Blowing the Whistle: What Employers Should Know About DEI & the False Claims Act
When DEI Meets the FCA: What Employers Need to Know About the DOJ’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative
Podcast - Navigating the Updated SF-328 Form
CHPS Podcast Episode 5: The Future of Federal Procurement
DOL Restructures: OFCCP on the Chopping Block as Opinion Letters Expand - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Abortion Protections Struck Down, LGBTQ Harassment Guidance Vacated, EEO-1 Reporting Opens - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Podcast - A Comparative Guide to Obtaining an FCL: DCSA vs. the Intelligence Community
2024-2025 Bid Protest Decisions with Far-Reaching Impacts for Government Contractors
Non-Competes Eased, Anti-DEI Rule Blocked, Contractor Rule in Limbo - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday®
Diversifying Your Contract Pipeline by Maximizing Opportunities through the DOD’s Mentor Protégé Program
Clocking in with PilieroMazza: Latest Developments on DEI Executive Order and Action Items before April 21 Deadline
Podcast - The "I" in FOCI and AI: Innovation, Intelligence, Influence
#WorkforceWednesday®: EEOC/DOJ Joint DEI Guidance, EEOC Letters to Law Firms, OFCCP Retroactive DEI Enforcement - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday®: Federal Contractors Alert - DEI Restrictions Reinstated by Appeals Court - Employment Law This Week®
Podcast - What Are Joint Ventures and When Should They Get Cleared?
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 40: Federal Contractors Under the 2nd Trump Administration with Joan Moore & Mim Munzel of The Arbor Consulting Group
Staying Ahead with Federal Government's Impact on Business
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 18 - The Reshaping of ESG & DEI
AGG Talks: Solving Employers’ Problems Podcast - Episode 5: What Employers Need to Know About DEI Policy Changes Under the Trump Administration
False Claims Act Insights - Can DE&I Initiatives Lead to Potential False Claims Act Liability?
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani presents the latest insights from our Government Contracts group, offering a comprehensive overview of recent significant decisions, regulatory changes, and essential updates for businesses...more
SBA Orders Full-Scale Audit of 8(a) Program: What You Should Do to Prepare - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently announced an “immediate and full-scale audit” of its 8(a) business development program. The...more
On June 2, the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Hearing and Appeals (OHA) denied a size appeal filed by Veteran Elevator Solutions, LLC (VES) challenging the size of Bass, Berry & Sims’ client GD Resources, LLC...more
In KL3, LLC v. United States, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, No. 24-2028 (June 2, 2025, reissued June 12, 2025), KL3 challenged the Department of Defense’s award of two sole-source contracts under the SBA’s 8(a) program,...more
In the highly competitive world of federal government contracting, a firm’s small business size or socioeconomic status can determine its eligibility for lucrative set-aside contracts. For competitors and interested parties,...more
For many businesses, contracting with the U.S. government represents a significant opportunity for stable and often long-term revenue. However, doing business with the federal government comes with unique requirements,...more
On February 19, the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) denied an appeal from an unsuccessful bidder who argued the awardee was large due to an acquisition that occurred while the award was pending. OHA found that Small...more
In the government contracting world, the term “bid protest” typically elicits visions of an unsuccessful offeror challenging an agency’s evaluation of proposals and award decision. While these “post-award” bid protests may be...more
This month’s bid protest roundup highlights one decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, addressing a proposal timely submitted but received late, and two decisions from the U.S. Government...more
We continue our discussion of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) recent final rule on various small business programs. Today, we focus on revisions to the regulations governing size protests and requests for formal...more
On November 15, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied a protest from AtVentures, LLC, a mentor-protégé joint venture, who challenged its exclusion from consideration for award on the basis that it was able to use...more
On November 15, 2024, the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) affirmed the Area Office’s finding that a tribal-owned company was small due to the affiliation exceptions for tribal-owned...more
Corporate Transparency Act, Part 4: Reporting Requirements Temporarily Suspended - As you may have been following, PilieroMazza previously reported on the requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and the...more
On October 25, the Small Business Administration proposed a rule intended to increase small business participation in multiple-award contracts. The rule would apply the “Rule of Two” to task and delivery orders issued under...more
Today, the Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule that would expand the application of the "rule of two" (for small business) to orders under multiple award contracts. The proposed rule is welcome news for small...more
Claims Updates - Associated Energy Group, LLC v. The United States and Kropp Holdings, Inc., No. 23-20 47 (July 2, 2024) - Associated Energy Group, LLC (AEG) challenged the award by Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for a...more
Claims Update - Peraton, Inc. v. United States, No. 23-1539 Fed. Cl. (May 10, 2024) - The Court of Federal Claims rejected the government’s motion to dismiss a contractor’s claims alleging breach of an end-user software...more
Federal Circuit Docket - Percipient.ai, Inc. v. United States, Fed. Cir. No. 2023-1970 (Jun. 7, 2024) - In a highly anticipated bid protest opinion, a divided merits panel of Federal Circuit judges reversed the Court of...more
7(a) Loan Approval for Borrowers with Unresolved COVID-19 Pandemic Loan Compliance Issues: On May 21, SBA’s OIG issued an inspection report assessing SBA’s 7(a) loan approval process for borrowers with unresolved pandemic...more
In a previous article, we analyzed what made protests successful at the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) in Fiscal Year 2023 (“FY23”). Now, we want to share some insights we gained while conducting the same analysis...more
Sanford Federal, Inc., the selected awardee for a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (the VA) contract, learned the hard way that a contractor simply cannot ignore a size protest, regardless of its actual merit....more
In Steiner Construction Co., Inc., the Government Accountability Office (GAO) upheld the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) award of a $1.19 billion small business set-aside shipbuilding contract to a business concern that was later...more
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
Small business regulations create one of the stickier wickets in bid protest litigation. Although the Small Business Administration (SBA) has exclusive authority to determine a company’s size and socioeconomic status, the...more