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Apr
25
2017
 The Yates Memo – DOJ Issues Questions and Answers: Question 5 Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
25
2017
 Walgreens to Pay $9.86M in Settlement of Qui Tam Cases Alleging Improper Medi-Cal Billing Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Apr
25
2017
 New FAR Rule: Government May Disqualify Contractors Who Use Standard Confidentiality Language with Employees and Subcontractors Covington & Burling LLP
Apr
24
2017
 Office of Special Counsel Urges Ninth Circuit to Adopt Suitable Exhaustion Requirement Zuckerman Law
Apr
21
2017
 Relators Denied Permanent Seal on FCA Case Record after Voluntary Dismissal McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
20
2017
 Nuevas oportunidades de P3 para tecnología de gobiernos Bilzin Sumberg
Apr
20
2017
 When Can a Private Contractor Receive Governmental Immunity? von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Apr
20
2017
 EU and UK Sanctions Update: April 2017 K&L Gates
Apr
19
2017
 Court of Federal Claims Awards Enhanced Attorney Fees In Protest Following “Egregious” Agency Conduct Covington & Burling LLP
Apr
16
2017
 Protecting the Homeland from “Hostile” Drones Polsinelli PC
Apr
12
2017
 The Latest Clue to Solving the Maropakis Riddle: The Affirmative Defense of Offset Covington & Burling LLP
Apr
10
2017
 GAO Declines to Apply GAO Civilian Task and Delivery Order Protest Authority Act Retroactively to Lapse in Jurisdiction Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
7
2017
 Obligation to Cooperate in The Yates Memo – DOJ Issues Questions and Answers: Question 4 (Part 2) Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
6
2017
 2016 Government Accountability Office Annual Lobbying Disclosure Act Compliance Report Issued Covington & Burling LLP
Apr
5
2017
 OFCCP Announces Yet Another New Veteran Hiring Benchmark: Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
3
2017
 Veteran Hiring Benchmark Reduced – Again Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
3
2017
 House Hearing Examines Enforcement of US Immigration Law Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
30
2017
 Common Sense Prevails: “Tougher” To Satisfy Rule 9(b) Standard in “Implied Certification” FCA Case Arising from GSA Schedule Contractors’ Alleged TAA Non-Compliance Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
29
2017
 General Services Administration IG Questions Pricing Evaluation of Professional Services Schedules Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar
29
2017
 BREAKING: Blacklisting Rule Is Officially and Completely Dead Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
28
2017
 Key Takeaways From Recent Decisions Discussing Release Of Claims Provisions Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
28
2017
 Recently Announced: DOJ Will Extend FCPA Pilot Program Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
28
2017
 Circuit Courts Limit Reach of Federal False Claims Act in Two Defense Contractor Cases Faegre Drinker
Mar
28
2017
 First-To-File Rule of False Claims Act Continues to Present Interpretive Challenges Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
27
2017
 Lawmaker Predicts Bigger Pentagon Budget, Chance of BRAC Round; Lawmakers Warn Full Year CR Would Disrupt Military Training; Trump Administration Releases Report on Compliance with Detention Requests Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
23
2017
 GAO Report Identifies Government-wide Contracting Trends In Stark Contrast To Proposed Presidential Budget Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
16
2017
 Health Care Qui Tam Update: March 2017 Mintz
Mar
15
2017
 Tensions Heighten on the Korean Peninsula Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
9
2017
 Revisiting (Again) the Availability of Punitive Damages to Jones Act Seamen Against Third-Party Non-Employers in Eastern District of Louisiana Jones Walker LLP
Mar
9
2017
 First Circuit Affirms Lengthy Sentence of Chinese National Who Provided U.S. Goods to Iranian Nuclear Program Holland & Hart LLP
Mar
8
2017
 2017 National Defense Authorization Act’s Impact on Audits and Cost Accounting Standards Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
7
2017
 Department of Homeland Security Elaborates on its Anticipated Request for Border-Wall “Prototypes” Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
7
2017
 Senate Votes to Disapprove Obama-Era Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
7
2017
 Senate Approves Measure to Kill Obama-era Contractor Disclosure Rule Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
7
2017
 Congress Repeals Controversial Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Regulations Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar
7
2017
 Senate Votes to “Disapprove” Blacklisting Regulation Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
4
2017
 Pay Transparency: The Secret to Success? Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
3
2017
 GAO Report Calls for Improvements in Government Contractor Whistleblower Protections Zuckerman Law
Mar
1
2017
 DC Circuit Finds Government Failure to Seek Repayment is “Very Strong Evidence” of Non-Materiality In False Claims Act Case Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
1
2017
 DOJ Releases Detailed Criteria for Evaluating Compliance Programs McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
28
2017
 Time to Review Internal Confidentiality Agreements Foley & Lardner LLP
Feb
28
2017
 DHS Announces Intent to Award Contracts for Border-Wall “Prototypes” by Mid-April Covington & Burling LLP
Feb
27
2017
 What’s Past is Prologue: How The FCA’s Eventful Year in 2016 Will Affect Government Contractors Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
24
2017
 DOJ Publishes Guidance on Best Practices for Compliance Programs Katten
Feb
24
2017
 Notices of Pending Compliance Reviews Issued by Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Feb
23
2017
 Government Contracts: Advantages for Small Business Concerns Foley & Lardner LLP
Feb
22
2017
 No ‘Showstoppers’ to Defense Department’s Using Very Small Nuclear Reactors Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
22
2017
 Update: Additional information on CSALs Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
22
2017
 BREAKING NEWS: Advance OFCCP Audit Notification Letters Sent Out Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
21
2017
 Incoming! Incoming! Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Issues Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
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