Government Contracts, Maritime & Military Law

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Oct
25
2016
 What Goes Around Comes Around: Office of Federal Procurement Policy Makes Efforts to Institutionalize Category Management Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
25
2016
 Down to the Wire: DOL’s “Blacklisting Rule” Enjoined Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
21
2016
 FAR Council Finalizes Rule Imposing Restrictions On Contracting With Companies With Felony Convictions And Delinquent Tax Liabilities Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
20
2016
 UN Security Council Calls for Stricter Enforcement of Sanctions Against North Korea Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
19
2016
 The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
19
2016
 Director Patricia Shiu to Leave OFCCP on November 6th Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
18
2016
 Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs Director Patricia Shiu To Step Down November 6, 2016 Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
18
2016
 Seventh Circuit Issues Ruling Interpreting False Claim Act Whistleblower Amendments Proskauer Rose 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
Oct
18
2016
 Accounting for Cost of Business Combinations Under Government Contracts: What You Need to Know About Mergers and Acquisitions Involving Government Contractors and Their Suppliers Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
12
2016
 Third Circuit Revives Reverse False Claims Act Case but Acknowledges Burden on Defendants McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
11
2016
 Root Cause Analyses: When Safety and Legal Concerns Collide for Marine Employers Bracewell LLP
Oct
11
2016
 Pretrial Investigative Files and the Work-Product Doctrine Bracewell LLP
Oct
11
2016
 The Fifth Circuit Revisits the Definition of ‘Vessel’ Under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Bracewell LLP
Oct
11
2016
 Alabama District Court Denies Physical Supplier Maritime Lien in First Post-Trial Decision in the United States Arising Out of OW Bunker Collapse Bracewell LLP
Oct
11
2016
 Seventh Circuit Court Opinion Analyzes Impact of 2010 FCA Amendments on Public Disclosure Bar McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
10
2016
 DoD Finalizes Rule on Policies for Cyber Incident Reporting Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
8
2016
 GAO Reports on “Limited Role” of Public-Private Partnerships in Disposing of and Managing Excess Real Property Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
6
2016
 New Interim Rule Prohibits Federal Contractors From Retaliating Against Employees Who Discuss Compensation With Colleagues Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
6
2016
 GAO Decision Illustrates Breadth of Agency Discretion in Past Performance Evaluations Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
6
2016
 GAO Releases Detailed Report Criticizing Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
5
2016
 EEOC Announces New EEO-1 Rule Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
5
2016
 US DOL Issues Final Rule Requiring Paid Sick Leave for Employees of Federal Contractors Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
4
2016
 2017: New Year, New Contracts, New Sick Leave Requirements For Federal Contractors Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Oct
4
2016
 Corporate Outsiders – on the Wrong Side of the Circuit Split on Rule 9(b) McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
1
2016
 The GAO Is Not Down With OFCCP: Report Criticizes Agency’s “Weak” Compliance Evaluations and May Trigger Increased Contractor Oversight Covington & Burling LLP
Sep
30
2016
 GSA Leaves Many Questions Unanswered, As Industry Assesses The New Transactional Data Reporting Rule Covington & Burling LLP
Sep
30
2016
 GAO’s Task Order Protest Jurisdiction Expires Today Covington & Burling LLP
Sep
30
2016
 DOL: Paid Sick Leave for Workers on Federal Contracts Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Sep
30
2016
 Vibra Healthcare To Pay $33 Million To Settle Qui Tam Lawsuit That Alleged Healthcare Fraud in Medicare Billing Practices Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Sep
30
2016
 DOL Publishes Final Rule Requiring Federal Contractors To Provide Paid Sick Leave To Employees Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
29
2016
 Final Pay Data Reporting Report and Paid Sick Leave Regulations Released Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sep
28
2016
 DoD Finalizes Rule Expanding Contractor Rights in Technical Data Covington & Burling LLP
Sep
28
2016
 One Year Later: The Yates Memo, False Claims Act and Director & Executive Liability McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
28
2016
 D.C. Circuit Upholds Constitutionality of Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Program Covington & Burling LLP
Sep
26
2016
 Senate Scheduled to Vote on Continuing Resolution on Tuesday; Conservative House Members Introduce 40-Day Spending Extension Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
26
2016
 McCaul Unveils Counterterrorism Strategy, Including TSA Overhaul; Lawmakers Advance TSA and Counterterrorism Measures Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
26
2016
 Congress Focuses on a Short-Term CR and Possibly Overriding the JASTA Veto; Washington Hosts the AGOA Summit This Week Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
23
2016
 Rule Governing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors Completes OMB Review Process Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
23
2016
 OFCCP Report Card: GAO Release Report of Its Review of the Agency Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sep
23
2016
 Naval Air Station Successfully Tests Flight With 100 Percent Advanced Biofuel Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Sep
23
2016
 Employee Efforts to Stop Employer FCA Violation is Protected Activity Even When No Distinct Possibility of FCA Litigation, says Fourth Circuit Covington & Burling LLP
Sep
22
2016
 OSHA Requests Information on Shipyard Safety Rules Covering Falls Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sep
22
2016
 The Perils of Parallel Proceedings in False Claims Act Cases: To Stay or Not to Stay McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
22
2016
 European Defense Strengthened after Brexit? Covington & Burling LLP
Sep
22
2016
 Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die – New DFARS Clauses Target Counterfeit Electronic Parts Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
21
2016
 Insider Threat Programs – A New Challenge for Cleared Contractors Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
21
2016
 Agencies Publish Strict New Labor Reporting Guidelines for Government Contractors Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
21
2016
 Penalties For Health Care Law Violations Surge Mintz
Sep
20
2016
 Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Increase Announced – Changes Effective January 1, 2017 Proskauer Rose LLP
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