You’re Hired! Restrictions on Hiring Former Government Employees for Government Contractors
False Claims Act Insights - Rogue Employees: Vicarious Liability Under the False Claims Act
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Inside the SBA’s Full-Scale 8(a) Audit: What Participants Need to Know Now
False Claims Act Insights - The Latest on Zafirov and the Future of Qui Tams
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From Compliance Certification to False Claim: The New DEI Risks Facing Federal-Funding Recipients
The FTC's Interest in Governance Matters: Board Oversight, Compliance and Awareness
False Claims Act Insights - Understanding HIPAA Disclosures When Responding to CIDs in FCA Investigations
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
On January 16, 2026, DOJ released its annual report on FCA enforcement statistics for the 2025 fiscal year. The report reveals over $6.8 billion in settlements and judgments—the highest single‑year total and over double the...more
The Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division released its 2025 Year in Review, highlighting a historic year of white-collar enforcement....more
Key point: Historically, civilian‑agency contractors who handled Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) enjoyed an informal compliance environment, with a requirement to adhere to NIST SP 800‑171 often framed as...more
As in recent years, we begin 2026 by summarizing what were, in our view, the most prominent trends in the CNMC’s enforcement of competition rules in Spain in 2025. We give you the highlights from the past year and what we can...more
Policymakers at the federal, state, and local levels have questioned whether investment decisions can or should hinge on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, with courts in Texas a particular hotspot for...more
DOJ Secures Conviction in $197 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme Targeting Seniors and Veterans - A federal jury in the Middle District of Florida recently convicted the owner of a marketing company for his role in a...more
President Trump announced the launch of a $12 billion stockpile of critical minerals and rare earths on Monday, February 2, 2026. Dubbed “Project Vault,” the stockpile is funded primarily through a $10 billion, 15-year loan...more
After a year defined by aggressive and often unorthodox executive action, the life sciences sector enters 2026 on the defensive. The Trump administration has shown little inclination to de-escalate, and the pressures of a...more
The UK’s seventh Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction, Allocation Round 7 (AR7) cleared record-breaking offshore wind capacity, but obstacles lie ahead in translating this into physically delivered projects. We assess the...more
In 2014 President Obama issued Executive Order 13658, creating a minimum wage for work performed on or in connection with certain federal contracts that is higher than the minimum wage applicable to employers subject to just...more
In 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) wielded the False Claims Act (“FCA”) to obtain the highest dollar value of settlements and judgments in the statute’s history: $6.8 billion....more
Procuring agencies enjoy considerable discretion when evaluating proposals, assigning strengths, and determining best value. In streamlined acquisitions, such as orders and blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) under the Federal...more
Federal contractors face few threats more serious than suspension or debarment. This exclusionary action has become more prevalent during the Trump Administration. For example, at the end of 2025, the U.S. Small Business...more
Over the past several years, there has been a steady drumbeat of warnings about the impact of quantum computing on traditional encryption methods, with consistent calls for organizations – both within the federal government...more
On February 3, 2026, the House passed the Senate-approved fiscal year (FY) 2026 five-bill spending package (H.R. 7148) via a vote of 217-214, sending the measure to President Trump and ending the partial government shutdown....more
On January 28, 2026, Brenna Jenny, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Commercial Litigation Branch of the Department of Justice’s Civil Division, delivered comments to False Claims Act (“FCA”) practitioners about DOJ’s...more
As we enter 2026, the landscape of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) compliance continues to evolve rapidly. Berkshire’s recent webinar, “Your EEO Compliance Playbook for 2026,” provided timely insights and practical...more
We previously published an update on the bid protest procedures in the state of Alabama, discussing the revised statutory and regulatory processes and procedures implemented effective October 1, 2022....more
Canada's Commissioner of Lobbying has changed its interpretation of when lobbying constitutes a "significant part" of an employee's duties when determining if registering under the federal Lobbying Act is required. The new...more
As we noted back in August 2025, the Trump Administration is moving aggressively to implement its agenda on foreign adversaries’ influence on agricultural pursuits....more
Companies operating in heavily regulated industries are becoming increasingly familiar with Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Investigative Demands (CID). Traditionally viewed as a pre‑suit investigative tool, a CID may...more
On Thursday, January 22, 2026, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report containing three main recommendations for improving the oversight and operations of the Organ Procurement Transplant Network...more
Individuals who witness fraud against government programs face critical decisions about whether to come forward, what legal protections exist, and what financial compensation they might receive for their role in exposing...more
The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently released its 2025 statistics for federal False Claims Act cases. With settlements and judgments exceeding $6.8 billion last year, DOJ’s report shows that the False Claims Act (“FCA”)...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) have announced the first payment under the Antitrust Division’s Whistleblower Rewards Program: a $1 million award to an individual...more