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Jun
2
2016
Does Violation of the Seal Requirement Require Dismissal? Supreme Court Will Decide. McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
29
2021
Does Your Contract Work Abroad Require A Combatting Trafficking In Persons Compliance Plan? Now Is A Good Time To Check Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
1
2016
DOJ Announces Dramatic Increase in False Claims Act Penalties Mintz
Oct
21
2021
DOJ Announces New Cyber-Fraud Initiative and Intent to Utilize False Claims Act to Spur Compliance Hunton Andrews Kurth
May
23
2018
DOJ Announces Planned Release of FARA Advisory Opinions Covington & Burling LLP
Nov
8
2019
DOJ Announces Procurement Collusion Strike Force Foley & Lardner LLP
Nov
16
2017
DOJ Announces Significant Shift Towards Affirmative Dismissal Of “Frivolous” Qui Tam Complaints: A New Exit Strategy For Defendants? McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
29
2016
DOJ Argues Supreme Court Holding Regarding FCA Implied Certification Theory Applies Beyond Health Care Arena and Privity Polsinelli PC
Jul
7
2016
DOJ Doubles False Claim Act Civil Monetary Penalties Polsinelli PC
Nov
12
2018
DOJ enters into settlement with credit union to resolve alleged SCRA violations in connection with vehicle repossessions Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
1
2022
DOJ FCPA Opinion Encourages Corporate Disclosure Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec
20
2018
DOJ Follows Through on a 2018 New Years’ Resolution: Rein In Qui Tam Actions Mintz
Jan
1
2020
DOJ Intervenes in False Claims Act Case Against Defense Contractor Navistar Defense Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Feb
7
2022
DOJ Issues Expedited FCPA Opinion, Shows Willingness to Communicate With Requestors Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
29
2018
DOJ Issues Memorandum Outlining Factors for Evaluating Dismissal of Qui Tam FCA Cases in Which the Government Has Declined to Intervene McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
15
2016
DOJ Juggernaut Will Continue To Rack in $$$$ Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
8
2019
DOJ Launches Strike Force to Prosecute Criminal Antitrust Offenses in Government Procurement Process Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
8
2016
DOJ Leaves Much Unsaid After Announcing Need for Corporate Certifications to Finalize Settlements Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
11
2024
DOJ Looks to Incentivize Whistleblowers with New Pilot Program Blank Rome LLP
Oct
18
2016
DOJ Official Bill Baer Elaborates on Cooperation in False Claims Act and Other Civil Enforcement Matters: Cooperation in Eye of Beholder McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
24
2017
DOJ Publishes Guidance on Best Practices for Compliance Programs Katten
Mar
1
2017
DOJ Releases Detailed Criteria for Evaluating Compliance Programs McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
26
2017
DOJ Releases its 2017 False Claims Act Recovery Statistics Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
18
2016
DOJ Seeks Rehearing in D.C. Circuit Case, Hoping to Resurrect Liability for a Contractor’s “Objectively Reasonable” Interpretation of an Ambiguous Contract Provision Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
6
2019
DOJ Set to Increase Scrutiny of Government Contractors with New Procurement Collusion Strike Force McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
14
2017
DOJ Settlement with Netcracker Technology Corporation Highlights Cybersecurity and Export Control Best Practices for Government Contractors and Information Technology Companies Faegre Drinker
Oct
22
2021
DOJ Signals Intent to Hold Government Contractors Accountable for Lax Cybersecurity Standards Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jan
19
2023
DOJ Strike Force Nabs Another Government Contractor Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
8
2022
DOJ Sues to Block Merger Between Booz Allen Hamilton and EverWatch Based on Antitrust Concerns Relating to Single-Contract Market Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
19
2011
DOJ Targets FCPA and Anti-Trust Violations Jointly Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
10
2021
DOJ to Federal Contractors: Report Cyberattacks or Face the False Claims Act Bracewell LLP
Jul
31
2017
DOJ Turns Up the Heat on Asset Forfeitures Ward and Smith, P.A.
Apr
24
2020
DOJ Will Not Challenge COVID-19 Response Distribution Collaboration McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
21
2022
DOJ’s Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative Secures More Than $9 Million in Two False Claims Act Settlements for Alleged Cybersecurity Violations Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
29
2024
DOJ’s First Intervention in Cybersecurity FCA Qui Tam Case Signals Continued Cyber Enforcement Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
14
2017
DOL Allows SOX Claim Where Foreign Whistleblower Alleged Violation of US Law Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
16
2015
DOL And FAR Council Extend Notice and Comment Period For Guidance And Regulations Implementing The Fair Pay And Safe Workplaces Executive Order Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
27
2024
DOL Announces Contractor Portal Will Open For AAP Certification On April 1 Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
25
2012
DOL Delivers - Federal Contracts are Big Business U.S. Department of Labor
Nov
1
2014
DOL Extends Comment Period for Contractor Equal-Pay-Report Rule Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C.
Jul
10
2015
DOL Files Discrimination Suit Against Baltimore-Based Federal Contractor Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
10
2020
DOL Finalizes Rule Requiring Internal Approval of Evidence Prior to Issuing Preliminary Notices of Discriminatory Bias Claims Against Contractors Faegre Drinker
Oct
14
2023
DOL Gender Discrimination Investigation of US Foods Leads to Back Wages and other Remedies The National Law Review / The National Law Forum LLC
Jan
5
2015
DOL Implements New Rule: Government Contractors and Subcontractors Prohibited from Discriminating Against LGBT Workers Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
13
2021
DOL Issues Final Rules for $15 Minimum Wage for Federal Government Contractors Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
6
2021
DOL Issues Guidance on COVID-19 Claims Handling under LHWCA Bracewell LLP
Jul
23
2021
DOL Issues Proposed Rule on Raising Minimum Wage to $15 per Hour for Federal Contractor Employees Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
29
2022
DOL Notifies Government Contractors That It Intends to Disclose EEO-1 Data for Nonobjectors Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Oct
13
2020
DOL Office Clarifies President Trump's Executive Order on Implicit Bias Training for Federal Contractors Varnum LLP
Mar
21
2022
DOL Proposes First Major Overhaul of Davis-Bacon Act Regulations in 40 Years Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
 

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