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
If you’re a government contractor in the manufacturing industry looking to buy or sell your business, there are specific concerns you should be aware of to protect your interests. This webinar will guide you through legal and...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee J. Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s...more
A contractor’s own terms and conditions infrequently appear in procurement contracts with the federal government. For the most part these contracts are “take it or leave it” propositions with the agency’s own terms and...more
A project labor agreement (PLA) will be required prior to awarding federal construction projects valued at $35 million or more to any construction contractors and subcontractors under the Executive Order on Use of Project...more
Welcome to Manufacturing Updates, Pullman & Comley’s new quarterly publication that summarizes important legal developments for manufacturers. Manufacturing Updates brings together insights from attorneys across our many...more
In U.S. Government procurements, most solicitations specify that noncompliance with its terms and conditions may cause a proposal to be determined unacceptable or be deemed non-responsive and excluded from consideration. ...more
Historically, buyers in M&A transactions have discounted the value of a government contractor with significant revenue from small business set-aside contracts, including contracts for service-disabled veteran-owned, 8(a),...more
In addition to the various loan programs available to private businesses through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), qualified Federal contractors may obtain further payroll relief under...more
Aspic Eng’g & Constr. Co. v. ECC Centcom Constructors LLC, No. 17-16510, 2019 BL 26363 (9th Cir. Jan. 28, 2019) - Aspic Engineering and Construction Company (“Aspic”), a local Afghan subcontractor, entered into multiple...more
The General Services Administration announced that it plans to consolidate all 24 Multiple Award Schedules into a single schedule by FY 2020. The GSA’s 24 Multiple Award Schedules will be consolidated into a single...more
Conditioned Agreements to Negotiate (CAN) - When acquiring or selling small businesses, government contractors need to be cognizant of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) “present effect rule.” Under this rule, SBA...more
This is the second blog post in a series of blogs analyzing the current draft of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) as agreed-to by House and Senate negotiators on November 8, 2017. Stay tuned for additional...more
On March 31, 2017, the United States Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) dismissed a contractor’s claims against the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for a lack of jurisdiction, stating that the contractor should...more
Just because your company does not contract directly with the government does not necessarily mean you are not subject to the many requirements associated with government contractors. Those who provide goods and services to...more
Federal government subcontracts are a hybrid between commercial contracts governed by state law (such as, for the sale of goods, the Uniform Commercial Code) and government contracts governed by the Federal Acquisition...more