The Next Buy American Compliance Battleground: Product Characterization for Technology Manufacturers
There are plenty of risks with Buy American Act compliance, but the biggest risk is hidden – that a company started with the wrong legal framework. A perfectly documented domestic-content analysis provides little protection if the product should have been evaluated under a different regulatory standard. Beginning in 2029, the standard domestic-content requirement for many […]
Two Export-Control Readings of the Fable 5 Suspension: An Export Attorney’s View and a Question to Users Worldwide
On June 12, 2026, the U.S. government invoked national-security export authorities to order Anthropic to suspend all access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, for every foreign national, anywhere, including the company’s own employees. Anthropic complied within hours, though they posted an auspicious notice for the world to view, creating some public disagreement. […]
Trade Agreements Act and Buy America Act Compliance Update
Why is compliance with either the Trade Agreements Act (“TAA”) or the Buy American Act (“BAA”) so important now? I am seeing increased scrutiny of federal contractors by both the General Services Administration (“GSA”) and the Department of War (previously known as the Department of Defense) on both supply chain accuracy and country of origin. […]
DaVinci Imposes TAA Obligations Back Into Agency Procurements Even if the Agency Waives the BAA
The Department of Veteran Affairs (“VA”) waived the protections of the Buy American Act (“BAA”) for a drug procurement because no offeror could meet the BAA requirement. But, the Court of Federal Claims (“COFC”) ruled on this issue that the waiver does not override the Trade Agreements Act (“TAA”), meaning that the VA must procure […]
Buy American Act (BAA) Calculation Fundamentals
We have had a lot of requests and questions lately regarding the BAA. This is unsurprising as the regulations can be very unclear at times and how they are applied. Although we have published several blogs on various topics concerning the BAA, TAA and Build America, Buy America laws and regulations, , in this blog […]