News & Analysis as of

Manufacturers Defense Production Act Supply Chain

Holland & Knight LLP

Capturing Industrial Base from the DoD

Holland & Knight LLP on

With ever-increasing threats from the Chinese Communist Party, recently exposed vulnerabilities in the United States' supply chain and decades of outsourcing that has left the defense and industrial base vulnerable, there is...more

Hogan Lovells

The Department of Energy announces funding opportunity for the electric heat pump industry

Hogan Lovells on

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on April 18, 2023, a $250 million funding opportunity to boost electric heat pump manufacturing in the United States. This program was introduced through the DOE’s authorization...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

DOE Seeks Public Input on Defense Production Act Implementation on Energy Challenges

Husch Blackwell LLP on

The Department of Energy (DOE) issued a request for information (RFI) from the public on how the DOE could best leverage the Defense Production Act (DPA) to stimulate domestic manufacturing of clean energy technologies and...more

King & Spalding

Biden Administration Releases Industrial Base Reports

King & Spalding on

Reports identify weaknesses and introduce plans to strengthen certain critical supply chains - On February 24, 2022, the Biden Administration released a Plan to Revitalize American Manufacturing and Secure Critical Supply...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

America’s Pharmaceutical Supply Chain: An Overview of the Policy Landscape and Potential Path Forward

For several years, policy-makers and commentators have expressed concern about the resilience of the United States’ pharmaceutical supply chain. Current U.S.-based manufacturing capabilities have been at the forefront of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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

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

Holland & Knight LLP

Biden Administration Report Outlines Strategy to Invigorate Domestic Supply Chains

Holland & Knight LLP on

The Biden Administration on June 8, 20201, released findings from a 100-day interagency domestic supply chain assessment of critical products and outlined a series of steps it will take in order to strengthen U.S. critical...more

Alston & Bird

COVID-19 Medical Products Supply Chain Week in Review – March 2021 #2

Alston & Bird on

In the past week, Johnson & Johnson and Merck agreed to cooperate on production of the Janssen vaccine, and the Biden Administration used the Defense Production Act (DPA) to facilitate the arrangement. In addition, the GAO...more

Morgan Lewis

Insight: The Defense Production Act and the Biden Administration

Morgan Lewis on

The Biden administration has vowed to invoke the Defense Production Act (DPA) to increase domestic production of essential supplies needed to respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In this Insight, we address key...more

WilmerHale

COVID-19: The Biden Administration's National Strategy and Plans for the Defense Production Act

WilmerHale on

On President Biden’s first two days in office, he issued a National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness and 11 related Executive Orders, including an Executive Order on a Sustainable Public Health...more

Snell & Wilmer

President Trump Issues Executive Order to “Buy American” with Respect to “Essential Medicines”

Snell & Wilmer on

Amidst a flurry of policymaking from the White House last week, President Trump issued the Executive Order on Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States on August...more

Hogan Lovells

Trump invokes Defense Production Act to block exports of Personal Protective Equipment

Hogan Lovells on

With reports of widespread shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) and ventilators and the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to expand nationwide, the Trump Administration has turned to the Defense Production Act (DPA) –...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Federal Government Adopts New Process for States and Tribes to Request Ventilators from the Limited Federal Supply

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

On April 1, 2020, a FEMA advisory issued that announced a new, more formalized process for distributing the limited available supply of ventilators to states and tribes.  The federal government’s supply of available...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Implications for the Fashion, Apparel & Beauty Industries Due to the Coronavirus

Foley & Lardner LLP on

Like other industries, the fashion, apparel & beauty businesses have been, and continue to be hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The $400 billion dollar American fashion industry employs over four million people, excluding...more

Morgan Lewis

Defense Production Act, Rated Orders & the FCA: Long-Term Liability Amid a Current Crisis?

Morgan Lewis on

Companies complying with orders under the Defense Production Act should be aware, and prepared to manage, potential False Claims Act liability that arises with government funding. As the current global and national crisis of...more

15 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"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