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On January 8th, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council withdrew a proposed rule that would have (1) prohibited federal government contractors and subcontractors from requesting or using compensation history in the hiring...more
On December 23, 2024, President Biden signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. The annual bill authorizes spending for the Department of Defense (DOD) while setting other...more
In a letter to President Biden, a bipartisan coalition of 18 AGs, led by Montana AG Austin Knudsen, called on the Biden Administration to declare fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction (WMD), or urge Congress to do so....more
Recently, the Department of Defense (DOD) issued a final rule that immediately implements President Trump’s Executive Order (E.O.) 13881 to maximize the government’s procurement of American-made goods, products, and materials...more
Evaluates Defense Industrial Base Supply Chains and Outlines Strategic Investments in Vital National Security Items - This is the first in a series of client alerts that will be published in the near future regarding...more
In remarks delivered on January 18, 2022, and January 24, 2022, Jonathan Kanter, the Assistant Attorney General (AAG) for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, laid out the areas where he perceives...more
On February 24, 2022, seven cabinet agencies published reports in response to President Biden’s Executive Order (EO) 14017 with assessments of and recommendations for strengthening certain critical U.S. supply chains....more
On February 15, 2022, the Biden Administration announced significant new initiatives to advance cleaner manufacturing sectors in the United States. These actions will support U.S. climate goals, competitiveness in the...more
Federal agencies have been actively looking at cyber threats to critical infrastructure. In a January 27 announcement the White House said: “it will extend the Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Cybersecurity Initiative to the...more
For over 20 years, Congress has provided powerful incentives for S corporations to sponsor employee stock ownership plans (“ESOPs”) through the tax code provisions that exempt all of the income of a 100% ESOP-owned S...more
1. New Import Ban on All Products From China’s Xinjiang Region- In late December 2021, President Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act into law. The new legislation creates a rebuttable presumption that any...more
On December 7, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia ordered a nationwide injunction of Executive Order 14042 (the EO or EO 14042), temporarily suspending the EO’s vaccination, masking, and social...more
WHAT: On December 7, 2021, a Georgia federal court issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the “vaccine mandate” for federal contractors (the central obligation under President Biden’s Executive Order [EO] 14042)....more
President Biden recently issued Executive Order No. 14042 requiring covered federal contractors ensure that their employees are fully vaccinated against COVID‑19 unless an employee otherwise requests, and receives an...more
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council has issued a Deviation Clause that will implement President Biden’s Executive Order 14042: Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (FAR Clause). The...more
Four memoranda, released in the last several business days, provide federal contracting officers guidance and suggested clauses to implement President Biden’s Executive Order 14042 (the Executive Order) in federal contracts...more
A major pillar of President Biden’s campaign was strengthening the Buy American requirements in procurement law, promising both before and after the election that “[n]o government contracts will be given to companies that...more
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently took action to update some of its policies. The changes evidence the Biden Administration’s positive view of immigration and its plans to make the operation of the...more
After 15 months of quarantines, restrictions, and mandatory home schooling, summer 2021 is luring with escape and excitement across the country. We all hope for beach days and reunions with loved ones as we (hopefully)...more
1. Chinese Trade Tensions Ramp Up- On June 3, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14032, replacing and superseding previous EOs that banned U.S. persons from purchasing and selling public securities of Chinese...more
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
As COVID-19 antibodies begin flooding the immune systems of most Americans, it is important to remember the important role that hygiene has played over the past fifteen months. For many, the risks and dangers of the pandemic...more
On May 12, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity following a series of highly publicized cybersecurity incidents during the first four months of his presidency, including the...more
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
Defense contractors and subcontractors, take note. Executive Order 13950 on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping went into effect on November 21, but the Federal Acquisition Regulations have not yet been updated to include...more