Government Contracting Law News

Securing Strategic Sectors: Insights from McDermott’s Defense & Essential Infrastructure Roundtable In October 2025, McDermott Will & Schulte hosted its Defense & Essential Infrastructure Roundtable, convening leading voices from across...

Securing Strategic Sectors: Insights from McDermott’s Defense & Essential Infrastructure Roundtable

Trump Administration Executive Order Tracker - November 2025 Below is a tracker of healthcare-related executive orders (EOs) issued by the Trump administration, including overviews of each EO and the date...

Trump Administration Executive Order Tracker - November 2025

Department of State lifts defense trade embargo on Cambodia: Top points The United States’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) issued a final rule (the rule) on November 7, 2025 that immediately amended the...

Department of State lifts defense trade embargo on Cambodia: Top points

Don’t Forget the Winner: The Successful Bidder in a New Jersey Public Bid Is a Necessary and Indispensable Party to a Bid Protest and Appeal In New Jersey, it is a well-established principle that any person or organization whose rights may be affected by a legal action is typically...

Don’t Forget the Winner: The Successful Bidder in a New Jersey Public Bid Is a Necessary and Indispensable Party to a Bid Protest and Appeal

What employers should expect when the government reopens: Key considerations for the days ahead After more than 40 days of disruption, the longest U.S. government shutdown in history is nearing its end. Triggered by a lapse in appropriations...

What employers should expect when the government reopens: Key considerations for the days ahead

No Opting-Out: Navigating the Uncharted Waters of Medicare’s Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM) On Oct. 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, wherein it...

No Opting-Out: Navigating the Uncharted Waters of Medicare’s Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM)

Illinois Legislature Authorizes State’s First Procurement for Energy Storage Resources On October 30, the Illinois General Assembly passed the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (CRGA), an omnibus energy bill creating...

Illinois Legislature Authorizes State’s First Procurement for Energy Storage Resources

Alaskan Contractor Joins Fight Against Project Labor Agreements Alaska contractor, Slayden Plumbing & Heating, Inc., filed a lawsuit on November 5, 2025, in the U.S. District Court in Anchorage, Alaska,...

Alaskan Contractor Joins Fight Against Project Labor Agreements

Policy, Dual-Use and DefTech Drive a New Era for Private Capital in Defence Many of the trends that we discussed in our recent blog post, Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Showing Renewed Interest in the...

Policy, Dual-Use and DefTech Drive a New Era for Private Capital in Defence

Courts Renew Scrutiny of the False Claims Act’s Qui Tam Provisions Key Takeaways - Courts Revisit the Constitutionality of the FCA: Recent federal decisions reflect renewed judicial scrutiny of the False...

Courts Renew Scrutiny of the False Claims Act’s Qui Tam Provisions

DoD Overhauls Acquisition Process for Faster, Larger, and More Commercial-Like Procurements The US Department of Defense recently announced reforms to defense acquisition processes as well as arms sales to foreign militaries. The...

DoD Overhauls Acquisition Process for Faster, Larger, and More Commercial-Like Procurements

CMMC Regulations: Key Questions and Answers for Defense Contractors On Nov. 10, 2025, the long-awaited final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement the...

CMMC Regulations: Key Questions and Answers for Defense Contractors

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...

DoD Begins Phased Implementation of CMMC Final Rule: Key Actions for Contractors

They’re Here! The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Requirements for DoD Solicitations and Contracts Are Live. What Does This Mean for Your Organization? This alert serves to remind contractors of the much-ballyhooed Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and updates our previous...

They’re Here! The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Requirements for DoD Solicitations and Contracts Are Live. What Does This Mean for Your Organization?

Democratic AGs Recharge State Energy Programs through Win in Funding Cap Case A group of 19 Democratic AGs—along with the governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania—secured a final judgment in their lawsuit challenging the U.S....

Democratic AGs Recharge State Energy Programs through Win in Funding Cap Case

Trump Administration Moves Forward With Rollback of Sustainable Procurement Language in FAR Key Takeaways - The Trump administration is moving to roll back and simplify sustainable procurement requirements in the Federal Acquisition...

Trump Administration Moves Forward With Rollback of Sustainable Procurement Language in FAR

DOJ Revives China Initiative Tactics: Investigating Academic Researchers by Targeting Universities Under the False Claims Act The Department of Justice (DOJ) is taking a renewed and aggressive enforcement approach to educational institutions and researchers with...

DOJ Revives China Initiative Tactics: Investigating Academic Researchers by Targeting Universities Under the False Claims Act

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – November 2025 #2 Warfighting at Warp Speed: Why Defense Contractors Must Track the Department of War’s Acquisition Overhaul - The Secretary of War Pete Hegseth...

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – November 2025 #2

FAR Part 27 Overhaul: Key Changes to Intellectual Property in Federal Contracting As part of the broader Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO), Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 27, which addresses patents, data, and...

FAR Part 27 Overhaul: Key Changes to Intellectual Property in Federal Contracting

November 2025 Government Contracts Legal Update and Podcast Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani presents the latest insights from our Government Contracts group, offering a comprehensive overview of recent...

November 2025 Government Contracts Legal Update and Podcast

Reminder: AAPs for Individuals with Disabilities, Protected Veterans Much of the focus over the last 10 months has been on the Trump Administration’s decision to end the requirement to prepare Affirmative Action...

Reminder: AAPs for Individuals with Disabilities, Protected Veterans

Using IP to remain competitive when developing dual-use technology Dual-use technology refers to technologies that have both civilian and military applications. The Canadian government, along with its NATO...

Using IP to remain competitive when developing dual-use technology

Department of War Launches Sweeping Realignment of Acquisition and Foreign Military Sales Authorities Secretary Pete Hegseth announced details of sweeping reforms aimed at promoting competition, reducing bureaucracy, and accelerating the delivery...

Department of War Launches Sweeping Realignment of Acquisition and Foreign Military Sales Authorities

Judge Rejects FCA Settlement Deal: No Rubber Stamping and Bromides Won’t Do A recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to reject a proposed $57 million settlement in a False...

Judge Rejects FCA Settlement Deal: No Rubber Stamping and Bromides Won’t Do

Federal Tribunal Clarifies When Government Procurements Are Exempt From Review Under Trade Agreement In Peer Ledger Inc. v. Royal Canadian Mint (Peer), the Canadian International Trade Tribunal concluded that a procurement was outside of its...

Federal Tribunal Clarifies When Government Procurements Are Exempt From Review Under Trade Agreement

How Organizations Can Strengthen Third-Party Vendor Oversight and Compliance Organizations that rely on third-party vendors for critical operations face unique challenges in managing vendor risks. These external...

How Organizations Can Strengthen Third-Party Vendor Oversight and Compliance

CMMC Brings New Era of Cybersecurity Compliance for Defense Contractors Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team breaks down the Department of Defense’s finalized Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) rule,...

CMMC Brings New Era of Cybersecurity Compliance for Defense Contractors

Kazakhstan Government Introduces Additional Regulations for Implementation of Investment Projects The Kazakhstan government recently issued new rules relating to definition of efficiency of investment projects and investors’...

Kazakhstan Government Introduces Additional Regulations for Implementation of Investment Projects

COFC Backs Major Army Award Despite “Curious” Past Performance Analysis In Bowhead Enterprise, Science and Technology, LLC v. United States, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, No. 24-2110C (Nov. 5, 2025), Bowhead...

COFC Backs Major Army Award Despite “Curious” Past Performance Analysis

CMS Releases CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Oct. 31, 2025, released the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)...

CMS Releases CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule