, criminal gangs, known terrorists, human traffickers,...more
Summary - Direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to take all appropriate actions to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to full capacity to provide additional...more
Date Issued: Jan. 20, 2025 This executive order clarifies the military's role in securing the U.S. borders against threats of invasion, unlawful forays by foreign nationals into the U.S. and other transnational criminal...more
On January 27, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a significant opinion holding that the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) does not prohibit the enforcement of arbitration...more
Summary - This order abolishes every Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office within the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security with regard to the U.S. Coast Guard, respectively, including any...more
Summary - This order makes reinstatement available to all members of the military who were discharged solely for refusing to comply the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, as administered on August 24, 2021, and...more
Summary - This order directs the Secretary of Defense to promptly issue directives for DoD to end invented and identification-based pronoun usage to best achieve high standards for troops. Absent extraordinary operational...more
The Defense Production Act Title III (DPA Title III) was utilized during President Trump's first term to support certain materials critical to national defense and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. President Biden...more
Pete Hegseth, during his Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) confirmation hearings, articulated several priorities that could have a significant impact on private industry in the United States. These priorities focused primarily on...more
In one of his last major acts in office, former President Biden signed into law a massive defense spending bill that could have significant implications both for companies that contract with the Department of Defense (DoD)...more
Just before the holidays, incoming Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) released a new report, “Restoring Freedom’s Forge,” along with a comprehensive new piece of legislation, the “Fostering...more
This Order directs the Secretary of Defense to order as many units of the Armed Forces as he determines appropriate, including the Ready Reserve and the National Guard, to support the activities of the Secretary of Homeland...more
This Order directs the Secretary of Defense to deliver a revision to the Unified Command Plan assigning United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) the mission of sealing the borders of the United States for the purpose of...more
In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2024 applicable to consumers protected by nondiscrimination and military protection laws. 2025 will likely bring more of the same, particularly in the area of...more