Under Siege: Trade Associations Rap White House for Recent Flood of EOs Targeting Contractors
Client Alert | 1 min read | 08.14.15
In an August 3 letter to the White House, four trade associations (the AIA, PSC, NDIA, and ITIC) requested "on behalf of the thousands of companies … that no further presidential directives primarily focused on government contractors be issued for the foreseeable future." The letter cited a dozen recent executive orders related to procurement that have resulted in a significant increase in the cost of doing business with the government, including the recent one on "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" (discussed here), and urged the Administration to address the "impacts, inefficiencies, and in many cases, unintended consequences" created by the recent deluge of EOs directed at government contractors.
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Client Alert | 4 min read | 08.25.26
DOJ Signals Increased Antitrust Scrutiny of Algorithmic Pricing in Willow Bridge Decision
Algorithmic pricing tools commonly used by businesses to increase efficiency and profits are under increasing antitrust scrutiny. This summer, federal regulators, state attorneys general, and state legislatures grappled with competing businesses providing nonpublic, competitively sensitive data to common algorithmic platforms. The Third Circuit deepened an emerging circuit split with the Ninth Circuit on algorithmic pricing liability, reviving antitrust claims against Atlantic City casino-hotels in a decision with direct implications for any company that uses a common pricing platform. See Crowell’s recent client alert. And New Jersey enacted two landmark laws—the FAIR Act and the Fair Price Protection Act—directly regulating algorithmic rent-setting and surveillance pricing. See Crowell’s recent client alert.
Client Alert | 4 min read | 08.25.26
Recent Court Decision Highlights Effectiveness of “Second Bite” Protests
Client Alert | 5 min read | 08.21.26
FTC Proposes Enforcement Policy Statement on Personalized Pricing: What Businesses Need to Know
