Jordan Chandler Hirsch

March 24, 2020, Covington Alert

Over the past several weeks, states and localities across the country have implemented wide-ranging quarantines and curfews meant to slow the spread of COVID-19. Some of these measures have impeded food companies’ efforts to manufacture and distribute critical goods to their intended destinations. Even as the federal government underscores the importance of food ...

May 16, 2019, Covington Alert

We are writing to provide an update on two important developments in U.S. national security-based regulation of trade: (1) a new, potentially expansive Executive Order on information and communications technology supply into the U.S. market, and (2) the Department of Commerce’s action to add Huawei to the Entity List.

February 26, 2019, Global Policy Watch

The Section 809 Panel recently concluded its monumental analysis of defense acquisition law and regulations and released its third volume of recommended changes.  As we have written previously, the Panel’s work stands out from previous acquisition reform efforts with the appendices of detailed legislative and regulatory changes that accompany the commissioners’ ...

December 20, 2018, Inside Privacy

On December 6, 2018, the Australian Parliament passed a bill that aims to address concerns raised by national security and law enforcement agencies regarding encrypted communications. Introduced in September, the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018 (the Act) may affect technology companies around the globe.  As ...