Joint Venture Eligibility Refresher on Requirements for Government Contractors
Podcast - What Are Joint Ventures and When Should They Get Cleared?
Episode 319 -- Deep Dive into SCG Plastics' $20 Million Settlement with OFAC for Violations of the Iran Sanctions Program
Joint Venture Basics for Large and Small Contractors
Bidding for Major Contracts? Compliance Requirements You Should Prepare for Now
Marriages don't last forever: How to terminate a Joint Venture - and come out of it relatively unscathed. Podcast episode 2
Marriages don't last forever - When Joint Ventures go wrong. Podcast episode 1
Construction Webinar Series: Building Compliance: Construction Industry Concerns Under FCA
Ashley Coselli and Daniel Wendt on Difficult Anti-Corruption Due Diligence Projects
Teeming with Teaming Agreements: Navigating Strategic Alliances in the Federal Marketplace
CIO-SP4 Is Ready To Launch: Is Your Business Equipped to Compete?
Roadmap to Joint Venture Agreements: Legal and Accounting Considerations
M&A Webinar - Trendspotting: The Rise of the Atypical Deal
SBA’s Final Rule on SBA’s MP Program, Joint Ventures, Affiliation and 8(a) Regulations
SBA’s Final Rule on Mentor-Protégé Programs: Key Changes for Government Contractors
Growth Strategies for Small Businesses Moving to Mid-Tier
Shoot for the STARS: Q&A with SBA’s John Klein on GSA's 8(a) STARS III RFP
Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Selling Products and Services to the Federal Government
Day 18 of One Month to More Effective Compliance for Business Ventures-Financial Review of Your Business Venture Partner
Day 15 of One Month to More Effective Compliance for Business Ventures- Tying It All Together for Joint Ventures
Historically, the Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) Business Development Program is designed to help socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses compete in the federal marketplace by providing access to...more
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on June 27, 2025, announced a comprehensive, full-scale audit of its 8(a) Business Development Program (8(a) Program), marking a significant escalation in federal oversight of...more
With regulatory scrutiny by governments on the rise, this LawFlash summarizes key antitrust issues for companies in all industries affected by tariffs. History shows that cartels tend to form in times of rapid economic...more
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On December 11, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ) jointly announced the withdrawal of the Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors...more
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While they have long taken a back seat to federal merger reviews, US states are becoming increasingly involved in merger reviews, including potentially requiring premerger notifications on a broad scale. On July 24, 2024, the...more
The False Claims Act remains an effective enforcement tool for the Justice Department, obtaining judgments over $10 Billion in the last three fiscal years combined. While the FCA remains the primary vehicle for the government...more
On February 3, 2023, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced the withdrawal of three policy statements that have long guided the information exchanges as well as the related enforcement in the healthcare...more
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It has been a tumultuous year for the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and its recent no-poach criminal prosecution strategy. No-poach agreements, which are arrangements between companies that place restrictions on the hiring...more
The proliferation of U.S. sanctions and other regulations affecting cross-border transactions has implications for directors, who may be personally liable for violations in some cases. Meanwhile, the Securities and Exchange...more
Looking for compliance training and networking in your area? SCCE’s Regional Compliance & Ethics Conferences offer practitioners convenient, local compliance training, including updates on the latest news in regulatory...more
The Department of Justice settled and obtained judgments in excess of $2.2 billion for false claims against the government last year. And the False Claims Act (FCA) remains an effective enforcement tool about which federal...more
Eddie Van Halen died yesterday. He is the first rocker, more or less, of my generation to die after the age of 60. He was also one of the greatest guitarists ever. Indeed, I would rank him as the best guitarist of his...more
Leisure M&A deal value totaled US$13.5 billion in Q1 2020, which, although higher than figures recorded for Q1 2019, was more than 50% below Q4 2019 levels. Deal volume dropped to 117 transactions, the lowest quarterly total...more
In July 2019, the U.S. Justice of Department’s Antitrust Division ended a long-running controversy surrounding compliance program credit by issuing its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on February 27 that it has filed an administrative complaint challenging the proposed merger of Jefferson Health (Jefferson) and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network (Einstein), two...more
Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more
In today’s blog post, I want to look at some of the more unusual bribery schemes from Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions in 2019. Some of these schemes were not unusual but they were accomplished with...more
Report on Supply Chain Compliance 2, no. 20 (Oct. 24, 2019) - The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) reached a settlement with General Electric Company regarding transactions involving a...more
The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has a process that allows organizations to seek written opinions from the agency on whether proposed conduct will violate the antitrust laws. (The Federal Trade...more
Last week, the long-awaited Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (FMC) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action was announced. It involved massive multi-year and multi bribery schemes by the company in multiple...more
In early February 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its intent to file statements of interest in multiple ongoing private lawsuits to clarify how “no-poach” agreements should be evaluated under the federal...more