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Sep
28
2022
 Federal Government Outlines New Security and Attestation Requirements for Software Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
29
2015
 Federal Guidance on Independent Contractors on Its Way This Summer Mintz
Jan
5
2015
 Federal Information Technology Reform Act Included in the House-Passed NDAA FY 15 Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
7
2021
 Federal Judge Blocks Contractor Vaccine Mandate Nationwide Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
26
2022
 Federal Judge in Texas Blocks Enforcement of Vaccine Mandate for Federal Workers Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
13
2011
 Federal Judge Upholds DOJ's Expansive Application Of FCPA Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
31
2010
 Federal law Prohibits Defense Contractors from Enforcing Employment Contract Arbitration Provisions Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Sep
16
2022
 Federal Maritime Commission Seeking Comment on New Rulemaking Regarding Prohibition Against Ocean Common Carrier Refusal to Negotiate on Vessel Space Accommodations K&L Gates
Nov
24
2021
 Federal Service Contractors Should Start Preparing Now for New Biden Executive Order “Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts” Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
31
2020
 Fed’s Vice Chair for Supervision Proposes a Deregulatory Approach to Limit the Scope of “Matters Requiring Attention” used in Bank Examinations Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
15
2016
 FEMA to Cover 90 Percent of Public-Assistance Cost in Louisiana Flooding Bracewell LLP
Jun
9
2020
 FERC Proposes To Limit Availability Of Tariff Waivers Bracewell LLP
Apr
30
2018
 FERC Stay of Construction, Eleventh Circuit Affirms FERC Decision & Federal Government MOU on Infrastructure: Hydro Newsletter - Volume 5, Issue 5 Van Ness Feldman LLP
Jun
7
2023
 FFF Sovereign Immunity Series – Part XI: Texas Toast Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Dec
20
2022
 Fifth Circuit Affirms Injunction Preventing Enforcement of Contractor Vaccine Mandate Against Louisiana, Indiana, and Mississippi Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
22
2022
 Fifth Circuit Affirms Preliminary Injunction Blocking Federal Contractor COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
12
2017
 Fifth Circuit Allows Maritime Tort Indemnification in the Oceangoing Cargo Transportation Industry Jones Walker LLP
Mar
23
2021
 Fifth Circuit Applies Contributory Negligence to Seaman Injured While Following General Order Jones Walker LLP
Jul
30
2020
 Fifth Circuit Clarifies the Scope of "Necessaries" Under Federal Maritime Lien Statute Jones Walker LLP
Jul
20
2015
 Fifth Circuit Enforces High Rule 9(b) Bar in Affirming Dismissal of Implied Certification Case McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
20
2019
 Fifth Circuit Expands Doiron Test to Determine Whether a Contract Is Maritime Bracewell LLP
Aug
12
2020
 Fifth Circuit Finds National Marine Fisheries Service Has No Authority to Regulate Aquaculture Beveridge & Diamond PC
May
4
2016
 Fifth Circuit Finds that Maritime Law Does Not Apply to Property Damage and Economic Loss Claims Following Rupture of Riser Chain Connected to a Floating Production and Storage Facility Bracewell LLP
Sep
19
2016
 Fifth Circuit Holds FCA Amendment Does Not Expand Retaliation Liability beyond Employers McDermott Will & Emery
May
2
2017
 Fifth Circuit Revisits McBride Maritime Decision: Pre-Death Pain and Suffering, and Lost Support Jones Walker LLP
Dec
12
2017
 Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Criminal Charges Brought Against Offshore Contractors Under The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Jones Walker LLP
Jul
30
2020
 Fifth Circuit: Vessel Owner’s Limitation of Liability Action Dismissed for Failure to Provide Proper Notice Jones Walker LLP
Apr
18
2016
 Fighting Reportedly Escalates in Syria and Ukraine; House Armed Services Subcommittees to Mark-up NDAA Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
26
2023
 Fighting Transnational Corruption: Why the Treasury Department Must Make Awards More Accessible to Whistleblowers in its AML Whistleblower Act Regulations Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Apr
19
2022
 Filers Eschew "Special Military Operation" In Favor Of "War", "Conflict" and "Invasion" Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
11
2018
 Final Corps Guidance Issued on Section 408 Permitting Van Ness Feldman LLP
Mar
3
2013
 Final Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Military Leave Regulations Issued Armstrong Teasdale
May
17
2016
 Final FAR Cyber Rule Issued on Basic Safeguarding Requirements Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
21
2016
 Final Gender Discrimination Rule for Federal Contractors Issued Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Dec
3
2014
 Final LGBT Rule Released - Analysis Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) Jackson Lewis P.C.
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