Do You Have a Backup? Building Redundancies Into Your Written Certification Process
Top Employment Law Considerations for Startups, with Ashley K Pittman
Prompt Payments: How CASPA and Other State Laws Afford Contractors Protections
Coronavirus, An Unforeseeable Circumstance: Does Your Contract Protect You Under Force Majeure Clauses?
Coronavirus Employment Law Update for Contractors (New Jersey)
Coronavirus Employment Law Update for Contractors (Pennsylvania)
Employment Law This Week®: FAA Arguably Preempts California Law, New CA Employment Laws for 2020, CA Consumer Privacy Act Amended
Is My New Hire an Employee or a Contractor? Key Factors for Startups to Consider
Episode 25: 10 Factors That May Hinder a Contractor’s Ability to Repay Its Bank Loans and Threaten Its Existence
Common Missteps When Suing the State of New Jersey and How to Prevent Them
[WEBINAR] Labor & Employment Law: What Changed in 2017
Teaming Arrangements: Pros and Cons of Teaming Agreements vs. Joint Ventures
Suspension and Debarment
Employment Law This Week®: EEOC Online Public Portal, Paid Sick Leave Preemption Law, DOL to Appeal Texas Ruling, California Law Makes Contractors Jointly Liable for Their Subs’ Unpaid Wages
Award Protests: Choosing the Forum
Federal Cybersecurity Requirements
How to Assess the Likelihood of Success in Deciding Whether to Bring a Bid Protest
Construction Lien Law: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Company
Homebuilder Series Webinar: Protecting Your Company From Misrepresentation Claims Through Contractual Exculpatory Clauses
On September 19, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report highlighting a gap in current Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCIs) restrictions. According to the report, the Federal Acquisition Regulation...more
Defense contractors and subcontractors that handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and do not have robust information-security system controls in place better get their house in order now if they want to do business...more
Earlier this month, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (“FAR Council”) issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to implement parts of Section 5949 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for...more
Class Deviation Prohibits DoD from Requiring Contractors to Disclose Emissions - Over the past two years, the FAR Council has been working to develop a rule that would amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) to...more
The 2023 clock is winding down, meaning some folks are planning New Year's Eve parties, and others are googling the lyrics to Auld Lang Syne. For service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses ("SDVOSB"), the end of the...more
The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act passed by the Senate and House this week contains provisions that may have an impact on small business contractors. SEC. 862. PAYMENT OF SUBCONTRACTORS...more
A new interim rule aimed at safeguarding the federal supply chain prohibits contractors from delivering or using covered articles and sources subject to exclusion or removal orders issued under the Federal Acquisition Supply...more
Section 822 of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, Public Law No. 117-7776 (Dec. 23, 2022) provides new authority for some defense contractors and subcontractors to obtain price increases that address the impacts of...more
The National Defense Authorization Act of 2023 includes a short but interesting provision reminding the Department of Defense (DoD) that the unilateral insertion of a new clause in a DoD contract is a change that may entitle...more
Recently, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) issued a memorandum to launch a pilot program that will enable certain contractors owned under an employee stock ownership plan (“ESOP”) to receive sole source follow-on awards....more
The recent Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act (CAARA), to be enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”), offers protection from retaliation for antitrust whistleblowers who come forward to...more
As the country begins to reopen and states begin to relax stay-at-home orders, companies are trying to ensure the health and safety of their employees and customers. In order to limit exposure to COVID-19, companies are...more
On January 13, 2017, the Department of Defense (“DoD”), General Services Administration (“GSA”), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”) issued a 10 U.S.C. § 2324(k)(2). Under the rule, contractors may not...more
This update will cover two things: (1) the new (yes, again) Department of Defense cybersecurity interim/final rule on reporting cyber incidents by contractors / subcontractors and (2) the money to fund these new rules and...more
The Department of Defense (DoD) released interim rules implementing provisions of the 2013 and 2015 National Defense Authorization Acts. The rules, released on Aug. 26, 2015, are effective immediately and establish the...more
In this presentation: - Hot off the presses: SBA’s proposed rule for the new mentor-protégé program for all small businesses - How the limitations on subcontracting currently work - Changes to the...more
In this issue; - DoD Issues Proposed Rule to Amend DFARS Defense Contractors Performing Private Security Functions (DFARS Case 2014-D008) - DoD Issues Final Rule to Amend DFARS Private Sector Notification...more
On October 2, 2013, Small Business Administration (SBA) published a final rule to establish and revise rules and procedures pertaining to small business set-asides, partial set-asides, multiple award contracts (MACs), task...more
On September 30, 2013, the Department of Defense (DOD) published a potentially significant Interim Rule to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFARS)—DFARS Case 2013-D010. This rulemaking brings DOD regulations...more
Yesterday a significant expansion of whistleblower protections for employees of federal contractors and subcontractors took effect....more
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) recently published its first set of proposed regulations that would impose specific anti-counterfeiting obligations on defense contractors....more
Coming not long after the issuance of its new internal policy guidance on counterfeit materiel, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) published on May 16, 2013 its first set of proposed regulations that would impose specific...more
Enhanced rights and protections for whistleblowers under the National Defense Authorization Act take effect on July 1. Beginning July 1, 2013, government contractor whistleblowers will obtain substantial additional...more
In a recent Compliance Week article (subscription required), Steve Pearlman, co-head of Proskauer’s Whistleblowing & Retaliation Group, commented on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (NDAA), which...more
How will the FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act impact your business as a government contractor? The recently passed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ("NDAA") includes a number of...more