False Claims Act Insights - Can DE&I Initiatives Lead to Potential False Claims Act Liability?
Navigating Executive Orders: Strategies for Managing Stop Work Orders and Terminations
SBA’s Final Rule Is Here: Key Takeaways on Updates to HUBZone Program, Other Small Business Programs, and Various Small Business Matters
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 28: Construction Compliance with Joan Moore and Mim Munzel of The Arbor Consulting Group
DE Under 3: FAR Council Seeks to Require Federal Contractors to Report First-Tier Subcontractor Information, Including Potentially Executive Compensation Data
DE Under 3: Contractors Have Second Opportunity to Comment on OFCCP’s Supply & Service Contractor Portal Information Collection
Preparing for Major Changes to DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise DBE Program
Excitement, Turbulence & Confusion: The Top 10 Employment Law Issues That Affected Federal Contractors in 2023
Successor Government Contractor Hiring Obligations Change: DOL’s Long Awaited Nondisplacement Rule
DE Under 3: What Federal Contractors Need to Know About OFCCP's New Audit Scheduling Letter
[Podcast] TikTok off the Clock: Navigating the TikTok Ban on Devices for Government Contractors
Partnering to Win: Teaming, Subcontracting, Joint Ventures, and Mentor Protégé Agreements
Construction Roundtable: Top 4 Legal Risks for Federal Construction Contractors
DE Under 3: OFCCP's Modified Proposal to Revise Scheduling Letter & Itemized Listing Revealed Via Newly Proposed Documents
Flow-Down Clauses in Federal Government Contracts - Tutorial 1 (Fundamentals)
Joint Venture Basics for Large and Small Contractors
Webinar: Trademarks and Government Contracting
Bidding for Major Contracts? Compliance Requirements You Should Prepare for Now
#WorkforceWednesday: Independent Contractor Rule Reinstated, OFCCP Targets Pay Equity Audits, OSHA Focuses on Health Care Facilities - Employment Law This Week®
Government Contractors: Preparing for OFCCP’s Affirmative Action Program Compliance Certification
In 2025, the second Trump administration has made sweeping use of tariffs. Tariffs have been imposed and suspended several times, in varying amounts, against a multitude of countries on all types of goods used in the...more
Careful Contracting: The Foundation of Every Successful Construction Project - A successful construction project starts long before the first shovel hits the ground. It begins with the contract. As discussed in the...more
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/532 has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Delegated Regulation supplements the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) with regard to regulatory...more
Fluency in Incoterms® is helpful for any contractor or materials supplier engaged in international trade. Most recent articles discussing construction and international trade emphasize how tariffs can increase construction...more
In the world of construction, it is essential for both prime contractors and lower-tier subcontractors to carefully manage financial risk when negotiating subcontract agreements. While a party’s ability to distinguish and...more
In the post-COVID world of construction, industry analysts and participants have focused considerable attention on material price escalation concerns and impacts caused by raw material shortages, supply chain issues, and...more
When contemplating advice for contractors or suppliers trying to navigate the current tariff environment, I find President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s wartime advice insightful, “In preparing for battle I have always found that...more
In recent months, changes to tariff laws have had a significant impact on the construction industry. With looming disruptions to global supply chains and material costs rising, there are a number of commercial and legal...more
In an era where digital threats are more sophisticated than ever, cybersecurity has become a pressing concern for family enterprises. These businesses are attractive targets for cyberattacks and need to balance the critical...more
2025 brought with it many new tariffs, and those tariffs seem to be changing on a near-daily basis. Given this, many in the real estate industry are understandably apprehensive about beginning new projects. Many more are...more
The legal frameworks governing statutory lien rights of oil and gas trade creditors vary significantly between Texas and Louisiana (as well as among other hydrocarbon-producing states). Material distinctions exist between...more
Those familiar with the construction industry know that construction projects are seldom, if ever, completed within the time originally anticipated at the project’s outset. Fortunately, prime contractors and lower-tier...more
On February 26, 2025, Executive Order 14222, Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Cost Efficiency Initiative, was released. This Executive Order (“EO 14222”) states that its purpose is to...more
What does DMSMS mean? DMSMS stands for Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages. It is the loss or impending loss of manufacturers or suppliers of items, raw materials, or software. In other words, DMSMS...more
Just two months into President Donald Trump’s second term, contractors have been whipsawed by a flurry of executive orders, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) directives, and agency actions. This has brought an era of...more
Under the guaranteed maximum price (GMP) construction contract delivery method, great care and attention must be given by the owner in setting the GMP, usually done by way of a “GMP Amendment,” following the CM’s submission...more
On top of the uncertainty introduced through the Trump administration’s shifting priorities and rapid-fire executive orders, government contractors are now confronted with an impending shutdown as the federal government is...more
Given the impending deadline of March 14, 2025, for Congress to pass a budget or another continuing resolution (CR) (and the president signing same), coupled with the recent happenings in Washington, D.C., we thought it would...more
Drafting and negotiating subcontracts can be tricky for both general contractors and subcontractors. General contractors are caught in between owners and subcontractors as the ones that will be held responsible for the work...more
The tectonic plates have shifted once again, this time with trade tariff announcements from the incoming Trump administration, sowing the seeds for another potential supply chain disruption event. In times like these owners,...more
In honor of the release of the 6th Edition of the Government Contracts Compliance Handbook, we’re sharing six essential tips for complying with defective pricing rules. Defective pricing, governed by the Truthful Cost or...more
If you ask owners, general contractors, or subcontractors how long the warranty lasts that they received or gave on a construction project, they will often tell you that they have a “one year warranty.” However, if the...more
On January 15, 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council published a proposed rule overhauling the FAR’s Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) provisions. The proposed rule follows a December 2022 law that...more
MDC Enegy LLC v. Crosby Energy Services Inc. et al. was an indemnity dispute in which the players were many and the facts complicated. But first...more
WHAT: On January 15, 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued a proposed rule to implement the Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act (Pub. L. No. 117-324). The...more