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...
7/17/2026 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...
7/14/2026 2:41:07 PM Climate-Related Arbitration in Latin America: The Road Ahead By David Attanasio Partner David L. Attanasio provided an overview at World Arbitration Update in Bogota, Colombia of the likely climate-related...
7/13/2026 7:15:56 PM Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issues Proposed Rule Streamlining Environmental Analysis By Andrew Averbach Thomas J. Dougherty Lisa Rushton The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has released a draft rule revising its regulations for implementation of the National...
6/25/2026 9:28:00 PM FAR Council Launches “Revolutionary” Overhaul: What Contractors Should Watch By Patrick Samsel Richard J.R. Raleigh, Jr. Curtis Schehr Michael W. Mutek +1 more... Show less On June 23, 2026, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council released its first set of proposed rules implementing what the Council...
6/24/2026 2:37:44 PM New Presidential Memorandum Imposes Sweeping Cybersecurity Requirements on National Security Systems - Defense Contractors and Federal Agencies Must Act Now By Robert ("Al") Broadbent Tyler Bridegan Jill Canfield Christopher L. Lockwood Kristina Moore +2 more... Show less On June 12, 2026, President Trump signed National Security Presidential Memorandum 12 (NSPM-12), which establishes a new cybersecurity...
6/4/2026 2:24:33 PM Compliance Edge: Turning Digital Regulation into Competitive Advantage By Tara N. Cho This article is based on a recent panel discussion from Womble Bond Dickinson’s virtual summit, The Algorithm Economy: How to Win in a...
4/1/2026 7:10:00 PM FCC Adds Foreign-Produced Consumer Routers to Banned Equipment List By Martin L. Stern Richard Cameron Kristina Moore Peter Gregory +1 more... Show less On March 23, 2026, the FCC released a Public Notice announcing that new, foreign-produced consumer routers have been added to the FCC’s...
2/27/2026 3:45:18 PM Emerging Tech, Escalating Risks: What Corporate Leaders Reveal in the Womble Bond Dickinson Client Survey By Tara N. Cho John C. Gray Mark Henriques Christopher Jones +1 more... Show less Executive Summary The 2026 Womble Bond Dickinson Client Survey reveals a business landscape in which innovation, especially artificial...
2/20/2026 10:22:08 PM IEEPA Tariffs Struck Down: What the Supreme Court’s Ruling Means for Importers, Refunds, and New Trade Uncertainty By Julius Bodie Robert ("Al") Broadbent Alan Enslen Scott Jones Dan Joyner James Kearney David Vance Lucas +4 more... Show less The Supreme Court’s February 20 decision to nullify the Trump Administration’s International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA)...
2/12/2026 8:16:03 PM 2026 Forecast: What’s Ahead in the Digital Sector By Nadia Aram Carri Bennet Tyler Bridegan Richard Cameron Tara N. Cho Ted Claypoole Taylor Ey John C. Gray Chris Mammen Whit McGreevy Marjorie Spivak Patrick Strubbe +9 more... Show less It goes without saying that 2026 will see a whirlwind of legal developments in the areas of cybersecurity, data privacy regulation, and...
2/12/2026 1:28:00 AM Surge in Ransomware Incidents Prompts Federal Cybersecurity Guidance and Enforcement Across Sectors By Stephen Sharbaugh Jill Canfield Tyler Bridegan The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the latest federal agency to signal it is monitoring companies’ cybersecurity practices...
2/6/2026 5:49:53 PM 2025 DOJ Fraud Section Year in Review: Sustained High-Impact Enforcement, Organizational Expansion, and Priorities for 2026 By Luke Cass Ting-Yu Huang The Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division released its 2025 Year in Review, highlighting a historic...
1/27/2026 5:05:53 PM Overview of FTC’s 2026 Children’s Privacy Focus: Expect Ongoing, if not More, Attention By Tyler Bridegan Nadia Aram Christine Xiao This article provides Womble’s recommendations for companies processing children’s data based on a recent discussion with Associate...
1/2/2026 12:11:00 PM EPA and Army Corps Propose Narrower Definition of “Waters of the United States” By Lisa Rushton On November 20, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a proposed rule to...