As we noted in this blog post in February, the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was enacted in December 2024 included a provision at Section 885 raising the protest threshold for Department of Defense (DoD), Coast Guard, and NASA task orders from $25 million to $35 million. Continue Reading GAO Proposes Higher Pleading Standard for Bid Protests, Questions Remain for Loser-Pays Model
Webinar | CMMC is Here (Finally!): What Contractors Should Know
Join us for a webinar on navigating the DoD’s new CMMC compliance requirements, implementation timeline, and key cybersecurity controls contractors need to meet eligibility for contract awards.Continue Reading Webinar | CMMC is Here (Finally!): What Contractors Should Know
CFIUS Update: Larger Penalties, Sharper Monitoring
On April 11, the U.S. Treasury Department promulgated a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) amending the regulations that govern the operations of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to increase penalties on offenders, expand CFIUS authority to request information, and tighten the time frame parties have to respond to drafts of mitigation agreement terms. CFIUS is the U.S. government’s interagency body that reviews potential national security concerns resulting from foreign investments in and acquisitions of U.S. businesses.Continue Reading CFIUS Update: Larger Penalties, Sharper Monitoring
Recent False Claims Act Settlements in Government Contracts Cases
The government continues to prioritize fraud involving government contractors, as the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) most recent annual report on civil fraud recovery shows.
Although the majority of government recoveries are related to the healthcare industry, the government still recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in 2022 alone not related to the healthcare industry. Government