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An In-House Compliance Guide for Responding to President Trump's Executive Order on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement

As has widely been published, on February 10, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 14209, which paused all future investigations and enforcement actions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for at least...more

Jones Day

The Future of EPA's Risk Management Program May Be Found in History

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") announced it would reconsider the 2024 Risk Management Program ("RMP") rule....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

President Trump Issues Executive Order Calling on State and Local Governments to Support National Resilience

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The order prioritizes extensive policy reviews, the introduction of a National Resilience Strategy and National Risk Register, and increased reliance on state and local governments to strengthen national infrastructure....more

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Trump EO on Preparedness and Resilience Could Signal Major Shifts in Federal Role

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On March 19, 2025, the White House released Executive Order (EO) 14239, Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness, which calls for a comprehensive review of and changes to many long-standing federal...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 19th Annual Flagship Conference on Economic Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance - April 30th - May 1st, Washington, DC

With unprecedented change and intensifying enforcement, now is the time to ensure your team is prepared for what’s ahead. Ensure that you don’t miss out on critical U.S. and international economic sanctions updates and the...more

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Trump Administration Designates Eight Transnational Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated...

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Effective February 20, 2025, the Secretary of State designated eight Latin American organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and as Specially...more

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

Vice President Vance Delivers Remarks at AI Summit, Overviews AI Priorities — AI: The Washington Report

On February 11, Vice President JD Vance delivered remarks to world leaders, policymakers, and technology executives at the AI Action Summit in Paris, France. His speech provided a public look into how the Trump administration...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

How Employers Should Prepare for Looming Travel Bans

On his first day in office, President Trump signed a series of executive orders. One such order, entitled, “Protecting The United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security And Public Safety Threats,” is...more

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DoD Other Transactions (OTs) Desk Reference

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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Trump Changes National Security Council to Align with New Priorities

On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed the National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM-1), which lays out the framework for how the National Security Council (NSC) will be organized under his administration. The...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Impact of Tariffs on Commercial Contracts

Parties confronted by the prospect of new tariffs will need to assess their impact on existing contractual obligations. U.S. law imposes the initial payment of the tariff on the importer of record who brings the good into...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Administration Outlook: What Happens to Biden's Cybersecurity Order Under Trump?

In his final days in office, President Biden signed an ambitious executive order to improve the federal government's approach to cybersecurity. How this sweeping order will fare under the Trump Administration is difficult to...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Mexican Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations: A New Era of Risk for Global Businesses

On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists.” This directive instructs the...more

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Implications for Mexican Banks and Financial Institutions of President Trump’s Designation of Drug Cartels as Foreign Terrorist...

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On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that initiates the process of designating certain drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. The executive order is primarily focused on...more

Perkins Coie

DOJ’s Final Rule on Data Transfers: Impacts Across Industries

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As of January 23, 2025, the regulation discussed below has not been withdrawn by the Trump administration and is not subject to automatic withdrawal under President Trump’s Executive Order freezing regulations. It currently...more

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Beginning of a Federal AI Policy Shift - Revocation of the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on AI

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On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order revoking 78 executive orders issued by the Biden administration. Among these was the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and...more

J.S. Held

Engaging With Chinese Companies: Managing ‘Proxy Sanctions’ Risk

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We are entering a year of acute political risk for international trade, with a high likelihood that the Trump administration will hit China with punitive tariffs and increased export controls. Against the backdrop of trade...more

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Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Potential Implications Under the Trump...

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On January 16, 2025, President Joe Biden signed the “Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” This directive seeks to tackle the increasingly complex and evolving cybersecurity...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Practical Considerations for Navigating Tariff Risk on Construction Projects

As the second Trump administration begins next week, developers, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers are evaluating the extent of the construction industry’s international ties – and contractual exposure to potential...more

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What To Expect From the Trump Administration on AI Policy

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President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign and post-election transition have given several strong indications of how the new administration is likely to approach artificial intelligence (AI) policy during his second term, which...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

EO Addressing Threat from Securities Investments in Chinese Military Companies

As a preface to this blog, I recently gave a presentation with Nate Picarsic and Emily de la Bruyere at the American Bar Association Public Contract Law Section Fall Procurement Symposium on “China’s Military-Civil Fusion...more

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Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization: Extension and Expansion of the Hong Kong Autonomy Act

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President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13936 on July 14 titled “The President’s Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization” (the Executive Order or EO 13936). On the same day, the Hong Kong Autonomy Act (HR 7440) was...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New Syria, North Korea and Other Sanctions Provisions Enacted as Parts of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year...

On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (“NDAA 2020”), which includes numerous sanctions-related provisions. The law includes the previously introduced...more

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US Administration Tests the Water on New Unheard-of Government Review of International Technology Transactions

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Under this new evaluation process, Commerce can prohibit companies from engaging in a wide variety of transactions and order them to cease using the information technology or telecommunication system in question even if it is...more

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New TSA Cybersecurity Roadmap Articulates Clear Aviation Sector Requirements - White House, DoD and Congress Also Express Concerns...

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• The recent release of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Cybersecurity Roadmap (Roadmap) is the result of several years of discussion across administrations to determine which U.S. government agency should be...more

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