Anti-Money Laundering

Anti-Money Laundering Update: California Card Club Clubbed by FinCEN for AML Violations

Bid Protests

Bid Protest Win for AM General on Multi-Billion Dollar ContractDepartment of Defense Issues First Update Since 2018 to Other Transactions GuideFederal Circuit Cases Impacting Jurisdictional Precedent in Bid Protests and Contract Disputes Act Claims

CFIUS

New CFIUS Guidelines Reflect Shift in Enforcement PostureA First! President Hones Government’s Foreign Investment ReviewImpact of Government Shutdown on CFIUS Reviews

Claims

Equitable Adjustment Appropriate Where Agency Assumed Contractor’s Duty to Identify SCA PositionsThe Christian Doctrine Strikes Again … To Require Performance and Payment Bonds in all Construction ContractsCOFC Decision Foreshadows VA Proposed Rule on Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Eligibility Rules

Commercial Items

Did the Federal Circuit Just Eliminate Commercial Services?Heightened Buy American Act Requirements Are Here and More Are on the Way

Compliance

Register Now | Demystifying Controlled Unclassified Information Requirements WebinarRegister Now | Subcontract Negotiation Strategy and Best Practices WebinarU.S. Government Brings Its Buying Power to the Fight Against Climate Change

Construction

First CHIPS Opportunity Lays Out Requirements and Application Process Advancing the “Made-in-America” MovementSubcontracts and Joint Ventures Pertaining to Construction and Engineering Firms (VIRTUAL EVENT)

COVID-19

Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Effectively Halts Federal Contractor Vaccine MandateNinth Circuit Green Lights Contractor Vaccine MandateDOJ’s Quixotic Defense of the Vaccine Mandate May Undermine Presidential Authority

Cybersecurity

Register Now | Demystifying Controlled Unclassified Information Requirements WebinarNIST Releases Public Draft of Revised Guidelines Aimed at Helping Contractors Protect Sensitive InformationA First! President Hones Government’s Foreign Investment Review

Ethics

Thad McBride Co-authors Article with Alcoa VP on Best Practices for Internal InvestigationsContractor Alert: New Anti-Human Trafficking RuleGovernment Contractor Reaches Global Settlement to Resolve Procurement Fraud Allegations

Events

Register Now | Demystifying Controlled Unclassified Information Requirements Webinar[WEBINAR] GovCon M&A: What Is Going On In 2023? Predictions for 2024FCPA Enforcement: New Corporate Enforcement Policy, Aggressive Enforcement, and Lessons Learned From Recent Resolutions

Export - EAR

[WEBINAR] Significant EAR Violations and BIS Policy Shift: Incentivized Voluntary Self-Disclosure, Third-Party WhistleblowingCommerce Issues Two Rules Impacting China Exports, PartiesRegister Now | A Multi-Jurisdictional Discussion of Export Controls on China, Russia and Belarus: Contrasting US, UK and EU Restrictions

Export - ITAR

Register Now | A Multi-Jurisdictional Discussion of Export Controls on China, Russia and Belarus: Contrasting US, UK and EU Restrictions[WEBINAR] Update on Export EnforcementExport Enforcement Update: The Importance of Commodity Classification

False Claims Act

Recent False Claims Act Settlements in Government Contracts CasesBuyer Beware: Settling FCA Allegations Costs Manufacturer $5.2 MillionGovernment Contractors Face False Claims Act Liability for Cybersecurity Non-Compliance

Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)

DHS Publishes Long-Awaited Final Rule on Controlled Unclassified InformationNew Legislation Strengthens Disclosure Requirements for Potential Organizational Conflicts of InterestGovernment Executive Article on Proposed Climate Reporting Rule

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

[WEBINAR] Conducting Clinical Trials Outside the U.S.: U.S. and Foreign Rules, Regulations, and GuidanceUpdates to FCPA and Impact for Healthcare CompaniesFCPA Enforcement: New Corporate Enforcement Policy, Aggressive Enforcement, and Lessons Learned From Recent Resolutions

Government Contracts

Register Now | Demystifying Controlled Unclassified Information Requirements WebinarBuy America Update: BAA Requirements Make Compliance Complex, Yet NecessaryJoin Us at the 2023 Government Contracting Conference

GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS)

GAO Recommends Steps to Ensure VA FSS Program Remains UsefulTrends and Changes in Federal Contracting for Fiscal Year 2020April Showers Bring Mass Mods: New GSA Schedule Refresh and Mass Modification

Import (Customs)

Tennessee Company Skirts Customs Obligations, Pays $500,000 FCA PenaltyHappy New Year: OFAC Expands Exports of Medical Devices to Iran

Intellectual Property

[WEBINAR] Conducting Clinical Trials Outside the U.S.: U.S. and Foreign Rules, Regulations, and Guidance[VIRTUAL EVENT] Spring 2022 Small Business Innovation ConferenceSee You at GovCon Summit 2021!

International Trade

International Trade Enforcement Roundup - August 2023 UpdateInternational Trade Enforcement Roundup - July 2023 UpdateTri-Seal Compliance Note on Voluntary Self-Disclosure Released by Departments of Commerce, Justice, and Treasury

International Trade Enforcement

International Trade Enforcement Roundup - August 2023 UpdateInternational Trade Enforcement Roundup - July 2023 UpdateInternational Trade Enforcement Roundup – June 2023 Update

Labor & Employment

Webinar: The FTC’s Proposed Ban on Non-Competes and What It Could Mean for YouArizona Judge Dismisses Challenge to Government Contractor Minimum Wage Executive OrderImpact of Increased Minimum Wage Requirement for Federal Contractors

Mergers & Acquisitions

[WEBINAR] GovCon M&A: What Is Going On In 2023? Predictions for 2024Register Now | PubK’s GovCon Annual Review Conference 2023CBCA Opinion Provides Clarity on Anti-Assignment Act’s Murky “Operation of Law” Exception

OCI

New Legislation Strengthens Disclosure Requirements for Potential Organizational Conflicts of InterestNot Quite Good Enough: COFC Finds Agencies OCI Investigations Fall ShortBeware of Your Subcontractor’s Organizational Conflicts of Interest

Prevailing Wage Rates

DOJ's "Fairyland Damages" Calculation Rejected in Prevailing Wage Rate False Claims Act Case

Private Equity

Revisiting Private Equity Investment in Federal IT Contractors

Procurement Fraud

Department of Defense Issues First Update Since 2018 to Other Transactions GuidePCSF Strikes Again: Scheme to Rig Bids Results in Federal Grand Jury IndictmentAdvancing the “Made-in-America” Movement

Publications

COVID-19: What Employers Should Consider During the Coronavirus OutbreakCalling All Women-Owned Small Businesses: Self-Certify with CautionStakes for Exxon in Sanctions Case Go Far Beyond a $2 Million Fine

Sanctions (OFAC)

Tri-Seal Compliance Note on Voluntary Self-Disclosure Released by Departments of Commerce, Justice, and TreasuryRussia, Ukraine: Update as of October 3Russia, Ukraine: Update as of August 9

Security Clearances

Final Draft of NIST SP 800-171A Still Open for Comments

Size/Status Protests & Appeals

SBA OHA Clarifies Present Effect of “Indications of Interest” When Determining Size StatusSBA's All Small Mentor-Protégé Program Provides Critical Affiliation Exception for Eligible Joint VenturesEvent: 5th Annual Small Business Forum "Woman Owned Small Businesses, Breaking Through the Barriers"

Small Business Regulations and Programs

UPDATE: Next Step in SBA’s Implementation of Ultima Ruling to 8(a) ProgramSBA Issues Interim Guidance on 8(a) Program Following Ultima RulingSBA Tidies Up 8(a) Rules in Welcomed Final Rule

Suspension & Debarment

Annual Suspension and Debarment Report Serves as a Reminder to “Turn Square Corners” When Dealing with the GovernmentSlight Decrease in FY2017 Suspensions and Debarments, but Contractors Should Take Note of the Continued High Level of ActivityWhy the Rise in Suspension and Debarment Actions?

U.S. Department of Defense

Department of Defense Issues First Update Since 2018 to Other Transactions GuideInflation Relief on Its Way for Government Contractors?Broad Agency Discretion to Cancel Bid Solicitations Curtailed with Recent Court Decision – “The Tribe has Spoken”

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