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Confidentiality Agreements Fraud Abuse and Waste

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Confidentiality Agreement Rule Poses New HR-related Compliance Burden for Contractors

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While contractors (and their HR departments) dodged a serious bullet with Trump’s recent invalidation of the 2016 FAR blacklisting rule, they need to be alert to a new HR-related compliance requirement as a result of a rule...more

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Time to Review Internal Confidentiality Agreements

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Effective January 19, 2017, pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements, federal government contractors are prohibited...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Proposed Federal Rule Says Government Contractors Cannot Prevent Employee from Reporting Fraud, Waste or Abuse

Over the past several years, a series of Executive Orders and federal rules have significantly changed the relationship between federal contractors and their employees. These new rules have included protections for certain...more

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Internal Confidentiality Agreements: 5 Things all Government Contractors Need to Know About the New Proposed FAR Rule

On January 22, 2016, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council issued a Proposed Rule prohibiting government contractors from using internal confidentiality agreements to restrict employees or subcontractors from...more

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Proposed Rule Would Restrict Confidentiality Agreements Between Contractors and Their Employees

On January 22, 2016, the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration proposed a new rule that would amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement a section...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Proposed Federal Rule Would Proscribe Contractor Confidentiality Agreements that “Restrict” Employees And Subcontractors from...

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A recently proposed amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation precludes Federal contractors from entering into a confidentiality agreement with an employee or subcontractor that “prohibit[s] or otherwise restrict[s]”...more

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Contractors Beware: An Overly Broad Confidentiality Agreement Could Cost You!

On October 29, 2015, DOD renewed the DFARS deviation implemented in February, which prohibits contracting with entities that require employees or subcontractors to sign internal confidentiality agreements or statements that...more

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