Podcast - FOCI Mitigation: SSAs, SCAs and Proxy Agreements
Podcast - Discussing a DOJ Lawsuit Under the Civil-Fraud Initiative
Defense Dynamics: Navigating the Post-Election Landscape for the National Security Sector
DE Talk | If It’s Not in Writing, It Never Happened: Applicant Tracking & Recordkeeping Strategies to Ensure OFCCP Compliance
Podcast - Cybersecurity Roundup: Analyzing New and Proposed Rules for Contractors
Understanding FOCI Mitigation
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 28: Construction Compliance with Joan Moore and Mim Munzel of The Arbor Consulting Group
False Claims Act Insights - If Everything Matters, Nothing Does: Parsing Materiality in FCA Disputes
Build America Buy America What is it? How to qualify.
Podcast - Navigating M&A Due Diligence: Safeguarding Security Clearances
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 26: Compensation Compliance with Joan Moore and Mim Munzel of The Arbor Consulting Group
DE Under 3: Court Held That Workday Was an “Agent” to Employers Licensing its AI Applicant Screening Tools
An In-Depth Overview of the DCSA
Sustainable Procurement: A Closer Look at the New Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
DE Under 3: Retirement of “Chevron Doctrine” Exposed Vulnerability of OFCCP’s Overreaching Interpretations of Some of its Rules
Legal Alert | Reign It In: Federal Court Enjoins DOL's Expansion of Davis-Bacon Coverage
Common Scenarios Triggering False Claims Act Violations, Part 3: Claims and Investigations
DE Under 3: OFCCP Must Shut Down its Administrative Court Prosecutions as a Result of SCOTUS’ SEC Jury Trial Case Decision
Common Scenarios Triggering False Claims Act Violations, Part 1: Gov. Contracts and Cybersecurity
DE Under 3: OFCCP’s New Revisions & Additions to its Construction Contractor Compliance Audit Tools
Does your company have a government contract or plan to seek business with a government entity in New Jersey? If so, it is essential to understand the rules that could result in the breach of an existing contract and the...more
A major issue faced by government contractors (at any tier) is the risk of organizational conflicts of interest (“OCIs”). To reform the OCI regulatory framework, Congress recently passed the Preventing Organizational...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the launch of the Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative, which will utilize the False Claims Act (FCA) to pursue cybersecurity-related fraud by government contractors and grant...more
The unprecedented speed of the collapse of the former Afghan central government is a humanitarian tragedy. The magnitude of which is rightfully distracting from the immediate near-term and long-term legal issues that those...more
The Governmental Cyber Security Unit has published a new directive according to which material service providers to government, infrastructure, and finance bodies will be required to adopt a common and unified standard for...more
On June 18, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (the court) dismissed a challenge to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) pay-to-play Rule 2030 (the rule) brought by the New York...more
It's an old aphorism that "you can't fight City Hall." Now it's time to add a related aphorism: "you can't sue the government under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) for disclosing your trade secrets" – at least so...more
Contractors with corporate structures involving more than one entity, such as parent and subsidiary, utilize multiple Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Codes. A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) ruling is a...more
On January 3, 2017, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) delivered a report to Congress recommending that the General Services Administration (GSA) inform tenant agencies when leasing high-security space...more
The Florida Legislature recently responded to growing concerns over public corruption in the state of Florida by amending Florida’s Anti-Corruption Act (FACA). The changes take effect October 1. This paper outlines...more
Since 2009, when Congress preserved and expanded the reach of the False Claims Act (“FCA”) through the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (“FERA”), Government contractors have seen a vast increase in FCA lawsuits and...more
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published draft recommendations aimed at securing the confidentiality of sensitive federal information located within non-federal entities’ information technology...more