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Segal McCambridge

Key Business Litigation & Transaction Trends Every Executive Must Know in 2025

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As we continue to navigate 2025, business leaders face an increasingly complex legal landscape shaped by technological advancements, evolving regulations, and dynamic market conditions. Understanding these emerging trends is...more

Wiley Rein LLP

President Trump Issues CFIUS Divestment Order of Chinese-owned Jupiter Systems Due to National Security Risk

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President Trump signed a Presidential decision last week ordering Suirui Group Co., Ltd., a Chinese company, and its Hong Kong-based subsidiary Suirui International Co., Limited (together, Suirui) to divest within 120 days...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

CFIUS and President Trump Force Unwinding of 2020 Acquisition of Jupiter Systems, LLC

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On July 11, the Trump administration issued an order blocking and requiring the unwinding of a 2020 acquisition by which Jupiter Systems, LLC (Jupiter), a U.S.-based audiovisual equipment supplier, was acquired by Suirui...more

Blank Rome LLP

Department of Defense to Increase Scrutiny Over IT Consulting and Advisory Contracts

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The Department of Defense’s (“DoD”) Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment issued a memorandum on June 23, 2025, that tightens oversight on DoD contracts for information technology consulting & management services...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

California-Based Healthcare Transaction Subjected to OHCA's First Cost and Market Review

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On June 23, 2025, California’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) issued a determination that a transaction submitted by Covenant Care California, LLC and its subsidiaries under the Material Change Transaction Notice...more

Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law

UK Investment Screening Regime: Still Expecting Amendments

On 23 June 2025, the UK government published its new Modern Industrial Strategy document (the “IS Document”), outlining the government’s current strategies for UK economic growth. The policy paper focuses on eight priority...more

White & Case LLP

Beating the hackers: US cybersecurity dealmaking hits back against rising attacks - Policymakers have renewed their focus on...

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The persistence and evolution of cybercrime across the US is reshaping M&A in the cybersecurity sector. Driven by escalating threats, increasing costs and liability to businesses, and a growing and more defined regulatory...more

Clark Hill PLC

CHPS Podcast Episode 5: The Future of Federal Procurement

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Join host Chris White in the latest episode of CHPS of Insight as he speaks with Ron Sullivan, a Senior Counsel in Clark Hill's Government Contracts practice and a Senior Director of Clark Hill Public Strategies. Ron shares...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

FAR Council Releases Modifications to Three Sections

The FAR Council is undertaking a systematic approach to revising the FARs. On Friday, June 13, 2025, it released its revisions to FAR Part 18 – Emergency Acquisitions, FAR Part 39 – Acquisition of Information and...more

K&L Gates LLP

Full Cost Recovery Proposed for Application Fees Under Australia's Mandatory Merger Clearance Regime

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The Australian Treasury and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a consultation paper in which it proposes a full cost recovery regime for application fees under Australian's new mandatory...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Antitrust Scrutiny of Investors Under a New Administration

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Under the old guard of the prior administration, private equity was repeatedly under fire for alleged “flip and strip” tactics that were supposedly “at odds with competition.” Now, with new enforcers in place, a different...more

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GAO Reaffirms Agencies’ Discretion to Award Sole-Source SBIR Phase III Contracts (Even to a Successor-in-Interest)

The Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR) is a successful initiative that increases the participation of small business concerns in federally funded research and development. Awards under Phases I and II of the...more

Pillsbury - Bid Protest Debrief

No Harm, No Foul: GAO Reaffirms That Prejudice Is Everything

In Kako’o Spectrum Healthcare Solutions, LLC, B-421127.5, et al., May 28, 2025, Kako’o Spectrum Healthcare Solutions (KSHS) protested the U.S. Marine Corps’ award to Cognito Systems, arguing that Cognito’s proposal exceeded...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

New York Department of Health Publishes Material Transactions Reporting Form

In our February 14, 2025 blog post, we detailed a proposed expansion of Article 45-A of New York’s Public Health Law (hereinafter, the Disclosure of Material Transactions Law) included in the proposed Fiscal Year 2026 New...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government...

Ongoing FAR Overhaul: Market Research and the New FAR Part 10

The latest part of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to undergo a rewrite is FAR Part 10, which addresses market research for acquisitions. The General Services Administration has already adopted the new Part 10 via...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

NY DOH Publishes Electronic Material Health Care Transaction Reporting Form, Increasing Disclosure Requirements to Include...

On May 15, 2025, the New York State Department of Health (“DOH”) announced the launch of the electronic Material Transaction Reporting Form for health care transactions (“Electronic Form”). To assist reporting entities in...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

NYS DOH Releases New Electronic Material Transaction Form

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Just last week, we reported that the 2025/26 NYS Budget Bill did not include a provision that would have increased the requirements for seeking Department of Health (DOH) approval of a material healthcare transaction (which...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

New York Fails to Pass Expanded Health Care Transaction Notice Requirements Bill

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On May 9, 2025, New York State (“NYS”) Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation enacting the State Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget into law. Notably omitted from the final budget legislation was Part S of the Health and Mental...more

Akerman LLP

Preparing for an HSR Filing in the Ordinary Course of Business

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Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with concurrence from the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), issued a Final Rule implementing substantial changes to the pre-merger notification...more

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Practical Takeaways from the Recently Published EU Foreign Subsidies Decision in Case FS.100011 - e&/PPF

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The European Commission has released the full, non-confidential text of its decision in Case FS.100011 – e&/PPF, marking a watershed moment under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR). This is the first case to be cleared...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Buy-Side M&A Playbook: Preparing for an Aerospace & Defense Deal

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Acquiring a company in the aerospace, defense, and critical manufacturing sectors requires more than just financial readiness. These industries come with unique regulatory challenges, security concerns, and government...more

McDermott Will & Emery

California Amends AB 1415, Bill That Expands OHCA’s Healthcare Transaction Review Authority

The California Assembly amended Assembly Bill (AB) 1415 on April 24, 2025. The bill aims to bring healthcare investments by private equity groups and hedge funds more fully into the scope of the California Office of Health...more

Wiley Rein LLP

GSA Announces “OneGov Strategy” to Further Administration’s Focus on Commercial Acquisitions and Consolidation of Purchasing

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WHAT: On April 29, 2025, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced its OneGov Strategy for IT purchases. According to the announcement, “[t]he strategy calls for deeper, direct engagement with [Original...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

The Rise of OTA in Defense Contracting, Part 2: What Is It, Who’s Eligible, and Where to Find Opportunities

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In Part 1 of PilieroMazza’s blog series we looked at how Other Transactions Authority (OTA) has emerged as a key acquisition tool for government contractors eager to work with the Department of Defense (DOD). In Part 2, we’ll...more

Burr & Forman

Modernizing Defense Acquisition and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base

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On April 9, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order, titled “Modernizing Defense Acquisition and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base.” This order outlines a broad and ambitious reform effort...more

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