9/14/2026 8:01:07 PM White House Issues Bulk-Power System Executive Order; DOE Seeks Industry Input on Implementation By Kristina Moore Mark Riedy On August 26, 2026, President Trump issued Executive Order 14421, “Declaring a National Emergency to Secure the United States Bulk-Power...
9/4/2026 9:11:06 AM DOJ’s DEI Enforcement Playbook Continues to Take Shape: What Federal Contractors Need to Know By J. Andrew Jackson Ryan McGovern Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a $21.5 million civil False Claims Act (FCA) settlement with Deloitte concerning...
8/26/2026 6:37:23 PM 176 Womble Attorneys Recognized in 2027 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America By Ginny Gibson Andrew Yocopis Brandon Hellewell Daniel Salgado Daniel P. Crane Douglas Schorr Jack McCarthy Jon Brinkman Justin K. Gowan Katherine Costella Katie Rios Lucas Hickman Yi Wilkinson Madison Fox Nicolas T. Martino +12 more... Show less Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP is pleased to announce that 176 attorneys are recognized in the 2027 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to...
8/26/2026 6:36:54 PM Anthropic Litigation Creates Uncertain Compliance Landscape for Government Contractors By Michael W. Mutek Christopher L. Lockwood The federal government’s dispute with Anthropic moved from a negotiation over the permissible use of Claude to litigation over the...
8/26/2026 3:27:36 PM SBA Issues Proposed Rule Intending to Drastically Change SBA Size Standards By Josh Mullen Christopher L. Lockwood On August 20, 2026, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued a proposed rule (RIN 3245-AI67) that proposes new size standards...
8/26/2026 2:42:15 PM David Vance Lucas Discusses Expanding FDI, FOCI and 50% Rules in Webinar By David Vance Lucas Womble Bond Dickinson Partner David Vance Lucas led a webinar on “Navigating FOCI: Foreign Ownership, Control and Influence”. The August...
8/21/2026 12:04:08 AM Best Lawyers® Honors 488 Womble Attorneys Across 2027 Editions By Womble Bond Dickinson Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP is pleased to announce that 313 attorneys are recognized in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in...
8/17/2026 6:58:08 PM Brand Owners: Congress Moves to Open U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Counterfeit Shipment Data By Stephen Shaw Michael J. McCue Both chambers of Congress have now passed bills allowing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to share packing, shipping, and...
8/10/2026 3:57:00 PM Womble Adds Government Contracts Depth in Washington, D.C. By Ryan McGovern WASHINGTON (August 10, 2026) – Womble Bond Dickinson announced today that Ryan McGovern has joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office as...
8/6/2026 3:31:22 PM The Post-IEEPA Tariff Regime: Legal Substitution, Commercial Complexity and Enforcement Risk By Alan Enslen James Kearney Scott Jones Dan Joyner Julius Bodie +2 more... Show less Key Takeaways Losing IEEPA did not end the tariff wall; it re-engineered it onto a portfolio of narrower authorities, including the...
7/27/2026 4:08:06 PM Eight Key Points Emerging from The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul Comments By Jon Levin Michael W. Mutek Comments have now been submitted to the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council on the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ("RFO") proposed...
7/20/2026 8:19:00 PM Womble Bond Dickinson Attorneys Participate in the African Legal Support Facility's Webinar on International Arbitration Involving States and State-Owned Entities By Alexandre de Gramont David Attanasio Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) attorneys recently participated in an African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) webinar, “State Defenses in...
7/17/2026 4:41:41 PM Washington Tightens Scrutiny of Foreign Investment, Ownership, Control, and Influence By David Vance Lucas Curtis Schehr Recent rulemakings would broaden disclosure, reporting, and mitigation obligations for contractors, investors, and agricultural...
7/16/2026 1:50:10 PM DOW’s Suspension of CMMC Phase 2 Does Not Pause Contractors’ Cybersecurity Compliance Requirements By Tyler Bridegan Josh Mullen Robert ("Al") Broadbent Matt Delfino +1 more... Show less On July 13, 2026, the Department of War (DOW) announced that it would suspend the November 10 deadline to transition to the Phase 2...
7/10/2026 9:55:00 PM Proposed Rule Would Impose Cyber Regulations on All Federal Contractors By Matt Delfino Josh Mullen Tyler Bridegan The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council has published a proposed rule (FAR Case 2026-001) which, if adopted, would require all...
7/8/2026 8:10:00 PM Dan Joyner and David Vance Lucas to Speak at NAITA Trade Compliance Roundtable By David Vance Lucas Womble Bond Dickinson's David Vance Lucas and Dan Joyner will be featured speakers at the North Alabama International Trade Association's...