Episode 319 -- Deep Dive into SCG Plastics' $20 Million Settlement with OFAC for Violations of the Iran Sanctions Program
Jones Day Talks: Italy Embraces Foreign investment but Maintains Oversight
Jones Day Talks: Doing Deals Down Under: Australia's Foreign Direct Investment Regime
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 66-Visit with the FCPA Professor
The BIOSECURE Act (“the Act”), which received bipartisan support in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate in 2024 but was not ultimately passed into law, has re-emerged in this session of Congress, but with...more
On May 12, 2025, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) released an updated Standard Form 328 (SF-328), “Certificate Pertaining to Foreign Interests.”...more
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contractors with foreign ownership, control, or influence (FOCI) soon will face new requirements. Though cleared DOD contractors have long been bound by FOCI obligations, the new rule will...more
Last week, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) published a proposed rule that would amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement a statutory prohibition on DOD awarding contracts with...more
On May 15, 2024, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (the “Committee”) passed an amended version of the “Time to Choose Act of 2024” (the “Act”) on a bipartisan 10-1 vote. If enacted, the legislation...more
The Protecting American Intellectual Property Act of 2022—passed by the Senate on December 20, 2022 and signed by the President on January 5, 2023—aims to protect American IP interests by imposing sanctions on certain foreign...more
On January 3, 2017, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) delivered a report to Congress recommending that the General Services Administration (GSA) inform tenant agencies when leasing high-security space...more
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Project In(Site), Seyfarth’s Construction and Government Contracts practice groups’ publication focusing on decisions or other items of interest for construction and government contract...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - DoD Issues Final Rule to Amend DFARS Foreign Commercial Satellite Services (DFARS Case 2014-D010) - The Department of Defense (DoD) issued an interim rule adopted as final with minor...more
In this issue: - Obama Signs Order Boosting Federal Contract Worker Rights - DoD Issues Interim Rule to Amend DFARS Foreign Commercial Satellite Services (DFARS Case 2014-D010) - Obama Administration...more