The Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY2025 NDAA), signed into law on December 23, 2024, has significant implications for defense acquisition and...more
Overcoming the Sovereign Acts Doctrine: Contractor Recovers Costs Related to COVID-19 Quarantine -
As we know, in the almost five years since the COVID-19 pandemic began, courts have been reluctant to award costs to...more
FTC Non-Compete Ban Attacked by Businesses: What You Need to Know about the Ban -
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a final rule banning employers from enforcing non-compete agreements against...more
Good News for Pandemic-Related Government Contract Claims: McCarthy HITT – Next NGA West JV -
On December 20, 2023, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (the Board) denied the government’s motion to dismiss...more
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COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing: Critical Implications of OSHA’s ETS for Federal Government Contractors -
On November 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its...more
11/11/2021
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Comments to Proposed Rule on Consolidation of Mentor Protégé Programs and Other Government Contracting Amendments, February 7, 2020 -
In its role as advocate to small businesses operating in the government contracting...more
3/2/2020
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Bloomberg Quotes PM Partner Nichole Atallah: Trump Rescinds Obama Order Prioritizing Federal Contract Workers -
On October 31, 2019, President Donald Trump rescinded an executive order issued...more
11/6/2019
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DoL Collected a Record Amount in Discrimination Settlements in Fiscal Year 2019 -
According to Bloomberg Government, the Department of Labor (DoL) collected more than $27 million from federal...more
10/23/2019
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Department of Defense – The DoD Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit of the protection of controlled unclassified information (CUI) on contractor-owned networks and systems....more