This measure significantly expands the scope of Entity List and Military End-User List restrictions, imposing heightened diligence obligations and complicating EAR compliance.
By Les P. Carnegie, Damara L. Chambers, Charles Claypoole, Andrew P. Galdes, Robert Price, Eric S. Volkman, Ruchi G. Gill, Monica Calce, Matthew Crawford, Eric Green, Matthew R. Gregory, Joelle Hageboutros, Elliot W. Hecht, Thomas F. Lane, Christopher (C.J.) Rydberg, Maria Krol Stosz
With the government shutdown in effect, many federal agencies are operating with limited staff, leading to delays in regulatory approvals, permits, and federal contracts.
By Erin Brown Jones, Amanda P. Reeves, and Cory Tull
As of October 1, 2025, the federal government has entered a shutdown. Understanding the current status of government funding, what to expect during this shutdown, and how agencies plan to operate can help businesses manage the challenges ahead. The federal government is primarily funded
The Trump administration scrapped the “revenge tax” but has extended the implementation of additional tariffs on more than 50 countries until August 1.
By the Tax Controversy Practice
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the OBBB) into law, making permanent the reduced individual tax rates and brackets established by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and modifying a number of important tax provisions affecting businesses.1
This blog post highlights the
The administration has signaled a potential softening of cyber regulation for domestic entities, with increasing focus on national security priorities and preparing for the future.
By Antony (Tony) Kim and Michael H. Rubin
The Trump administration’s focus on reshaping the cyber regulatory environment continues with executive order 14306, “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144” (EO 14306), which was released on June 6, 2025, and issues sweeping amendments
On July 16, 2025, Latham partners examined the status of clean energy tax credits.
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), which significantly rolls back many of the core tax incentives that clean energy projects have relied on since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022 and implements a host of new restrictions. A White House executive order issued on July 7, 2025, further complicates the picture for solar
The Department of Labor has taken two recent actions that indicate where the approach to retirement investment policy may go under the new administration.
By Betty M. Huber, Benjamin Rosemergy, Aryeh Zuber, and Austin J. Pierce
Policy on the appropriate management of retirement funds has not been spared the tide of changes in the political landscape. While the language of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) sets the standard for plan fiduciaries to act
President Trump’s executive orders and legislative proposals from Congress leverage FDA to help lower drug prices, address anti-competitive practices, and accelerate generic drug approvals.
By J. Benneville (Ben) Haas and William A. McConagha
President Trump signed two executive orders in the last few months aimed at reducing prescription drug costs and addressing drug pricing strategies. On April 15, 2025, he signed an executive order titled “Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First” in an effort to deliver on
On June 9, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum (the Guidelines) on “Guidelines for Investigations and Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)” by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).
The Guidelines follow President Trump’s February 10, 2025, executive order (the Executive Order), which directed DOJ to “(i) cease initiation of any new FCPA investigations or enforcement actions, unless the Attorney General determines that an individual exception should be made; (ii) review in detail all existing FCPA investigations or enforcement