Government Contracts: New Legal and Policy Developments on Cybersecurity, Affirmative Action, Small Business
A live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE webinar will review the latest policy and regulatory developments and legal decisions in government contracts that occurred in 2024 and early 2025. The panel will discuss relevant court decisions, executive orders, and proposed and final rules impacting government contracting.
Outline
- Overview of the current government contracts landscape
- Significant court rulings
- Rescission of EO 14110 relating to AI
- Revocation of EO 11246 and new EO relating to DEI programs
- CMMC rule and compliance framework
- FAR Council proposed and final rules; Buy American Act domestic content thresholds
- SBA proposed and final rules
- What to expect going forward in 2025
Benefits
The panel will discuss these and other key developments:
- What impacts will government contractors face from the Loper Bright ruling and other significant federal court rulings?
- What are the latest changes regarding cybersecurity that will impact government contractors?
- What do government contractors need to know about the operation of DEI programs?
- How will new and proposed SBA rules impact small businesses contracting with the federal government?
Faculty
Kendra Perkins Norwood
Partner
Reed Smith
Ms. Norwood is a Washington, D.C.-based partner in Reed Smith’s Regulatory & Investigations Group. Her... | Read More
Ms. Norwood is a Washington, D.C.-based partner in Reed Smith’s Regulatory & Investigations Group. Her practice focuses on representing companies that do business with federal and state governments - either as prime contractors, subcontractors, third-party suppliers, or grant and cooperative agreement recipients - in a wide range of litigation, regulatory compliance, and transactional matters. In addition to regularly managing internal investigations and advising companies facing government investigations and audits, Ms. Norwood represents clients in bid protests, contract claims and disputes, terminations, mergers and acquisitions, False Claims Act matters, and suspension and debarment proceedings. She also routinely counsels companies on government ethics requirements and works with clients to develop codes of business conduct and policies tailored to address their legal obligations as government contractors.
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Todd R. Overman
Chair Government Contracts Practice Group
Bass Berry & Sims
Mr. Overman has established himself as a leading government contracts practitioner. He has nearly two decades of... | Read More
Mr. Overman has established himself as a leading government contracts practitioner. He has nearly two decades of experience advising companies in meeting the demanding and ever-changing regulatory environment of contracting with the federal government. Over the last decade, Mr. Overman has advised on more than 50 transactions involving the purchase or sale of a government contractor. He has particular experience in structuring transactions and corporate reorganizations to ensure compliance with the Anti-Assignment Act, as well as navigating the rules impacting the acquisition of small businesses. He also has significant experience in advising on issues that may arise during the sale of government contractors to foreign-owned businesses, including national security reviews under Exon-Florio by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and foreign ownership, control or influence mitigation by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency.
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