BUSINESS & TRANSACTIONS -
Purchase Agreement Components, Part 2: Indemnification Provisions -
In an acquisition, particularly an equity acquisition, a buyer must perform extensive due diligence on the target company to...more
FALSE CLAIMS ACT / GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS LAW -
Buyer Beware: More Stringent Standards for Government Contractors Under the Buy American Act on the Horizon -
President Trump has made “buy American and hire American” a...more
10/9/2019
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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING -
A Government Executive article discussed the impact of the shutdown on some defense contractors. As the partial government shutdown continues, some American defense firms are receiving...more
1/14/2019
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Non-Compete Agreements ,
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A former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Facility Chief pleaded guilty to receiving illegal gratuities. Steven Eric Kremer, a former Chief of the Range and Mission Management...more
12/17/2018
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In a recent GAO decision, State Women Corporation, B-416510 (July 12, 2018), GAO denied a protest as untimely after considering the impact of the Department of Defense’s (“DoD”) new enhanced post-award debriefing procedures...more
On Thursday, March 22, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) issued a Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) class deviation in light of the enhanced postaward debriefing rights required by Section 818 of the National Defense...more
We recently wrote about enhanced post-award debriefing requirements included in the Senate’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) for Fiscal Year 2018 [read article here]. The final NDAA signed into law...more
On September 18, 2017, the Senate passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) which authorizes nearly $700 billion in defense spending for Fiscal Year 2018 and contains significant procurement reform...more
As of October 1, the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (“GAO”) jurisdiction over protests on civilian agency task orders valued at more than $10 million expired, leaving government contractors with limited grounds for...more