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Defense Contractors Face New Scrutiny Under The Trump Administration

The White House on January 7, 2026, issued an executive order (EO) that aims to accelerate defense procurement and enhance the defense industrial base by shifting contractor priorities from investor returns to production and performance.

United States Government

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Holland & Knight

Defense Contractors Face Increased Enforcement Risk And New Restrictions Of Buybacks, Distributions, And Executive Compensation

On January 7, 2026, the Administration issued an executive order that will call out a number of defense contractors and establish a new framework for evaluating contract performance and restricting executive compensation...

United States Government

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Steptoe LLP

Deep-Seated Grievances Resurface In East Asia

Last year's political vacuums in Seoul and Tokyo ushered in two leaders who have taken sharply divergent approaches to relations with China.

Worldwide Government

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Steptoe LLP

CO AG Campaign Developments, ID And OR Appointments

Michael Allen, the District Attorney for El Paso and Teller Counties, announced that he is seeking the Republican nomination in the 2026 race for Colorado AG.

United States Government

CO

Cozen O'Connor

Florida's 2026 Legislative Agenda: 10 Issue Areas To Watch In Upcoming Session

United States Government

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Contributor Beware: State-Level Contribution Bans May Apply During Legislative Sessions

United States Government

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Wiley Rein

USDA Announces Department-Wide Standardization Of Grant And Cooperative Agreement Terms

United States Government

WR

Wiley Rein

Capital Snapshot: 2nd Session Of The 119th Congress

Worldwide Government

AP

Arnold & Porter

Update On Venezuela: Significant Trade Restrictions And Risks Continue

Worldwide Government

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Bass, Berry & Sims

Nevada's $27 Million AML Crackdown On Caesars, MGM, And Resorts World

United States Government

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Prioritizing The Warfighter In Defense Contracting (Trump EO Tracker)

United States Government

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Trump Orders HieFo Corporation To Divest EMCORE Corporation Chip And Wafer Fabrication Assets

United States Government

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Mayer Brown

Important Update To Retainage Requirements For Private Construction Projects In Kentucky

United States Government

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Stites & Harbison PLLC

U.S. Cross-Border Logistics Service Licensure And Trade Compliance Obligations

United States Government

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

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

United States Government

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WilmerHale

Federal Circuit: Priority Document That 'Broadly Outlines' Possible Structures Fails To Provide Adequate Written Description Support For Subgenus Of Linkers In Antibody-Drug Conjugate

United States IP

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Back To School 2025: Title IX Updates And How ADR Can Help Universities Resolve Disputes (Podcast)

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 264

United States Commercial

DW

Davis Wright Tremaine

Colorado "Opt-Out" Litigation – Petition For Rehearing En Banc And Amicus Briefs In Support

United States Finance

BS

Ballard Spahr LLP

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Terrorism, Homeland Security & Defence

Defense Contractors Face Increased Enforcement Risk And New Restrictions Of Buybacks, Distributions, And Executive Compensation

On January 7, 2026, the Administration issued an executive order that will call out a number of defense contractors and establish a new framework for evaluating contract performance and restricting executive compensation...

United States Government

SJ

Steptoe LLP

Deep-Seated Grievances Resurface In East Asia

Last year's political vacuums in Seoul and Tokyo ushered in two leaders who have taken sharply divergent approaches to relations with China.

Worldwide Government

SJ

Steptoe LLP

Updates To NIST Cybersecurity Guidance Show Continued Focus On Cloud Services

Recent draft cybersecurity guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides an opportunity for government contractors who provide IT services to federal...

United States Technology

WR

Wiley Rein

Prioritizing The Warfighter In Defense Contracting (Trump EO Tracker)

United States Government

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Trump Orders HieFo Corporation To Divest EMCORE Corporation Chip And Wafer Fabrication Assets

United States Government

MB

Mayer Brown

Foreign-Produced UAS And Critical Components Added To FCC's Covered List

United States Government

MB

Mayer Brown

Fastest 5 Minutes: NDAA (Podcast)

United States Government

CM

Crowell & Moring LLP

Robust White House Action Broadened The Net For National Security Enforcement

United States Government

AP

Arnold & Porter

National Defense Authorization Act Introduces New Outbound Investment Regime

United States International

AP

Arnold & Porter

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Indigenous Peoples

When Is A Cumulative Impact Analysis Constitutionally Required? Alaska Supreme Court Offers Clarification

On November 14, 2025, the Alaska Supreme Court issued its opinion in Orutsararmiut Native Council v. Boyle. The focus of this dispute centered on several permits that the Alaska Department of Natural Resources ("DNR")...

United States Government

DW

Davis Wright Tremaine

Native American Heritage Month From Sacred To Statutory — How Federal Law Shapes The Protection Of Indigenous Sacred Sites And Artifacts

The relationship between U.S. law and Indigenous sacred heritage has long been complex — and often fraught. The American legal system is rooted in private property and individual rights...

United States Government

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Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

BOEM Rapidly Advances Steps To Develop Critical Minerals In American Samoa And Commonwealth Of Mariana Islands

Last week, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced progress on its long-term plan to lease areas for critical mineral development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

United States Energy

PC

Perkins Coie LLP

Evaluating Tribal Claims Against Trump's Anti-DEI And Immigrant-Enforcement Grant Conditions

United States Government

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Galanda Broadman

Defending Against ICE Attacks On Tribal Lands

United States Government

GB

Galanda Broadman

As The Global Energy Transition Advances, Business Centered On Rights Remains Good Business

United States Government

FH

Foley Hoag LLP

United States Trademarks: Foreign Equivalents And Indigenous Languages

United States IP

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Harris Sliwoski

Washington State Supreme Court Holds Historic Indigenous Human Rights Symposium

United States Government

GB

Galanda Broadman

Revising Missile Controls Is Necessary To Help Allies And Prevent New Nuclear States

United States Government

LS

Lowenstein Sandler

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Human Rights

New York Codifies Disparate Impact Liability Under The State Human Rights Law

A recent amendment expressly codifies disparate impact liability under the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL) for employment discrimination claims.

United States Employment

PL

Polsinelli LLP

What To Expect From A Sexual Assault Investigation At A High-Level Corporate Job

Experiencing sexual assault in the workplace is difficult in any setting. In a high-level corporate environment, it can feel even more complicated. Power dynamics, reputation concerns, internal politics...

United States Employment

Mizrahi Kroub

2025 GAO Bid Protest Annual Report: Where Have All The Protests Gone?

On December 12, 2025, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its annual report on bid protests for fiscal year 2025, containing the full statistics shown below:

United States Government

CM

Crowell & Moring LLP

One Year After The Fall Of Assad: Syria's Fragile Transition

Worldwide Government

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Steptoe LLP

Our Top 10 Predicted Business And Human Rights Issues For 2026

United States Government

SJ

Steptoe LLP

American Youth Climate Litigants Take The International Stage As U.S. Litigation Continues

United States Government

JD

Jones Day

INTERPOL Red Notices And Diffusions: Legal Risks, Immigration Consequences, And Strategic Defense

United States Immigration

FL

Friling Law

Decoding SFDR 2.0: Navigating The European Commission's Proposed ESG Reforms (Podcast)

United States Wealth Mgt

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Native American Heritage Month From Sacred To Statutory — How Federal Law Shapes The Protection Of Indigenous Sacred Sites And Artifacts

United States Government

CL

Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

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Fiscal & Monetary Policy

Crypto-asset Issuances And Offers To The Public: The Differences Under MiCA

This article examines the regulatory framework established by the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) through a thorough exploration of two of its foundational...

United States Technology

CG

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Analysis Of The 2025 Federal Tax Changes Under The "One Big Beautiful Bill" Legislation

The Legislation includes net tax cuts of $4.5 trillion and spending cuts of $1.2 trillion, for a cost compared with current law of approximately $3.3 trillion over the 10-year budget window.

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BakerHostetler

Preventing Woke AI In The Federal Government (Trump EO Tracker)

Directs all federal agencies to procure only those large language models (LLMs) developed in accordance with two Unbiased AI Principles: truth-seeking and ideological neutrality

United States Technology

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The OBBBA Passed . . . Now What?

United States Tax

AM

Alvarez & Marsal

President Trump Signs The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act Into Law

United States Tax

SJ

Steptoe LLP

Congress Changes The FDII Deduction In The One Big Beautiful Bill

United States Government

HH

Holland & Hart

One Big Beautiful Bill – What Employers Need To Know

United States Government

FL

Fennemore

Congress Passes Tax Bill: New Public Finance Provisions For Spaceports, NMTC, Low-Income Housing, And Endowment Tax

United States Tax

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

House Passes Senate Version Of "One Big Beautiful Bill"

United States Government

KR

Kutak Rock LLP

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Latest Videos

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

CO

Cozen O'Connor

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

Inside GovCon M&A: Top Tips For A Smooth Transaction (Video)

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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