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Rob is a shareholder in the firm’s Federal Government Law & Policy group. He has represented clients before Congress and federal agencies from a variety of industries and in multiple policy areas, including trade, energy, environment, health care, biotechnology, transportation, financial services, information technology, artificial intelligence, manufacturing, tax, education, pensions, defense, and foreign relations. Rob has a depth of understanding of the rules of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, and he has deep experience in legislative drafting. He previously served as chief of staff to U.S. Senator Wendell Ford, the former Senate Majority Whip.

Rob is a member of the firm’s Tariff Task Force, a multidisciplinary initiative that draws on the firm’s global platform to guide our clients through what comes next in regards to tariffs, including tariff refund matters, tax, litigation, and M&A activity spurred by these global shifts.

On Dec. 11, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence” that seeks to establish federal supremacy over state AI regulation. The order states that the Administration is concerned that some state-level regulation of AI may be overly burdensome, ideologically biased, or counterproductive to U.S. AI leadership…

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President Biden’s wide-ranging Oct. 30 executive order (EO) on artificial intelligence (AI) means that companies using AI or making AI products should stay current on a wave of new government regulations and guidance in the coming year.Review upcoming best practice guidance addressing specific industries to be aware of what customers (including the government)
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ב – 21 בדצמבר 2020, העביר הקונגרס האמריקני מספר תיקונים והרחבות לתוכנית להגנת השכר – (Paycheck Protection Program)
אשר אומצה ב – 27 במרס 2020. התיקונים כוללים, בין השאר, תוספת מימון להלוואות חדשות ושינויים בכללי הזכאות לקבלת הלוואה ולהפיכת ההלוואה למענק. הפוסט המצורף מתאר את עיקר השינויים.

ליצירת קשר בנושא, אנא פנו לעורכי הדין המתמחים…

NOTE: This information is correct as of 1 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016.

While all the returns have not yet been certified, there is no question that it was a big night for President-elect Donald Trump.  Just as he has done throughout the entirety of the campaign, President-elect Trump stunned political analysts last night…