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Executive Orders Aim to Unlock America's Nuclear Energy Sector

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On May 23, 2025, President Donald Trump signed four executive orders aimed at revitalizing and accelerating the growth of nuclear energy in the United States. The executive orders direct actions by the Department of Defense...more

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New Executive Order Supports Deep Sea Critical Minerals Development

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President Donald Trump on April 24, 2025, issued an executive order, "Unleashing America's Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources" (the EO), that aims to promote the development of offshore critical minerals in the oceans...more

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New Executive Order on Immediate Measures to Increase American Critical Mineral Production

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On March 20, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (“EO”) entitled Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production. The EO builds on previous energy-focused actions taken by the Administration, and...more

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Key Takeaways from President Trump's Executive Order to Strengthen U.S. Mineral Production

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President Donald Trump on March 20, 2025, signed an executive order (EO) that sets the foundation for boosting U.S. mineral production through regulatory streamlining, leveraging the Defense Production Act (DPA) and...more

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Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production

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On March 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production – The White House (EO or Order) in the interest of national and economic security. Significantly, the EO...more

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President Trump Issues Executive Order on Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production

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On March 20, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) directing his administration to immediately implement measures bolstering the production of America’s critical minerals, including uranium, copper, potash,...more

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Opportunities for U.S. Manufacturers Under the Second Trump Administration

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Expanding on our prior alert, the next administration is expected to implement economic policies that will present significant opportunities for companies who make or want to make their products in the United States with...more

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Vaccine Production And State Intervention In The U.S.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments across the globe have become increasingly involved in the private sector. State-owned enterprises have long been common in Asia, but the pandemic has increased their prominence in...more

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Government’s Power to Direct Priority of Deliveries

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At the outset of the Covid-19 outbreak in this country, President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, to help combat the virus. In March and April, he issued executive orders under the powers...more

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Decoupling From China: Part 1 - Legislation And Funding

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the serious supply chain vulnerabilities it exposed have led to a seismic shift in U.S. policy and regulation, from stepped-up measures to protect U.S. technology, intellectual property and data from...more

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What GCs Need to Know About the Government When Reopening (Bloomberg Law)

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Jones Day partners Donald F. McGahn II and Brett A. Shumate discuss the myriad of litigation, investigatory, reputational, and political risks awaiting businesses as they consider reopening during the pandemic. In this...more

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COVID-19 Update: USDA Updates FAQs to Address President Trump’s Executive Order Invoking the Defense Production Act for Meat and...

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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently updated its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) webpage regarding COVID-19 to include a section on President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) invoking the Defense...more

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President Trump Issues Executive Order Invoking Defense Production Act for Meat and Poultry Processors

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This week, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order invoking the Defense Production Act (DPA) to protect the meat and poultry production supply chain. In the Executive Order, entitled, Delegating Authority Under The...more

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The Defense Production Act—What US Businesses Need to Know

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Using his authority under the Defense Production Act of 1950 (“DPA”), President Trump issued an Order on March 27 requiring that the General Motors Company accept and perform contracts and fulfill orders for the manufacture...more

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DOJ Hoarding and Price Gouging Task Force Seizes Critical Medical Supplies and Distributes to New York and New Jersey Hospitals

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The Justice Department and the FBI have quickly acted to focus on fraudsters and hoarders seeking to profit from the public panic in response to the pandemic.  DOJ issued a memo to U.S. Attorneys prioritizing investigations...more

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President Trump Uses the Defense Production Act To Compel Production of Ventilators, Prohibit Hoarding in Response to COVID-19

After first invoking the Defense Production Act (DPA) on March 18, 2020, President Donald Trump has taken several actions to formally deploy the authorities we discussed in our March 20, 2020, client alert, “President Trump...more

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Administration Ready to Use DPA to Address COVID-19 Shortages

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On March 18, President Trump issued an Executive Order invoking the Defense Production Act (DPA), a tool that may help the administration combat the COVID-19 pandemic. With companies like 3M, GE, and others voluntarily...more

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Executive Order prohibits hoarding of certain scarce supplies

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President Trump signed an Executive Order on Preventing Hoarding of Health and Medical Resources to Respond to the Spread of COVID-19 (EO) on March 23, 2020. The EO delegates presidential authority under the Defense...more

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Defense Production Act FAQs

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On March 18, President Donald Trump issued an executive order finding that the “health and medical resources needed to respond to the spread of COVID-19, including personal protective equipment and ventilators” meet certain...more

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Defense Production Act, Rated Orders & the FCA: Long-Term Liability Amid a Current Crisis?

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Companies complying with orders under the Defense Production Act should be aware, and prepared to manage, potential False Claims Act liability that arises with government funding. As the current global and national crisis of...more

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President Trump Invokes the Defense Production Act in Response to COVID-19

President Donald Trump announced that he intends to invoke the Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA) in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The DPA grants the executive branch of the federal government broad...more

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