Government Contracting Updates – May 21, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 5/17/2012

On May 11, 2012, the Department of Defense (DoD) published an interim final rule expanding its pilot program institutionalizing the sharing of cyber threat information between DoD and its contractors. Comments on the rule are...more

by Nexsen Pruet, PLLC on 5/17/2012

With the recent drawdown of troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, many veterans will be leaving active military duty and returning to the U.S. workforce. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued timely...more

by Ford & Harrison LLP on 5/16/2012

Executive Summary: The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Administrative Review Board (ARB) recently issued a decision requiring an employer to produce OFCCP data well beyond the date of an OFCCP scheduling letter. In...more

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/16/2012

In a decision likely to add to the burden and length of audits for many federal contractors, the Administrative Review Board of the U.S. Department of Labor (ARB) has ordered Frito-Lay Inc. to produce an additional two years’...more

by Sands Anderson PC on 5/14/2012

The Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates that corporate espionage has cost American companies $13 billion from trade secrets stolen by company insiders and given to hostile foreign governments. To combat this...more

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 5/14/2012

On May 8, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit heard oral arguments in United States ex rel. Rost v. Pfizer, Inc. (10-2215). The central issues in the case are whether compliance with the federal...more

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/11/2012

Incumbent employees on federal government services contracts frequently are offered positions by successor contractors on follow-on contracts, but proposed rule changes would significantly limit the new contractor's...more

by Thomas Econometrics on 5/7/2012

Lilly Ledbetter, an equal pay advocate and inspiration for the Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act of 2009, and OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu will appear as guests on The Proactive Employer, hosted by Stephanie R. Thomas,...more