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Sep
1
2016
Unclassified Contracts? Foreign Buyers Still Make a Difference: What You Need to Know About Mergers and Acquisitions Involving Government Contractors and Their Suppliers Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
1
2016
Judge Considers Summary Judgment in Government’s FCA Suit Against Lance Armstrong Polsinelli PC
Sep
1
2016
Supreme Court Holds Implied Certifications Create False Claims Act Liability Much Shelist, P.C.
Sep
1
2016
DOD Final Rule Addresses Source Requirements and Cost Recovery for Use of Counterfeit Electronic Parts Covington & Burling LLP
Aug
31
2016
Poder discrecional en las adquisiciones: La GAO falla a favor del gobierno Bilzin Sumberg
Aug
30
2016
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Rule Presents Challenges to Government Contractors Holland & Hart LLP
Aug
30
2016
Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Ex-Employee’s Retaliation Suit McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
29
2016
“Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” Final Rule and Guidance Released by DOL and FAR Council Covington & Burling LLP
Aug
24
2016
U.S. Army ERDC Conducting Survey to Inform Risk Management Tool for Developing Nano-Enabled Products and Nanomaterials Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Aug
24
2016
BREAKING: FAR Council Publishes Final Rule On Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces (“Blacklisting”) Executive Order Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
23
2016
UK Export Control Order Amends Maritime Antipiracy Open General Trade Control Licence (OGTCL) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
22
2016
Export Regulation Revisions: Harmonization of Destination Control Statements Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aug
19
2016
Take Two: Proposed Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Commercial Item Rule Still Fails to Rein in Contracting Officer Discretion Covington & Burling LLP
Aug
19
2016
Ninth Circuit Court Overturns District Court on Sufficiency of Pleading under Rule 9(b), Remands for Amendment McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
18
2016
Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee Reports “Plateauing” in Suspension and Debarment Activity Covington & Burling LLP
Aug
17
2016
Hospital’s Reasonable Interpretation of Ambiguous Law Supports Dismissal of Relator’s Case McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
16
2016
Terrorism Incidents Down, Disruption Up in 2015 [INFOGRAPHIC] Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Aug
16
2016
Government Accountability Office Blocks Contractor’s Attempt to Poach Competitor’s Employees Holland & Hart LLP
Aug
15
2016
Foreign Buyers Do Make a Difference: What You Need to Know About Mergers and Acquisitions Involving Government Contractors and Their Suppliers Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
15
2016
U.S. Office of Government Ethics Updates Rules Governing Recruiting of Federal Employees to Private Sector Jobs Covington & Burling LLP
Aug
12
2016
Eighth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Grant Based on Reasonable Interpretation of Ambiguous Regulation McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
11
2016
Recent GAO Decision Highlights Possibility of Limited Evaluations in Best-Value Procurements Covington & Burling LLP
Aug
11
2016
Medicaid and Medicare Fraud Allegations Resolved with a $3.28 Million Settlement by the Estate of Dr. Kenneth Michael Rice and UMC Physicians Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Aug
11
2016
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Final Rule Prohibits Sex and Gender Identity Discrimination in Employee Benefits Faegre Drinker
Aug
9
2016
Revisiting OFCCP Jurisdiction: Basics Differ for Companies and Local Governments von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Aug
8
2016
Ninth Circuit Rejects Qui Tam Relator’s Original Source Claim McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
6
2016
New Sex Discrimination Guidelines Take Effect August 15, 2016 Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
3
2016
HHS Seeing Stars After Recent Loss in Court of Federal Claims Bid Protest Covington & Burling LLP
Aug
3
2016
Reforma de las Impugnaciones a Licitaciones de la Oficina de Fiscalización del Gobierno (GAO) de EE. UU. Bilzin Sumberg
Aug
2
2016
Discretion in Procurement: GAO Finds for the Government Bilzin Sumberg
Aug
1
2016
FTC Encourages VA to Adopt Proposed Rule Preempting State Laws to Allow Advanced Practice Registered Nurses to Provide Services Without Physician Oversight McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
27
2016
Investing in Small Businesses: What You Need to Know About Mergers and Acquisitions, part VII Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
27
2016
Massachusetts Jury Acquits in One of First Few Prosecutions of Health Care Executives Following DOJ’s Yates Memo Mintz
Jul
26
2016
False Claims Act Penalty Spike Confirmed by DOJ Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jul
26
2016
Seventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Federal Subcontractor in FCA Suit Regarding Fringe Benefit Withholdings McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
25
2016
Price Reductions Are Dead; Long Live Price Reduction - Transactional Data Reporting Rule Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
23
2016
Changes to Small Business Subcontracting On the Horizon Covington & Burling LLP
Jul
21
2016
Federal Circuit Confirms that Award Term Extension Constitutes New Contract for Purposes of Bid Protest Jurisdiction Covington & Burling LLP
Jul
21
2016
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Unveils Tougher Guidelines for Supplemental Bonding on the US Outer Continental Shelf Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jul
21
2016
Post Hoc Proposal Reevaluation Exacerbates Error in Award Decision Covington & Burling LLP
Jul
19
2016
False Claims Act Penalties Double as of August 1, 2016 Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Jul
19
2016
Government Accountability Office Bid Protest Reform Bilzin Sumberg
Jul
18
2016
Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP) Announces 2016 Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act Hiring Benchmark Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jul
15
2016
Update on O.W. Bunker Maritime Lien Litigation Bracewell LLP
Jul
14
2016
SBA Considers Potential Consequences of Kingdomware Technologies Supreme Court Decision Covington & Burling LLP
Jul
12
2016
The OFCCP’s Revised Scheduling Letter and NLRB Announcement Highlight Interagency Information Sharing Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jul
12
2016
Prison Sentence for Responsible Corporate Actors Upheld Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
12
2016
Government Accountability Office Decision Shows How To (and How Not To) Recover Protest Costs Holland & Hart LLP
Jul
12
2016
DoD Finally Issues Proposed Rule Addressing 2012 NDAA Changes to Technical Data Rights Covington & Burling LLP
Jul
11
2016
Revised Freedom of Information Act Statute May Increase Release of Contractor Data Covington & Burling LLP
 

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