Overview
Under President Trump’s second term, businesses should prepare for significant policy shifts across industries nationwide—from artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency to telecommunications, renewable energy, and the defense industrial base—bringing both challenges and opportunities that demand agility in navigating an evolving regulatory and enforcement environment.
Wiley’s Trump Administration Resource Center provides clients with critical insights and strategic guidance, leveraging our lawyers’ deep understanding of Washington and extensive experience across diverse industries. We are committed to equipping clients with the clarity and foresight needed to adapt to Executive Branch priorities, enabling them to proactively manage compliance, risk, and operational strategies in this rapidly changing legal landscape.
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Executive Orders
Executive Orders
Trump’s Day 1 Executive Orders: Key Impacts and Advisory for Businesses
On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an array of wide-ranging Executive actions. Wiley has established a multidisciplinary Executive Order (EO) response team that is tracking and analyzing developments in real time. This team draws from experts across the firm who have deep relationships with the new Administration and Congress, decades of substantive experience in the areas where Executive action is focused, and expertise in the administrative law impacts of various actions. Read more.
Alert | February 21, 2025
“Deregulatory Review” EO Could Provide Opportunity to Streamline Government Contracting Rules
Alert | February 12, 2025
What the FCPA Criminal Enforcement Pause Means for Companies
Alert | February 11, 2025
Trump Expands National Security Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Products
Alert | February 10, 2025
Alert | February 4, 2025
Alert | February 2, 2025
Alert | January 24, 2025
Impacts of New DEI Executive Order Extend Beyond Federal Government to Private Sector
Alert | January 24, 2025
Taking Stock of the Trump Administration’s Regulatory Freeze
Alert | January 24, 2025
Alert | January 24, 2025
Blog Post | January 24, 2025
Trump Administration Issues New AI Executive Order
Alert | January 22, 2025
What Contractors and Grantees Need to Know About President Trump’s Day 1 Executive Orders
Alert | January 22, 2025
President Trump Revokes Biden Administration’s AI EO: What To Know
Alert | January 21, 2025
Insights & Analysis
Insights & Analysis
WEBINAR | March 12, 2025
Preparing for Government Audits (and Other Inquiries) Under the New Administration
Alert | February 21, 2025
FTC Seeks Comment on Tech Content Moderation Policies
WEBINAR | February 19, 2025
Understanding the New Administrative False Claims Act
Alert | February 14, 2025
President Trump Announces “Fair and Reciprocal” Trade Plan
Alert | February 11, 2025
Capping It All Off: NIH Caps Indirect Rates for Grants
Alert | February 7, 2025
DOT Order Links Federal Transportation Funds to Marriage and Birth Rates
Alert | February 7, 2025
AG Bondi Refocuses DOJ Priorities in New Guidance Documents
Alert | February 6, 2025
Trump Administration Seeks Input on AI Action Plan
Alert | February 5, 2025
President Trump’s Crypto Czar Outlines Federal Government’s New Approach to Digital Assets
Article | January 31, 2025 | Legal Dive
Federal ‘AI washing’ enforcement likely to continue
Alert | January 29, 2025
Practical Tips for Surviving the New Administration’s “Pause” on Federal Contracts and Grants
Alert | January 29, 2025
Alert | January 28, 2025
FAR Council Unveils Long-Anticipated Rule for Controlled Unclassified Information
Alert | January 27, 2025
FHWA Rescinds Longstanding Buy America Waiver for “Manufactured Products”
WEBINAR | January 23, 2025
Trump Era: Trade, Tariffs, National Security, and Market Impact
Alert | January 21, 2025
Defense Contractors Likely Target of Increased Scrutiny Under New Administration
Article | January 14, 2025 | Law360
A Deep Dive Into DOJ's Proposed FARA Shake-Up
WEBINAR | January 14, 2025
POLITICO Playbook: The First 100 Days
Article | January 13, 2025 | Law360
What To Expect From Federal Cybersecurity Policy In 2025
Alert | December 19, 2024
The Laws About Lobbying for or Against Nominees for the New Administration
Video | December 17, 2024
Video | December 10, 2024
DOGE: What exactly is it and how will it work?
Alert | December 2, 2024
Hiring From the Federal Government: A Top 12 List
Article | November 26, 2024 | Bloomberg Law
Federal Procurement Needs More Updates, Fewer Compliance Hurdles
Alert | November 26, 2024
Alert | November 21, 2024
Alert | November 18, 2024
Maintaining Civility Post-Election – Guardrails on Employee Political Speech
Article | November 15, 2024 | steel Market Update
Expect Trump 2.0 to build upon Trump 1.0
Webinar | November 13, 2024
What Does the Change in Administration Mean for the False Claims Act
Alert | November 12, 2024
Introducing Wiley’s Trump Administration Resource Center & Guide – Your Essential Tools for 2025
Article | November 5, 2024 | The Lobbying Manual
Robert Walker, Hannah Bingham, and Hannah Miller featured as authors in the ABA's Lobbying Manual
Article | October 23, 2024 | Law360
Bad Timing For FEC To Be Underresourced
Webinar | October 10, 2024
Trade Policy in Focus: Key Differences and Likely Election Impacts
Webinar | Sepetmeber 24, 2024
Beyond the Ballot: Navigating Post-Election Geopolitical and National Security Landscapes
Webinar | September 19, 2024
U.S. Presidential Election 2024: Navigating the Future of Trade Policy for the Indo-Pacific
Webinar | September 12, 2024
Digital Trade in 2025 and Beyond: An Election Outlook
Alert | September 4, 2024
Alert | August 6, 2024
In the News
In the News
Law360 | February 20, 2025
Trump's Anti-DEI Orders Stress Existing D&O Insurance Risks
Jason Cronic
PYMNTS | February 20, 2025
AI Regulations: EU Withdraws AI Liability Proposal; US Seeks Comments on AI Action Plan
Duane Pozza, Kathleen Scott, Lauren Lerman
Bloomberg Law Podcast | February 18, 2025
Trump Testing Limits & Inspectors Sue
Diana Shaw
Fastmarkets | February 17, 2025
Trump reinstates steel tariffs
Tim Brightbill, Christopher Weld
The national law journal | February 14, 2025
Critics of New Tariffs Face Uphill Battle in Courts, Experts Say
Greta Peisch
Inside U.S. Trade | February 14, 2025
What could DOGE cut from USTR? Not much, say former officials
Greta Peisch
Law360 | February 14, 2025
New Administration Begins Litigation About-Faces
Jeremy Broggi
The Washington Examiner | February 14, 2025
Inspectors general stress impartiality following mass Trump firings
Diana Shaw
cnbc | February 14, 2025
President Trump is trying to promote trade, but making sure it’s on equal footing: Nazak Nikakhtar
Nazak Nikakhtar
bloomberg tv | February 14, 2025
Unfinished Business: Nikakhtar on Pres. Trump Announcing Auto Tariffs
Nazak Nikakhtar
Yahoo Finance | February 13, 2025
Donald Trump's reciprocal tariff plans coming today are 'the big one' and could hit some US allies hard
Nazak Nikakhtar
the wall street journal | February 13, 2025
Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Study Reciprocal Tariffs
Tim Brightbill
The New York Times | February 13, 2025
Trump Says He’ll Rework Global Trading Relations With ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
Tim Brightbill
Bloomberg Law | February 13, 2025
Trump Moves to Impose Reciprocal Tariffs as Soon as April
Tim Brightbill
PYMNTS | February 12, 2025
Who Are Trump’s Picks to Lead Financial Regulators?
Duane Pozza
Reuters | February 12, 2025
Trump may dust off 1930 trade discrimination law to back reciprocal US tariffs
Nazak Nikakhtar
Inside AI Policy | February 11, 2025
Stakeholders: Trump RFI sets out approach for considering AI issues, without prescriptions
Duane Pozza
Fox News | February 11, 2025
$1,300 coffee cups, 8,000% overpay for soap dispensers show waste as DOGE locks in on Pentagon
Diana Shaw
Yahoo finance | February 10, 2025
Tariffs are a 'centerpiece' of Trump's agenda
Nazak Nikakhtar
POLitico | February 10, 2025
Up next? Another tariff blitz
Tim Brightbill
The New York Times | February 10, 2025
With Steel and Aluminum Tariffs, Trump Relaunches Familiar Fight
Nazak Nikakhtar
PYMNTS | February 10, 2025
FTC Names General Counsel and Heads of Consumer Protection and Competition Bureaus
Duane Pozza
The New York Times | February 7, 2025
Trump Allows Low-Cost Chinese Products to Enter U.S. Without Tariffs, for Now
Tim Brightbill
bloomberg government | February 6, 2025
Bondi Eases Foreign Agent Enforcement As Countries Tap Lobbyists
Tessa Capeloto
Inside U.s. trade | February 4, 2025
Trump trade memo suggests expanded use of ‘zeroing’
Tim Brightbill
Semafor | February 4, 2025
Trump administration weighs adding Shein, Temu to forced labor list
Greta Peisch
Bloomberg Law Podcast | February 4, 2025
Trump Tariffs & Google Antitrust Appeal
Tim Brightbill
National Law Journal | February 3, 2025
Trump's Inspectors General Purge Could Make Policy Changes Easier, Observers Say
Diana Shaw
usa today | February 3, 2025
Trump is breaking norms already. A roundup of policies shocking allies and opponents.
Diana Shaw
the new york times, politico, reuters, Steel Market Update | February 2, 2025
Tim Brightbill Comments on the Potential Impacts of the Trump Administration's Tariff Measures
Tim Brightbill
NBC News, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, financial times, the canadian press, agri-pulse | February 1, 2025
Greta Peisch Discusses the Implications of New Tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China
Greta Peisch
Fox and Friends | February 1, 2025
Trump implements tariffs on Mexico, Canada, China
Hon. Nazak Nikakhtar
CNN | February 1, 2025
Greta Peisch on CNN Talks Implications of Trump's Tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China
Greta Peisch
Scripps News | January 28, 2025
Trump's unprecedented dismissal of Inspectors General sparks legal concerns
Diana Shaw
International Trade Today | January 28, 2025
Proposed AD/CVD Changes, Return of Zeroing in Trump Trade Memo Could Push Up AD/CVD Rates
Tim Brightbill
Federal Drive with Tom Temin | January 28, 2025
Inspectors general are on pins and needles with the arrival of the Trump administration
Diana Shaw
PYMNTS | January 26, 2025
Ex-FTC Chair: Private Equity Is Hurting US Health System
Duane Pozza
The Wall Street Journal | January 25, 2025
Trump Fires Numerous Inspectors General in Friday Night Purge
Diana Shaw
Law360 | January 23, 2025
Limits On Biden's Contracting Power Could Also Hinder Trump
Craig Smith
Business insider | January 22, 2025
Trump brings DOGE inside the White House
Caleb Burns
Bloomberg's Balance of Power | January 22, 2025
Trump Threatens 10% Tariff on China, Cites Trade Deficit With EU
Hon. Nazak Nikakhtar
Bloomberg Law | January 22, 2025
As Trump Lobs Tariff Threats, White House Maps Trade Overhaul
Greta Peisch
Reuters | January 22, 2025
Trump threatens Russia, others with tariffs if Ukraine deal not reached
Tim Brightbill
PYMNTS | January 20, 2025
How AI Regulations May Change With New Trump White House
Duane Pozza
Yahoo Finance | January 20, 2025
Trump delays tariffs: Nazak Nikakhtar explains why
Hon. Nazak Nikakhtar
bloomberg law | January 17, 2025
Mexico Cozies Up to Trump With Crackdown on China Trade
Greta Peisch
Politico: Digital Future Daily | January 14, 2025
The future of tech policy battles under the Republican party
Hon. Nazak Nikakhtar
The wall street journal | January 13, 2025
The Hottest Ticket Across Corporate America: Trump’s Inauguration
Michael Toner
CBC | January 12, 2025
Nothing good can come from' retaliatory tariffs: Nazak Nikakhtar
Hon. Nazak Nikakhtar
The Canadian Press | January 11, 2025
How Trump could declare a national emergency to hit Canada with 25 per cent tariffs
Greta Peisch
Fox Business | January 9, 2025
Nazak Nikakhtar discusses the potential impacts of Trump tariffs
Hon. Nazak Nikakhtar
Agri-Pulse | January 8, 2025
Trump to pick up where he left off on trade deals, analysts say
Tim Brightbill
CNBC | January 7, 2025
Trump will continue to pursue widespread tariffs, says frmr. commerce secretary Nazak Nikakhtar
Hon. Nazak Nikakhtar
Global Finance Magazine | january 2, 2025
DOGE Readies Massive Cuts To US Government
Caleb Burns
Financial Times | December 10, 2024
Trump’s return casts a shadow over China’s success in US solar sector
Timothy Brightbill
EE Times | December 9, 2024
Tough New U.S. Controls on China May Miss Target
Hon. Nazak Nikakhtar
Reuters | December 5, 2024
Roaring US solar market hit by higher import costs
Timothy Brightbill
The Philadelphia Inquirer | November 30, 2024
Prepping for aluminum wars; U.S. factory owners seek "political" route to higher import taxes under Trump
Robert DeFrancesco
E&E News | November 27, 2024
What Trump’s tariffs could mean for American energy
Timothy Brightbill
Bloomberg's "Balance of Power" | November 26, 2024
Tariffs Address Trade Frictions With Partners
Hon. Nazak Nikakhtar
National Law Journal | November 25, 2024
Big Law Communications, Media Attorneys Brace for Changes Under Trump
Kathleen Kirby
POLITICO | November 25, 2024
Could Trump sideline government watchdogs? Some are already quitting.
Diana Shaw
Bloomberg Law | November 24, 2024
Federal Procurement Needs More Updates, Fewer Compliance Hurdles
Megan Brown, Brian Walsh, John Prairie
POLITICO | November 22, 2024
Even higher China tariffs
Greta Peisch
Euractiv | November 20, 2024
EU should prepare for ‘broad and aggressive’ Trump trade policies, says former top US official
Greta Peisch
GZERO | November 19, 2024
What Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks mean for AI
Duane Pozza
The Washington Post | November 19, 2024
Trump expected to name Howard Lutnick, Wall Street CEO, as commerce secretary
Hon. Nazak Nikakhtar
CNBC, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, Fox Business | November 13, 2024
Nazak Nikakhtar Comments on President-Elect Trump's Trade Policies
Hon. Nazak Nikakhtar
Reuters | November 8, 2024
Ready or not? How China scrambled to counter the second Trump shock
Hon. Nazak Nikakhtar
The New York Times | November 8, 2024
With Trump Tariffs Looming, Businesses Try to ‘Run From a Moving Target’
Timothy Brightbill
Inside Cybersecurity | November 7, 2024
Stakeholders identify areas of focus to drive cyber policy under incoming Trump administration
Megan Brown
Reuters | November 4, 2024
Trump's tariffs would reorder trade flows, raise costs, draw retaliation
Hon. Nazak Nikakhtar
Big Technology | November 1, 2024
Trade War? Tariffs? How A Trump Election Would Change Tech
Greta Peisch
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