AGG Talks: Government Insight for Life Sciences Leaders | How Medicare Regulations Could Affect Access to Gender-Affirming Care: Implications for Life Sciences Companies
Avoiding Common Teaming and Subcontracting Pitfalls
Overcoming the Compliance Minefield, Part 3: Build Indirect Rates That Stand Up to DCAA Scrutiny
Maximizing Recovery: Tactics for Stop Work REAs and Termination Proposals
November 2025 Monthly Minute | The Federal Government and AI
FCA Implications for M&A Transactions
Chatbots, Trust and Helplines
The Lobby Bar: a Political Law Podcast | Welcome to the Lobby Bar: Battleground 2025 – Navigating Pay-to-Play Laws
What's New with the False Claims Act?
Overcoming the Compliance Minefield of Cost-Reimbursement Contracts, Part 2: Mastering DCAA Audits in Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee Contracts
Managing Workforce Challenges During Shutdowns
AGG Talks: Government Insight for Life Sciences Leaders - Episode 2: DOJ’s Shifting Enforcement: CPB Disbanding, Counterfeit Drug Focus, and Gender-Affirming Care Investigations
False Claims Act Insights - Recent Federal Executive Actions Place Anti-Discrimination Within the FCA’s Orbit
Managing the Financial Impact of Tariffs on Your Government Contract
Key Changes in GSA Schedule Contracting: What You Need to Know
Federal Policy Updates and Their Implications on Transportation Funding
Multijurisdictional Employers, Part 4: Marijuana and Other Drug Testing in the Workplace
Navigating the Energy Frontier With Aric Zurek, Fluence — Battery + Storage Podcast
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Navigating “Illegal DEI” for Federal Contractors with Joan Moore and Mim Munzel of Arbor Consulting Group
Key Takeaways - Courts Revisit the Constitutionality of the FCA: Recent federal decisions reflect renewed judicial scrutiny of the False Claims Act’s qui tam provisions, which authorize private individuals to bring...more
The US Department of Defense recently announced reforms to defense acquisition processes as well as arms sales to foreign militaries. The department will reshuffle several offices in efforts to streamline acquisition and...more
On Nov. 10, 2025, the long-awaited final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program became effective. This rule,...more
On November 10, 2025, the Department of Defense (DoD), also referred to as the Department of War (DoW), officially began rolling out its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Final Rule, marking the start of the...more
This alert serves to remind contractors of the much-ballyhooed Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and updates our previous articles on the Department of Defense’s (DoD) proposed CMMC Program rule and DoD’s...more
A group of 19 Democratic AGs—along with the governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania—secured a final judgment in their lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Energy’s 10 percent cap on reimbursements for state energy...more
Key Takeaways - The Trump administration is moving to roll back and simplify sustainable procurement requirements in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) through class deviations, targeting the Biden-era sustainability...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is taking a renewed and aggressive enforcement approach to educational institutions and researchers with affiliations with China, using the False Claims Act (FCA) to impose liability....more
In this episode, AGG Life Sciences co-chair Alan Minsk and Healthcare partner Andrew Tsui examine how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") may apply the Medicare Conditions of Participation ("COPs") to...more
Teaming and subcontracting have always been critical tools for contractors to pursue and win work with the federal government, and the current environment of contract consolidation places even more importance on these...more
Warfighting at Warp Speed: Why Defense Contractors Must Track the Department of War’s Acquisition Overhaul - The Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on November 7, 2025, that the U.S. Department of War (DOW) is...more
As part of the broader Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO), Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 27, which addresses patents, data, and copyrights was revised. While most changes were driven by the need for plain language,...more
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani presents the latest insights from our Government Contracts group, offering a comprehensive overview of recent significant decisions, regulatory changes, and essential updates for businesses...more
Much of the focus over the last 10 months has been on the Trump Administration’s decision to end the requirement to prepare Affirmative Action Plans under Executive Order 11246. This change has created some confusion, with...more
Dual-use technology refers to technologies that have both civilian and military applications. The Canadian government, along with its NATO allies, has committed to an increased annual defence spending target to 5% of GDP by...more
Secretary Pete Hegseth announced details of sweeping reforms aimed at promoting competition, reducing bureaucracy, and accelerating the delivery of capabilities to warfighters at a speech at the National War College on...more
A recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to reject a proposed $57 million settlement in a False Claims Act (FCA) litigation highlights the unique challenges and complexities that...more
In Peer Ledger Inc. v. Royal Canadian Mint (Peer), the Canadian International Trade Tribunal concluded that a procurement was outside of its jurisdiction because the procurement fell within the “commercial sale or resale”...more
Organizations that rely on third-party vendors for critical operations face unique challenges in managing vendor risks. These external relationships are essential for operational success, but can also create vulnerabilities...more
Indirect rates are a critical component of government contract pricing—and a common focus of DCAA audits. In this last installment of our webinar series, we’ll guide you through the different acceptable indirect rate...more
Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team breaks down the Department of Defense’s finalized Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) rule, which establishes a tiered compliance framework that will soon be mandatory for...more
The Kazakhstan government recently issued new rules relating to definition of efficiency of investment projects and investors’ counter-undertakings thereunder....more
In Bowhead Enterprise, Science and Technology, LLC v. United States, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, No. 24-2110C (Nov. 5, 2025), Bowhead challenged the Army’s award of a systems engineering and program management contract to...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Oct. 31, 2025, released the calendar year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, which includes policies related to Medicare physician payment and the...more
The House is expected to vote on the continuing resolution (CR) and minibus package as early as 4 pm tomorrow, with members on their way back to Washington, D.C. in anticipation of the vote....more