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Rearming Europe with Trusted Partners
In March 2025, the European Union published a white paper for European Defense Readiness 2030, which identifies defense needs and envisions a massive €800 billion four-year “ReArm Europe” investment plan. This initiative is a significant step change from the EU’s prior defense industrial strategy and earlier funding programs.
Rearming Europe would be financed…
Montana Passes Amendments to Consumer Data Privacy Act
On April 15, 2025, the Montana legislature unanimously passed Montana SB 297, a bill that would amend the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (“MTCDPA”) with provisions expanding online data protections for minors, narrowing the exemptions under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and removing a controller’s right to cure, among others. We outline some key provisions below.…
The Executive Order 11246 Grace Period Ends Today (April 21)
On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14173, titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (“EO 14173”), which, among other things, revoked Executive Order 11246 (“EO 11246”), a 60-year-old Civil Rights-era directive that prohibited federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or…
March 2025 Cybersecurity Developments Under the Trump Administration
This is the second blog in a series of Covington blogs on cybersecurity policies, executive orders (“EOs”), and other actions of the new Trump Administration. This blog describes key cybersecurity developments that took place in March 2025.
Trump Administration Executive Order on Achieving Efficiency
On March 19, 2025, the Trump Administration released an EO entitled…
Implied Consent to Privacy Policy in Webpage Footer Forecloses Website Wiretapping Claim
Does a plaintiff’s use of a website constitute consent to a privacy policy linked in the website’s footer? A Pennsylvania federal court answered yes in Popa v. Harriet Carter Gifts, Inc., 2025 WL 896938 (W.D. Pa. Mar. 24, 2025), granting summary judgment in favor of an online retailer (Harriet Carter Gifts) and its marketing partner (NaviStone)…
What Companies Should Know About the WHO Pandemic Agreement
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On 16 April 2025, Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded negotiations on a new international treaty: the Agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (“WHO Pandemic Agreement”). Set to be adopted at the May 2025 World Health Assembly, this landmark accord aims to improve pandemic preparedness and…
Trump Administration Issues Two Executive Orders Seeking To Remake Federal Procurement
President Trump has issued two new Executive Orders (“EOs”) that seek to reshape federal procurement. The much anticipated “Restoring Common Sense To Federal Procurement” EO (the “FAR Reform EO”) seeks to “create the most agile, effective, and efficient procurement system possible” by revising the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) such that the FAR contains…
Another California Court Rejects Privacy Claims Targeting Online Chat Feature
Plaintiffs’ lawyers have continued to bring privacy claims targeting businesses that use vendors to help provide beneficial chat features on their website, as we last reported here. Late last year, a Southern District of California judge dismissed another set of privacy claims challenging the routine use of these vendor services by Tonal, a popular…