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Quinn Emanuel D.C. Litigation in Brief -- Spring 2012

by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP on 5/22/2012

In This Issue: The Supreme Court Confronts Controversies Overseas, But Will Congress Have the Final Word? Cover; When in Rome...(U.S Law Still Applies): Lessons of Wal-Mart, News Corp. & the Foreign Corrupt Practices...more

SBA Proposed Rule Would Create More SBIR and STTR Opportunities for Businesses Partially Owned by Venture Capital Companies, Hedge...

by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP on 5/17/2012

The Small Business Administration (“SBA”) recently issued a proposed rule to amend its regulations governing eligibility for the Small Business Innovation Research (“SBIR”) and Small Business Technology Transfer (“STTR”)...more

COAH Standstill Creating Havoc for New Jersey Businesses and Municipalities

by Patrick J. McNamara on 4/26/2012

COAH Standstill Creating Havoc for New Jersey Businesses and Municipalities by Patrick McNamara The lack of consensus surrounding New Jersey affordable housing policy is creating havoc for municipalities and businesses...more

Corporate Counsel: How to Stop Bluster, Boilerplate and BS in RFP Responses

by Pamela Woldow on 4/19/2012

We’re seeing huge increases in the number of RFPs corporate legal departments are issuing to try to get the best law firms, lawyers and service. But we’re not seeing huge increases in the quality or effectiveness of those...more

Turbulent Market for Legal Services Forces Law Firms to Innovate [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 4/17/2012

April 17 (Bloomberg Law) -- Markus Hartung, director of the Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession, talks to Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the current state of the legal profession and the importance of innovation for...more

A Primer on Bid Protests in the US P3 Market

by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP on 4/11/2012

Bid protests have long been a part of the United States procurement process through which a disappointed bidder or offeror can challenge various aspects of the contract award process. The bid protest process helps to keep the...more

Staying Well Within the Law -- First Quarter 2012

by Fox Rothschild on 3/29/2012

In This Issue: Sunlight, Transparency and Required Disclosures; Will the Threat of Personal Liability Stifle Corporate Activity?; Hospitals That Participate in TRICARE No Longer Considered Federal Subcontractors Simply...more

Mandatory Debarment for FCPA Violations? A Bad Idea Whose Time Should Never Come

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/29/2012

In the fervor of the U.S.'s current anti-foreign-corruption efforts, a particularly misguided proposal has occasionally reared its ugly head: Requiring “mandatory debarment” for any company that violates the Foreign Corrupt...more

Contractor Payment Protections in Public Private Partnerships Under Nevada Law

by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 3/22/2012

On February 23, 2012, the Snell & Wilmer Infrastructure Development and Project Finance Industry Group hosted “Moving Nevada Forward,” its first annual forum on Nevada public private partnerships. The event was well attended...more

Government Contracts and Construction Practices Alert: Maryland Public-Private Partnerships Senate Bill 358

by Fox Rothschild on 3/5/2012

To address Maryland’s current infrastructure deficiencies and budgetary challenges, the Maryland State Senate is currently considering Senate Bill 358, which proposes overhaul Maryland’s current Public-Private...more

SBIR Improvements -- Allowing Majority Investor Participation and More

by Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC on 1/24/2012

On December 31, 2011, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012, which included the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 (the "Act"). H.R. 1540-526, Division E. Many changes, large and small,...more

Cuomo Issues Executive Order Regarding Limits on Executive Compensation

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 1/20/2012

After withdrawing nearly identical proposed legislation one day earlier, on January 18, 2012, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an Executive Order directing certain New York State agencies, including the Department of...more

Asocierea in participatie in Noul Cod Civil

by Petru Hobincu on 1/20/2012

Asocierea in Participatie – o privire sintetica a reglementarii din Noul Cod Civil Prin aceasta abordare doresc sa motivez comunicarea opiniilor pro sau contra avand in vedere noutatea reglementarii dar si necesitatea...more

Venable Victory Clarifies Size Determination Law

by Venable LLP on 1/5/2012

On December 7, 2011, the United States Small Business Administration Office of Hearings and Appeals (the “OHA”) overturned an Area Office size determination concluding that GPA Technologies, Inc. (“GPA”) was other than small,...more

Federal Bill to Discourage Offshoring and Use of Tax Havens Reintroduced

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 12/5/2011

Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.) has reintroduced legislation designed to discourage corporations from offshoring jobs. The Stop Outsourcing and Create American Jobs Act of 2011 (H.R. 3338) allows the federal government to give...more

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