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HR Toolkit Series, Part 4 - Protecting Proprietary Information and Trade Secrets

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In a recent Holland & Knight webinar, Partners Kara Ariail, Brandon Elledge, and Terry Elling discussed trade secrets and related issues affecting government contractors when employees are hired or leave. In case you missed...more

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Department of Veterans Affairs Updates Pharmaceutical Federal Schedule Supply

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) National Acquisition Center (“NAC”), which administers the VA Federal Supply Schedule (“FSS”) Program, has already had a busy year. Among other procurement streamlining activities,...more

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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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There’s not a whole lot of new ground to cover as to why an employer or contractor would want to implement confidentiality agreements. However, forcing them on workers is a whole different story....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

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Government Contractors: Time to Ditch Those Confidentiality Agreements

On January 19, 2017, a new Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) went into effect prohibiting the government from contracting with companies that utilize confidentiality agreements that restrict employees or subcontractors...more

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EFFECTIVE TODAY: FAR Barring Certain Contractor Confidentiality Agreements

Today (January 19, 2017), the Employee Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements Federal Acquisition Regulation (the “Rule”) goes into effect. The Rule prohibits the government from contracting with companies that...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - January 2017 #2

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2006-95 - This Federal Acquisition Circular provides a summary presentation of final rules issued by the Department of Defense...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

How Gov't Contractors Can Avoid Pay Transparency Mishaps

The final rule implementing Executive Order 13665 (the Pay Transparency Act) went into effect on Jan. 11, 2016. The act prohibits employers from requiring their employees to keep their compensation confidential. Under the new...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Proposed FAR Rule Would Restrict Confidentiality Agreements between Contractors and Their Employees

Recently, the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council published a proposed rule that, if implemented, would impose a government-wide prohibition on contracting with companies “that require employees or subcontractors to sign...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

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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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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

PilieroMazza PLLC

Keep Your Confidential Information Confidential

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Most government contractors, or any company with confidential information or trade secrets, have confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements with their employees, subcontractors, or other entities they do business with....more

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OFCCP Seeks Final Approval Of Its Pay Transparency Regulations From OMB

OFCCP recently sent its proposed final regulations implementing Executive Order 13665 (the “Order”) to the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) for final approval. The Order, among other things, mandates that federal...more

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How Long Is Your Non-Disclosure Agreement Enforceable? It Depends.

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Non-disclosure agreements (“NDA”), or confidentiality agreements, are useful in a variety of contexts, including between teaming partners, contractors and subcontractors, as well as employers and employees. ...more

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Confidentiality Agreements of Federal Contractor Employees – Changes To The Federal Acquisition Regulations Are Coming Soon

Confidentiality agreements for employees of federal contractors are increasingly coming under scrutiny by federal agencies. In late 2014, as part of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (the “Act”),...more

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Department of State Inspector General Issues Report on Contractor Confidentiality Provisions with Employees

Monday, the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of State (OIG) issued a report on its review of the use of confidentiality agreements and policies by Department of State contractors. In preparing the...more

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