1. Home
  2. |Insights
  3. |Join Crowell & Moring for a Webinar on New Executive Orders

Join Crowell & Moring for a Webinar on New Executive Orders

Client Alert | 1 min read | 09.09.14

Please join us on Thursday, September 11, 2014, from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., as Crowell & Moring presents the webinar, "Federal Contracting Policy By Executive Order: What Does It Mean for Contractors?" A panel of Crowell & Moring attorneys with experience in government contracts, public policy, and employment law will discuss the use of executive orders by the Obama Administration and its predecessors; evaluate several recent EOs targeting contractor labor law compliance, including the "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" executive order (previously discussed here and here); discuss potential new EOs on the horizon; and talk about what, if any, measures contractors and other interested parties can take to influence or challenge the substantive provisions of recent executive orders.

Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 03.28.24

UK Government Seeks to Loosen Third Party Litigation Funding Regulation

On 19 March 2024, the Government followed through on a promise from the Ministry of Justice to introduce draft legislation to reverse the effect of  R (on the application of PACCAR Inc & Ors) v Competition Appeal Tribunal & Ors [2023] UKSC 28.  The effect of this ruling was discussed in our prior alert and follow on commentary discussing its effect on group competition litigation and initial government reform proposals. Should the bill pass, agreements to provide third party funding to litigation or advocacy services in England will no longer be required to comply with the Damages-Based Agreements Regulations 2013 (“DBA Regulations”) to be enforceable....