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SEC Division Of Corporation Finance Issues Guidance Following Government Shutdown

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (November 14, 2025) - Following the recent government shutdown, the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance (the "Division") has issued guidance in the form of Questions and Answers...

United States Government

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Preference-Based Contract Awards Face Scrutiny From Treasury And SBA

On Nov. 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a comprehensive audit of preference-based contracting programs, covering roughly $9 billion in awards across its bureaus.

United States Government

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

The Pentagon Is Overhauling The Defense Acquisitions Process: What To Know

The US defense industrial base's problems are well-known: the bidding process rewards oligopolistic behavior, overemphasizes high-end modernization systems that will not be ready for years...

United States Government

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Steptoe LLP

DoD Begins Phased Implementation Of CMMC Final Rule: Key Actions For Contractors

On November 10, 2025, the Department of Defense (DoD), also referred to as the Department of War (DoW), officially began rolling out its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Final Rule...

United States Government

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Courts Renew Scrutiny Of The False Claims Act's Qui Tam Provisions

United States Government

PL

Polsinelli LLP

Highlighting Key Takeaways From The Pentagon Acquisition Transformation Strategy

United States Government

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Crowell & Moring LLP

CMMC Regulations: Key Questions And Answers For Defense Contractors

United States Government

HK

Holland & Knight

Federal Courts Quash Administrative Subpoenas And Review First Amendment Subpoena Challenge, Paving The Way For Future Investigatory Subpoena Contests

United States Government

BT

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Trump Administration Moves Forward With Rollback Of Sustainable Procurement Language In FAR

United States Government

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

Eyes On Washington: Shutdown Briefing – Day 43

United States Government

HK

Holland & Knight

Client Briefing: Texas Senate Bill 840 And Texas Senate Bill 2477 (89th Legislature, 2025 Session)

United States Government

FL

Foley & Lardner

All Things Protest: Shutdown Impact, Heightened Pleading Standards, And AI Usage At GAO (Podcast)

United States Government

CM

Crowell & Moring LLP

War Secretary Announces Strategy Regarding Defense Acquisition Reform

United States Government

HK

Holland & Knight

GSA Announces Plans To Incorporate The "Revolutionary FAR Overhaul" Into GSA Schedule Contracts

United States Government

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Wiley Rein

Federal Court Blocks Enforcement Of Texas Proxy Advisor Disclosure Law

United States Commercial

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

What Foundations And Other Nonprofits Need To Know About The Foreign Agents Registration Act

United States Government

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WilmerHale

From Conflict To Clarity: Why The ADR Experience Matters In Successful Resolution

United States Litigation

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JAMS

California Air Resources Board Publishes Draft SB 261 Guidance

United States Commercial

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Ropes & Gray LLP

What Honeybees Have Taught Me About Dispute Resolution

United States Litigation

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JAMS

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Terrorism, Homeland Security & Defence

The Pentagon Is Overhauling The Defense Acquisitions Process: What To Know

The US defense industrial base's problems are well-known: the bidding process rewards oligopolistic behavior, overemphasizes high-end modernization systems that will not be ready for years...

United States Government

SJ

Steptoe LLP

DoD Begins Phased Implementation Of CMMC Final Rule: Key Actions For Contractors

On November 10, 2025, the Department of Defense (DoD), also referred to as the Department of War (DoW), officially began rolling out its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Final Rule...

United States Government

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Courts Renew Scrutiny Of The False Claims Act's Qui Tam Provisions

Courts Revisit the Constitutionality of the FCA: Recent federal decisions reflect renewed judicial scrutiny of the False Claims Act's qui tam provisions, which authorize private individuals...

United States Government

PL

Polsinelli LLP

Highlighting Key Takeaways From The Pentagon Acquisition Transformation Strategy

United States Government

CM

Crowell & Moring LLP

War Secretary Announces Strategy Regarding Defense Acquisition Reform

United States Government

HK

Holland & Knight

Foreign Countries Of Concern And The States

United States Government

HK

Holland & Knight

U.S. Agencies Issue Tri-Seal Compliance Note On Sanctions And Export Controls Relief For Syria

United States International

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

What To Expect When The Government Reopens: Key Considerations For Businesses

United States Government

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Defense Acquisition System Reforms: Legal Implications For Industry

United States Government

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WilmerHale

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Government Contracts, Procurement & PPP

Preference-Based Contract Awards Face Scrutiny From Treasury And SBA

On Nov. 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a comprehensive audit of preference-based contracting programs, covering roughly $9 billion in awards across its bureaus.

United States Government

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

The Pentagon Is Overhauling The Defense Acquisitions Process: What To Know

The US defense industrial base's problems are well-known: the bidding process rewards oligopolistic behavior, overemphasizes high-end modernization systems that will not be ready for years...

United States Government

SJ

Steptoe LLP

DoD Begins Phased Implementation Of CMMC Final Rule: Key Actions For Contractors

On November 10, 2025, the Department of Defense (DoD), also referred to as the Department of War (DoW), officially began rolling out its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Final Rule...

United States Government

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Courts Renew Scrutiny Of The False Claims Act's Qui Tam Provisions

United States Government

PL

Polsinelli LLP

Highlighting Key Takeaways From The Pentagon Acquisition Transformation Strategy

United States Government

CM

Crowell & Moring LLP

CMMC Regulations: Key Questions And Answers For Defense Contractors

United States Government

HK

Holland & Knight

Federal Courts Quash Administrative Subpoenas And Review First Amendment Subpoena Challenge, Paving The Way For Future Investigatory Subpoena Contests

United States Government

BT

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Trump Administration Moves Forward With Rollback Of Sustainable Procurement Language In FAR

United States Government

BD

Beveridge & Diamond

Eyes On Washington: Shutdown Briefing – Day 43

United States Government

HK

Holland & Knight

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Constitutional & Administrative Law

SEC Division Of Corporation Finance Issues Guidance Following Government Shutdown

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (November 14, 2025) - Following the recent government shutdown, the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance (the "Division") has issued guidance in the form of Questions and Answers...

United States Government

LB

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Courts Renew Scrutiny Of The False Claims Act's Qui Tam Provisions

Courts Revisit the Constitutionality of the FCA: Recent federal decisions reflect renewed judicial scrutiny of the False Claims Act's qui tam provisions, which authorize private individuals...

United States Government

PL

Polsinelli LLP

Compliance Notes - Vol. 6, Issue 23

The United States Supreme Court will decide whether states can count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, a ruling that could affect election laws in about 30 states.

United States Compliance

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Nossaman LLP

Federal Courts Quash Administrative Subpoenas And Review First Amendment Subpoena Challenge, Paving The Way For Future Investigatory Subpoena Contests

United States Government

BT

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Governor Signs Three Bills Amending California's Political Reform Act

United States Government

KM

Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard

Senate Advances Funding Bill To End Record Shutdown

United States Government

HK

Holland & Knight

The Trump Administration's Latest Immigration-Enforcement Tool: The False Claims Act

United States Government

AP

Arnold & Porter

Episode 357 – From Washington Gridlock To New York's Mayoral Shake-Up

United States Government

CO

Cozen O'Connor

Episode 356 – On The Frontlines Of Shutdown Politics (Podcast)

United States Government

CO

Cozen O'Connor

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Money Laundering

International Arbitration: English Court Considers Rare Section 69 'Appeal On Point Of Law'.

Last month, the English Commercial Court (the Court) considered a challenge to an arbitral award under Section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the Act).

United States Litigation

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FinCEN's October SAR FAQs: A Significant Shift

October's interagency Suspiscious Activity Report (SAR) guidance — jointly issued by FinCEN, the Federal Reserve...

United States Government

AC

Ankura Consulting Group LLC

FinCEN Releases Data Showing $9 Billion In Iranian Shadow Banking Activity

On October 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") issued a Financial Trend Analysis ("FTA")...

United States Criminal

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Ballard Spahr LLP

FINRA Enforcement's Alive And Well — And AML Focused

United States Finance

FL

Foley & Lardner

Anti-Fraud Redefined: Protecting Financial Services In A World Of Deception

United States Finance

AC

Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Second Circuit Picks Sides On Criminal Forfeiture Circuit Split

United States Criminal

SJ

Steptoe LLP

FinCEN Clarifies Suspicious Activity Reporting Requirements

United States Finance

W

WilmerHale

OCC Settles With Bank Over Alleged BSA/AML Violations

United States Finance

SM

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Indirect Supervisory Powers Of The New European Anti-Money Laundering Authority

Worldwide Government

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Jones Day

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Latest Videos

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Episode 358 – Peace Abroad, Tensions At Home (Podcast)

CO

Cozen O'Connor

Repair Wars: Right-to-Repair, Data Rights, And The Future Of Sustainment IP (Video)

SS

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Webinar – Police Use Of Force – What Does "Reasonable And Necessary" Mean? (Video)

BB

Beresford Booth

Silicon, Sanctions And Security: How National Security Laws Are Reshaping The Semiconductor Industry (Video)

FL

Foley & Lardner

Predictably Unpredictable: Considerations & Lessons Learned Regarding Force Majeure (Video)

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Nossaman LLP

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