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Jul
30
2020
“You Got To Know When To Protest”: Federal Circuit’s Inserso Decision Stretches the Blue & Gold Waiver Rule For Bid Protests To New Lengths Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
24
2021
“You Got To Know When To Protest” Part III: The Court Of Federal Claims Declines To Expand Blue & Gold Waiver Rule For Bid Protests “Any Further Than The Federal Circuit Already Has” Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
27
2021
“Would You Rather…” – Escobar’s Demanding Materiality Standard or Actual Causation? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
29
2021
“What’s In A Name?”: Federal Circuit Holds Claims Court Blurred Distinction Between ‘Size Protests’ And ‘Bid Protests’ In Dismissal For Failure To Exhaust Administrative Remedies Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
14
2015
“We Mean It, Maaannnn”—New Proposed Regulation Seeks to Encourage Higher-Quality Proposals by Boosting Enforcement of Five-Bidder Limit in Two-Phase Procurements for High-Value Construction Contracts Covington & Burling LLP
May
26
2014
“They’re Here” – What You Need to Know Now About the Chilling New DoD Counterfeit Parts Rule … and its NASA “Spinoff” Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
17
2024
“Take Me to the Pilot” – DOJ Announces Plan to Entice Self-Disclosures of Government Contract Fraud Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Apr
30
2018
“Portal of Portals” – GSA’s (Unwritten) Vision for COTS E-Commerce Marketplaces Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
15
2011
“One-Strike-And-You’re-Out” Drug Testing Rule Deemed Lawful by U.S. Court of Appeals Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jan
20
2016
“Implementation Day” Arrives, Triggering Relaxation of US Sanctions Against Iran Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nov
2
2018
“Hey Big Spender . . .”: GAO Reiterates That Agencies Must Meaningfully Consider Price In Best Value Tradeoffs Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
24
2019
“Help Me, Help You”: Defense Department Advises Contractors That Cybersecurity Is An Allowable Cost [VIDEO] Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
1
2022
“Help Me Get My Feet Back on the Ground”: IRS and Treasury Issue Initial Guidance on Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Requirements Under IRA ArentFox Schiff LLP
Aug
29
2016
“Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” Final Rule and Guidance Released by DOL and FAR Council Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
15
2015
“Disability Inclusion Starts With You”: OFCCP Launches a New Tool for Employers Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
May
12
2016
“Complexity” in Sourcing and Why It Matters Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
May
16
2024
“Common Sense” Governs Tribal Sovereign Immunity Under Federal Contracting Program McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
28
2019
“Buy American” Updates: Trump’s Executive Orders, Government Reports, and Other Updates Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
29
2021
“Buy American” Update: Essential Medicines May Continue to Come From Abroad (For Now) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton 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
Aug
10
2020
“Buy American” in the Twilight Zone: Executive Order Strengthening the U.S. Public Health Industrial Base Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
15
2017
“Buy American” Executive Order Could Impact U.S. Foreign Military Sales Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
31
2019
“Buy American” (Again): New Executive Order Requires Changes (By 2020) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
30
2018
“Brand Memo” Prohibits US DOJ From Converting Agency Guidance Into Binding Legal Obligations In Civil Enforcement Actions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
19
2016
“Anti-Israel,” a Camouflage Platform for “Anti-Semitism:” Anti-BDS Legislation is Wholly Constitutional Florida International University College of Law
Feb
7
2022
“Administrative History?” – President Releases Guidebook for Infrastructure Law Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
20
2021
‘Blacklisting’ Rules for Government Contractors Proposed, Again Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
30
2015
‘Blacklisting’ Rules for Government Contractors Proposed by Federal Agencies under Executive Order Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
21
2021
​​​​​​​Strengthened Whistleblower Provisions in the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 Katz Banks Kumin LLP
Oct
16
2020
[Podcast]: OFCCP Opens Hotline for Complaints of Race and Sex Stereotyping in Workplace Training Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
7
2016
Zika Virus Complications Lead to Expected Government Partnership with Private Industry Covington & Burling LLP
May
2
2016
Z Gallerie LLC To Pay $15 Million In Settlement Of False Claims Act Lawsuit Alleging Evasion of Customs Duties in Furniture Imported from China Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Sep
12
2016
You’ve Been Served—What to Do When You Receive an Agency Subpoena or Civil Iinvestigative Demand (Part I) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
23
2023
You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat: Congress Amends the Limitation of Liability Act to Remove Small Passenger Vessels from Its Protection Jones Walker LLP
Jun
27
2018
You Might Be an Inside Trader If…You Trade on Your Unconfirmed Suspicions of a Cybersecurity Event Prior to Its Public Revelation or Disclosure Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
 

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