NDAA, Executive Orders, Department of Defense (DOD)

Holland & Knight Defense Situation Report: April 2025

Holland & Knight LLP on 5/12/2025

Welcome to Holland & Knight's defense news update. We are pleased to bring you the latest in defense policy, regulatory updates and other significant developments....more

EO 14265: Navigating Defense Procurement Reforms

Troutman Pepper Locke on 5/5/2025

In keeping with President Donald Trump’s affinity for issuing executive orders (EO) — 139 in total, Nos. 14147–14285, between Jan. 20, 2025, and April 24, 2025 — he recently issued EO 14265, “Modernizing Defense Acquisitions...more

Executive Orders Issued to Overhaul FAR, Direct Procurement of Commercial Products and Services

Holland & Knight LLP on 4/21/2025

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on federal procurement titled "Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement" on April 15, 2025 (the April 15 EO), directing that the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) be...more

President Trump Issues Executive Order Aiming to Increase American Mineral Production

Latham & Watkins LLP on 3/26/2025

The order aims to coordinate government efforts to fast-track permitting and accelerate funding to enhance critical minerals value chains from the mine to finished products....more

Holland & Knight Defense Situation Report: January 2025

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/10/2025

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

Holland & Knight Defense Situation Report: November 2023

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/1/2023

Welcome to Holland & Knight's monthly defense news update. We are excited to bring you the latest in defense policy, regulatory updates and other significant developments....more

Akin Intelligence - September 2023

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/18/2023

Welcome to the September edition of Akin Intelligence. As the U.S. Congress reconvenes after the August recess, we continue to see bipartisan interest in artificial intelligence (AI) regulation. In the executive branch,...more

Regulating AI: An Overview of Federal Efforts

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. on 8/2/2023

This first part of a two-part series on U.S. regulation of artificial intelligence systems provides an overview and modern context for the existing regulatory, legal and risk management landscape for AI systems in the U.S.,...more

Clarification: You Can Recover for Changes Implementing Executive Orders

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 12/28/2022

The National Defense Authorization Act of 2023 includes a short but interesting provision reminding the Department of Defense (DoD) that the unilateral insertion of a new clause in a DoD contract is a change that may entitle...more

Contracting by Executive Order: Courts and Congress Push Back on Contractors’ Behalf

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/7/2022

Federal contractors are all too familiar with having new requirements imposed through executive orders, which often direct the creation of new Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses to be inserted into government...more

At a Glance: White House 100-Day Supply Chain Report

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/30/2021

In February 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14017, “Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains” (discussed here), requiring (among other things) a report within 100-days requiring key government agencies to...more

Biden Administration Issues 100-Day Supply Chain Report

King & Spalding on 6/14/2021

Industry-Specific Primer – Semiconductor Manufacturing And Advanced Packaging - On June 8, 2021, the Biden Administration issued the reports mandated by the Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains (the “America’s Supply...more

Biden Administration Revises and Expands Restrictions on U.S. Person Investment in Chinese Companies and Releases New List of...

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 6/11/2021

The Biden Administration last week substantially modified restrictions on U.S. person investments in certain Chinese companies, focusing those new restrictions particularly on entities with ties to the Chinese defense or...more

U.S. Court Blocks Trump-Era Designation Of Xiaomi As A Chinese Military Company And Permits Continued Trading In Its Securities

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/22/2021

On March 12, 2021, a U.S. district court granted a temporary injunction requested by the Hong Kong-listed, Chinese electronics giant, Xiaomi Corporation (“Xiaomi”). The injunction blocks the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”)...more

Recent Developments on U.S. Ban on American Investment in Chinese Military Companies

Miller Canfield on 2/18/2021

This alert addresses recent developments relating to former President Trump's executive orders on Chinese Military Companies that affect both investors in covered securities and exporters. OFAC's Frequent Asked Questions -...more

Chinese Military Companies Trading Ban: Overview of OFAC’s Ongoing Guidance

Proskauer Rose LLP on 2/8/2021

On November 12, 2020, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order prohibiting U.S. persons from trading securities and related derivatives in “Communist Chinese Military Companies” (CCMCs), effective 60 days later on...more

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses - January 2021 #3

PilieroMazza PLLC on 1/27/2021

LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION - DOJ Announces FY 2020 Fraud and FCA Recovery Statistics: What They Mean for 2021 - The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it recovered more than $2.2 billion in settlements and...more

New Executive Order Restricts U.S. Persons from Trading in Publicly Traded Securities and Derivatives of Certain “Communist...

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/4/2021

Key Points - On November 12, 2020, President Trump issued a new EO prohibiting U.S. persons from engaging in transactions in publicly traded securities of certain CCMCs, or any securities that are derivative of, or are...more

Administration Releases New Executive Order Directing Federal Agencies on Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Wiley Rein LLP on 12/7/2020

On December 3, the President signed a new Executive Order (EO) on “Promoting the Use of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in the Federal Government.” This EO follows up on the 2019 Executive Order on Maintaining American...more

Trump Administration Bars U.S. Investments in Certain Chinese Companies Linked to Chinese Military

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 11/20/2020

On November 12, 2020, President Trump issued Executive Order 139591 (“the Order”) that will shortly bar any U.S. person from “any transaction in publicly traded securities, or any securities that are derivative of, or are...more

US Imposes New Restrictions on Chinese Military Companies

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/18/2020

On November 12, 2020, President Trump signed Executive Order 13959 prohibiting U.S. persons from engaging in any transaction in publicly traded securities in “Communist Chinese military companies” (CCMCs), effective January...more

Commerce Department Takes Steps To Thwart Use of Information and Communications Technology and Services Associated With Foreign...

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/13/2019

On November 27, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) published a proposed rule that would establish a new and especially broad power for the U.S. government to review and potentially block or unwind transactions...more

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