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Jul
28
2017
 SCA Contractors: Fringe Benefit Rate to Increase With Adjustment for Executive Order 13706 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jul
26
2017
 Senate Armed Services Committee Directs DoD to Reduce Drug Prices Covington & Burling LLP
Jul
26
2017
 EU Extends Economic Sanctions Against Russia by Six Months Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
21
2017
 US Attorney’s Office in Chicago Announces Creation of Health Care Fraud Unit Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jul
19
2017
 Department of State Releases 2017 TIP Report Covington & Burling LLP
Jul
14
2017
 Attorney General Announces Eighth Annual Fraud Takedown Targeting Opioid Epidemic Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jul
14
2017
 More Than 400 Charged in Largest-Ever Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action, While Hundreds More Face Potential Exclusion Faegre Drinker
Jul
11
2017
 GSA Cancels Solicitation for New FBI Building Covington & Burling LLP
Jul
11
2017
 Key Takeaways from Trump Administration Memo on Buy American Laws Covington & Burling LLP
Jul
10
2017
 Government Accountability Office: “Reasoned Judgment” Required When Establishing Competitive Range Covington & Burling LLP
Jul
6
2017
 Court of Federal Claims Rules That It Lacks Jurisdiction Over Challenges To GSA Lease Compliance Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
30
2017
 FDA Signs MOU with China Establishing Registration Process for U.S. Food Manufacturers Exporting Goods to China Keller and Heckman LLP
Jun
28
2017
 Change Is Upon Us: An Analysis of the Section 801 COTS Provisions of the 2018 NDAA Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
28
2017
 Contractors with Access to Classified Information Now Subject to Heightened Reporting Requirements Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
27
2017
 ASBCA Issues Important Ruling in “Contractor-on-the-Battlefield” Dispute Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
22
2017
 Genesis HealthCare To Pay $54 Million To Settle Qui Tam Lawsuits Alleging Subsidiaries Overbilled Government for Hospice Services Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Jun
20
2017
 Illinois Appellate Court Blows the Whistle on Serial Relator McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
12
2017
 Section 809 Panel Urges Congress to Bring DoD Spending into the 21st Century Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
12
2017
 Senate Continues Work on Iran and Russia Sanctions Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
12
2017
 Congressional Hearings Will Focus on State and Defense Department’s FY 2018 Budgets, While Senate Focuses on Iran Sanctions Bill Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
5
2017
 The Perils of Bad Recordkeeping: A Lack of Country of Origin Documentation Results in Adverse Inference of Non-Compliance with the Trade Agreements Act Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
2
2017
 Iraq War Contractor Pays $95 Million to Settle Allegations by False Claims Act Whistleblower Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Jun
1
2017
 Fourth Circuit Decision in Triple Canopy Sets up Another Implied Certification Circuit Split McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
1
2017
 Department of Justice Use of Parallel Proceedings Dickinson Wright PLLC
May
30
2017
 House Armed Services Committee Takes Aim at GSA with Proposed Legislation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
25
2017
 USSC Issues RFP For Report On Supply Chain IT Vulnerabilities From China Covington & Burling LLP
May
23
2017
 Is A Merger of Office Of Federal Contract Compliance Programs And Equal Employment Opportunity Commission On Horizon? Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
22
2017
 Lawmaker Introduces Defense Acquisition Reform Bill; Lawmakers Introduce Federal Immigration Legislation Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
22
2017
 President Trump Travels Overseas to Saudi Arabia, Israel and Europe; Congress Focuses on Iran, Russia and Cyber Matters Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
19
2017
 U.S. Government Accountability Office Recommends Improvements to DOE’s Fraud Controls; DOE Fires Back Covington & Burling LLP
May
17
2017
 Straight Shooter: Fourth Circuit Stands By Its Earlier Decision In Case About Iraqi Security Guards Whose Inability To Shoot Straight Gave Rise to FCA Liability Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
15
2017
 “Buy American” Executive Order Could Impact U.S. Foreign Military Sales Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
10
2017
 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and New Trump Administration: Your Top Ten Questions Answered Foley & Lardner LLP
May
10
2017
 Department of Labor to Recognize Employers Who Recruit, Employer Veterans Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
9
2017
 2017 Omnibus Agreement: Key Health Provisions Polsinelli PC
May
9
2017
 Missouri Legislature Deals Another Blow to Unions by Limiting Use of Project Labor Agreements Polsinelli PC
May
9
2017
 Federal Aviation Administration and ASSURE Publish Results of UAS Collision Study Polsinelli PC
May
8
2017
 Senate Will Hold Hearings on North Korea, Russia and Cyber-Related Concerns; Pentagon Readies Afghan Strategy for President Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
5
2017
 Blood Testing Lab Quest Diagnostics to Pay $6 Million to Settle Healthcare Whistleblower’s Allegations of Kickbacks and Unnecessary Testing Tycko & Zavareei LLP
May
4
2017
 Corporate Political Disclosure Fight Shifts to Mutual Funds Covington & Burling LLP
May
4
2017
 Long Live Reasonableness: Reinforcing Implied Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing in Government Contracts Covington & Burling LLP
May
2
2017
 Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals Dismisses Two Claims Against Lockheed Martin Based On “Plainly Invalid Legal Theory” Holland & Hart LLP
May
2
2017
 Are A Jones Act Seaman's Wages Really Exempt From Garnishment? Jones Walker LLP
May
2
2017
 Fifth Circuit Revisits McBride Maritime Decision: Pre-Death Pain and Suffering, and Lost Support Jones Walker LLP
May
1
2017
 Business Community Requests Rejection of Revised EEO-1 Report Requiring Disclosure of Pay Data Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
1
2017
 A Tale of Two Contract Releases: One for the Government, One for the Contractor Covington & Burling LLP
May
1
2017
 “Buy American” Provisions Could Impact Pentagon; Federal Judge Bars Government From Withholding Funds to Sanctuary Jurisdictions Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
28
2017
 Challenges and Priorities for the New Secretary of Labor Covington & Burling LLP
Apr
28
2017
 Another District Court Dismisses Improperly Pled Implied Certification Claims McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
27
2017
 What Happens IF There is a Government Shutdown? Jackson Lewis P.C.
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