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May
9
2013
 Payments for Home Health Services and Hospice Care: Department of Veteran Affairs Releases Final Rule von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Apr
18
2013
 State and Commerce Publish Final Rules Defining “Specially Designed” Military End-Items and Creating a New Category XIX Faegre Drinker
Apr
17
2013
 Knowledge Of Defense Process – Key To Competition For Defense Dollars Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Apr
10
2013
 Final Rule Implementing Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Amendments Expands Protections for Military Families and Airline Flight Crews McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
5
2013
 Department of Labor (DOL) Issues Final Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Regulations Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Mar
30
2013
 "Robins Dry Dock" Rule Alive and Well Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
28
2013
 First-of-its-Kind Legislation Known As the Maritime Amendment Act (No. 1), 2013 Passes Vedder Price
Mar
26
2013
 The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has Made Some Changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”); Is Your Policy in Compliance? Faegre Drinker
Mar
24
2013
 2012 Veterans Employment Report Reveals Positive Signs U.S. Department of Labor
Mar
18
2013
 Quick Updates on Immigration Forms and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Posters Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP
Mar
13
2013
 What Is a "Vessel"? Re: U.S. Supreme Court Issues Decision Vedder Price
Mar
12
2013
 New Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Regulations Effective: New Notice Poster and Model Forms Available Poyner Spruill LLP
Mar
11
2013
 Can Your Employee Sue You? New Decision from 5th Court of Appeals Continues the Confusion as to Who Is a Jones Act Seaman Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
10
2013
 Tentative Port Labor Deal Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
10
2013
 Container Barges in Charleston Harbor to Relieve Truck Traffic on I-526? Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
10
2013
 Yacht Owners Beware Re: Salvage Claims Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
9
2013
 Department of Labor’s (DOL) Issues New Federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Regulations Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Mar
9
2013
 New Supreme Court Maritime Law Case on Vessel Status Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
6
2013
 Georgia Rivers are "Navigable" Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
6
2013
 New Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) Law Expected to Benefit Thousands of Military Families Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Mar
4
2013
 Final Rule Expands Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Leave for Military Family Members and Airline Crew Employees Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
3
2013
 Final Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Military Leave Regulations Issued Armstrong Teasdale
Feb
27
2013
 A Fast Track to Civilian Employment U.S. Department of Labor
Feb
25
2013
 Maritime Transport Subject to European Union (EU) General Competition Law Guidelines From 26 September 2013 McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
16
2013
 Modified TRICARE Reimbursement: Federal Government Releases Proposed Rule von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Feb
6
2013
 Indiana General Assembly Introduces Bills to Assist Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses; Governor Pence Signs Executive Order Aiding All Veteran Owned Businesses Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
30
2013
 Smash & Grab Redux - Congress Seems to Give DCAA Permission But Forgets to Give It Authority Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
17
2013
 Lozman v. Riviera Beach: When is a floating structure a “vessel”? Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
4
2013
 Consolidated DoD Central Adjudicative Facility Creates Change Armstrong Teasdale
Dec
22
2012
 GAO Will No Longer Consider Protests Challenging Certain Set Asides for Service-Disabled and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
17
2012
 Pentagon to Open Up Space Launch Vehicle Bidding, Expected Competitors Contribute over $4M MapLight
Nov
20
2012
 Employers Hiring Qualified Veterans Before the End of the Year May Be Eligible For Expanded Tax Credit Poyner Spruill LLP
Nov
14
2012
 Dewonkify – Fiscal Cliff Faegre Drinker
Nov
11
2012
 Pentagon Reinstates Program Offering Immigrants with Special Skills a Quicker Path to Citizenship Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
27
2012
 Obama Administration Ups Ante in Sequestration Fight Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
12
2012
 Broad new data security rule proposed for federal contractors Mintz
Sep
12
2012
 New Policy Seeks to Give Government Access to Defense Contractors' Internal Audit Reports Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
6
2012
 Democratic Platform Offers Hints at how Obama Would Handle Defense in Second Term Center for Public Integrity
Sep
1
2012
 GOP Platform at Odds with Public on Defense Spending Center for Public Integrity
Aug
16
2012
 Right Is Simple Hunton Andrews Kurth
Aug
15
2012
 The Formal Demands of a Somali Pirate Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Aug
9
2012
 $7B in Contracting Opportunities for Renewable Energy Projects Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aug
3
2012
 Onshore, Offshore, or Overseas, Coverage Provided U.S. Department of Labor
Jul
30
2012
 Lawmakers Keep Army Tank Alive Center for Public Integrity
Jul
16
2012
 The Congressional Budget Office Suggests that Budget Sequestration May Not Gut the Defense Budget. Center for Public Integrity
Jun
30
2012
 Alvarez’s Lies Go Unpunished, For Now: Supreme Court Strikes Down Stolen Valor Act The National Law Review / The National Law Forum LLC
Jun
16
2012
 Drones Not Used Effectively on U.S. Borders Center for Public Integrity
Jun
10
2012
 Are Nuclear Weapons Contractors’ Millions in Campaign Contributions Buying Favors? Center for Public Integrity
May
30
2012
 EPA and Department of Veterans Affairs to Connect Veterans with Jobs in Water Sectors U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
May
28
2012
 EU Commission Ready to Declare Maritime Transport a Sector Like Any Other Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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