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In today’s global economy, construction projects are more interconnected than ever. Materials, equipment, and skilled labor often come from a variety of domestic and international sources. When any link in this chain breaks...more
Debriefings can be one of the most valuable opportunities for government contractors in the procurement process. Whether you win or lose a competition, a well-conducted debriefing provides insight into the agency’s...more
As of August 28, 2025, the project to overhaul the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) has finished FAR Parts 1, 4-6, 8-12, 18, 26, 28-31, 33-36, 38-40, 43, 46, 48-51, and various sections of Parts 2 and 52. One can review...more
What is a construction “gigaproject,” beyond an amped-up marketing term for the comparatively modest “megaprojects”? Think initiatives with expenses of well over $1 billion and time periods of well over five years. Think...more
The Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul (RFO) continues, with rewrites to FAR Parts 4, 8, 12, and 40 issued August 14, 2025. For our previous alerts on the RFO, see here and here. This alert focuses on...more
In its continuous drive to alter business as usual, the federal government has made many changes this year to the way it manages financial assistance (grants and cooperative agreements). Executive Order 14332, “Improving...more
September 30. All (most?) federal years end the same way, at least on paper—like a prizefight, with the clock ticking down; an agitated, uncertain crowd; a lot of money on the table; and a ref capable of stopping the match at...more
Today’s retail operations depend on far more than the products on store shelves or the design of an ecommerce site. Behind the scenes, a fulfilment provider may rely on regional couriers, a payment processor on a cloud host,...more
While once a novel concept, the term “e-discovery” is now synonymous with the everyday practice of litigation. The process of spending hours in remote locations combing through boxes of documents and marking them with post-it...more
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Schedule contracts are key tools for many contractors doing business with the federal government. With procurement consolidation expected to lead to a surge in GSA Schedule...more
The merger and acquisition environment for the care-at-home sector, including hospice, home health, and private duty services, has shifted significantly. At the 2025 Financial Summit hosted by the National Alliance for Care...more
Companies implement a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system with grand ideas. They expect to use their new systems to generate new agreements, have a central repository for all contracts, and to run reports on the rights...more
For many legal departments, the journey to implementing a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system is complex and resource intensive. But what if the next leap in contracts efficiency doesn’t require ripping out what you’ve...more
Evaluating CLM systems with generative AI (genAI) capability requires some new twists in thinking about technology vendor qualifications. Experience and Reputation - Established vendors with many customers would typically...more
Legal departments stand at a critical inflection point. With soaring workloads, shifting regulations, and accelerating business demands, today’s teams are being asked to do more with less – and to do it faster, smarter, and...more
This is the first blog of a five-part series on CLM Adoption in the Age of AI. Contract lifecycle management (CLM) technology is critical to today’s legal operations. Already well established as tools to drive efficiency,...more
When organizations invest in a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system, it’s often for all the right reasons: reducing risk, driving efficiency, centralizing access, and managing obligations. However, projects often stall...more
Law firms and corporate legal departments increasingly turn to legal staffing partners, including alternative legal services providers (ALSPs), to manage workload fluctuations, support new initiatives, and access specialized...more
The adoption of advanced technology in legal managed services has been evolving for over a decade, with early AI machine learning steadily gaining traction. However, in the past 18 months, AI—particularly Generative AI—has...more
On March 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order No. 14240 titled “Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement” (the EO).1 While less than perfectly written, it does seem to have the...more
An Insight, first published in PLC, on Part 4 of the Procurement Act 2023, in particular the new contract management requirements for public contracts and the increased focus on supplier performance and transparency. ...more
The Trump administration’s broad suspension and termination of federal grants and contracts have left many contractors wondering how to protect their rights and ensure they get paid. If your federal contract or grant has...more
On this week's OK at Work, Sarah Sawyer and Russell Berger discuss strategies for both the terms and usage of customer contracts. Listen to learn more....more
Stay on top of the complexities of government contracting - Few industries are as heavily regulated or complex as government contracting. If your organization performs government-contracted services, or if you are charged...more
In the bustling metropolis of the corporate world, where time is currency and efficiency is the law of the land, there exists a toolkit so vital, yet so mystified in its potential value, that it could be likened to the arcane...more