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Manufacturing

Overview

As a stakeholder in the manufacturing sector, you operate within a highly competitive global landscape shaped by evolving technologies, supply-chain complexities, and a shifting regulatory environment. Faegre Drinker leverages an extraordinary legacy of experience to serve manufacturing clients, representing companies that make and sell products across an array of industries, including automotive, construction, metals, health and life sciences, food and agribusiness, and consumer goods.

With an international presence, we seamlessly support your operations, expansion, and compliance needs — wherever your business takes you. Our customs and trade attorneys help you manage international regulations, import/export controls, and global supply-chain challenges. Our team also excels in environmental compliance and risk management, advising you on regulatory issues, sustainability initiatives, and environmental litigation. In labor relations, we support you in union negotiations, employment disputes, and workplace compliance, ensuring you maintain strong, effective workforce management.

Our multidisciplinary approach enables you to benefit from our collaborative experience across many practice areas, including M&A, high-stakes litigation, and strategic investment and capital deployment, drawing on resources and insights from overlapping sectors to provide comprehensive, business-focused legal solutions. Our extensive institutional knowledge allows us to anticipate challenges and address them proactively, so you can focus on your day-to-day operations. We act as your business partners and collaborators, evolving with the sector to help you advance your goals and overcome your most pressing challenges.

Insights & Events

Latest

Updates January 2026

Federal Court Upholds Washington State’s Commercial Electronic Mail Act against CAN-SPAM Preemption Argument

Class Actions Target Commercial Emails with False or Misleading Subject Lines
5 min read
Updates January 2026

Fourth Quarter 2025 Government Contracts Policy and Regulatory Review

Key Regulatory, Enforcement, and Defense Acquisition Reforms Reshape Risks and Opportunities for Federal Contractors
20 min read
Updates January 2026

Department of Homeland Security’s Weighted Selection Process for H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions

H-1B Registration Period Dates Not Announced, but Expected to Begin in March 2026
3 min read
News January 2026

Faegre Drinker Announces 2026 Leadership Transitions

3 min read
Updates January 2026

Five Things to Know Now About New York’s Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program

Reporting Entities Must Track 2026 GHG Emissions Now
8 min read
Updates January 2026

US Tariff and Trade Enforcement: 2025 Year in Review

Trade Fraud Task Force Ushers in a New Era of Aggressive Enforcement
12 min read
Updates November 2025

IEEPA Tariff Refunds and Follow-On Litigation: ‘How Would This Work? It Seems to Me Like This Could Be a Mess’*

*Justice Amy Coney Barrett in Oral Argument, Learning Resources, Inc. et al. v. Trump et al. and Trump et al. v. V.O.S. Selections et al., S. Ct. Nos. 24-1287 and 25-250
15 min read
Updates November 2025

EPA Proposes Revisions to Toxic Substances Control Act’s PFAS Reporting Rule — Adds Several Reporting Exemptions

Proposed Changes Alleviate Reporting Pressures on PFAS Manufacturers and Importers
4 min read
Blog Post October 2025

Causation Conundrums: Implications of Georgia Supreme Court’s Interpretation of Statute of Repose in Long-Term Product Use Cases

Faegre Drinker on Products blog
1 min read
Updates October 2025

New California Laws for 2026 and Beyond: What Employers Should Know

Affecting Restraint of Trade, Artificial Intelligence, Workplace Rights, Employer Pay Data, Payment of Wages and More
31 min read
Insights
Updates January 2026

Federal Court Upholds Washington State’s Commercial Electronic Mail Act against CAN-SPAM Preemption Argument

Class Actions Target Commercial Emails with False or Misleading Subject Lines
5 min read
Updates January 2026

Fourth Quarter 2025 Government Contracts Policy and Regulatory Review

Key Regulatory, Enforcement, and Defense Acquisition Reforms Reshape Risks and Opportunities for Federal Contractors
20 min read
Updates January 2026

Department of Homeland Security’s Weighted Selection Process for H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions

H-1B Registration Period Dates Not Announced, but Expected to Begin in March 2026
3 min read
Updates January 2026

Five Things to Know Now About New York’s Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program

Reporting Entities Must Track 2026 GHG Emissions Now
8 min read
Updates January 2026

US Tariff and Trade Enforcement: 2025 Year in Review

Trade Fraud Task Force Ushers in a New Era of Aggressive Enforcement
12 min read
Updates November 2025

IEEPA Tariff Refunds and Follow-On Litigation: ‘How Would This Work? It Seems to Me Like This Could Be a Mess’*

*Justice Amy Coney Barrett in Oral Argument, Learning Resources, Inc. et al. v. Trump et al. and Trump et al. v. V.O.S. Selections et al., S. Ct. Nos. 24-1287 and 25-250
15 min read
Updates November 2025

EPA Proposes Revisions to Toxic Substances Control Act’s PFAS Reporting Rule — Adds Several Reporting Exemptions

Proposed Changes Alleviate Reporting Pressures on PFAS Manufacturers and Importers
4 min read
Blog Post October 2025

Causation Conundrums: Implications of Georgia Supreme Court’s Interpretation of Statute of Repose in Long-Term Product Use Cases

Faegre Drinker on Products blog
1 min read
Updates October 2025

New California Laws for 2026 and Beyond: What Employers Should Know

Affecting Restraint of Trade, Artificial Intelligence, Workplace Rights, Employer Pay Data, Payment of Wages and More
31 min read
Podcast October 2025

Advancing the Circular Economy: Construction Materials That Capture Carbon and Reduce Carbon Emissions

Deanna’s Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability
2 min read

Meet The Team

Meet The Full Manufacturing Team