Family-owned businesses are often owned and controlled by family trusts. Trusts are used by families for estate planning, tax planning and asset protection. Family-owned government contractors with trust ownership structures...more
1/21/2020
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Estate Planning ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Family Businesses ,
Family Trusts ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Procurement Systems ,
New Guidance ,
SAM ,
Tax Planning ,
Trusts
We recently reported on a lawsuit, filed by the Associated Builders and Contractor’s (ABC), challenging the “blacklisting” Executive Order and the implementing regulations. As we noted in our article, a ruling by the Court on...more
As we recently reported, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council has published a final rule, effective October 25, 2016, implementing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order (also known as the “blacklisting”...more
10/25/2016
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Arbitration ,
Blacklist ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Final Rules ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Preliminary Injunctions
Federal acquisition officials recently finalized an interim rule intended to remove contractors with federal tax liabilities and felony convictions from the federal contracting arena. The interim rule, which took effect...more
10/7/2016
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Construction Industry ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Felonies ,
Interim Rule ,
Joint Venture ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Partnerships ,
Professional Corporation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
S-Corporation ,
Tax Liability
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council and the Department of Labor published a final rule, implementing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order (also known as the “blacklisting” Executive Order), on August 24,...more