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Mayer Brown

False Claims Act Enforcement: Record-Breaking Year Signals Continued Attention to Cybersecurity

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Last month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released its statistics for False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement during fiscal year 2025. Settlements and judgments exceeded a record-breaking $6.8 billion, and the DOJ recorded the...more

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Nevada Supreme Court Unanimously Requires Prevailing-Wage Disputes to Be Resolved by the Nevada Labor Commissioner

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On February 26, 2026, the Nevada Supreme Court issued a long-awaited en banc decision confirming that Nevada’s Prevailing Wage Statutes (NRS Chapter 338) do not allow employees to recover prevailing wages and overtime in...more

Baker Donelson

Shift in U.S. Cyber Strategy: What the White House's New Offensive Cyber Posture Signals for Businesses

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For years, U.S. cybersecurity policy has largely followed a familiar formula: strengthen defenses, share threat intelligence, and improve resilience after attacks occur. But as ransomware gangs cripple hospitals, nation-state...more

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Anthropic Challenges DoW’s Supply Chain Risk Designation

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On March 9, Anthropic filed two lawsuits challenging the Department of War (DoW) designation of it as a supply chain risk. Anthropic filed the first lawsuit in the Northern District of California, challenging DoW’s...more

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SBA Continues to Demand Unwarranted Repayment from Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program Recipients

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The Small Business Administration (“SBA”) began demanding repayment of grant funds distributed to more than 600 businesses under the COVID-era Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (“SVOG”) Program in June 2025. ...more

BakerHostetler

What’s All the Buzz About? The Scramble To Become CMMC-Certified and FedRAMP’s Evolving Authorization Process

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The landscape is shifting under the feet of government contractors as it is quickly becoming apparent that those who do not assess their security obligations now may be excluded from contract awards in the near future...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

EU Industrial Accelerator Act: A new layer of investment control, industrial policy and strategic autonomy

The EU Industrial Accelerator Act IAA will significantly reshape deal structuring and operations in strategic sectors, requiring early assessment of foreign investment constraints, governance and IP arrangements, and...more

Hogan Lovells

Navigating the U.S. and UK national security strategies: Implications for global business

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The United States and the United Kingdom have each issued new National Security Strategies in recent months that elevate economic policy, technology, and industrial capacity to the core of national security planning....more

PilieroMazza PLLC

GSA MAS Refresh #31: Key Changes and Updates Every Contractor Should Know

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The General Services Administration (GSA) announced back in January that Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001 – Refresh # 31 is expected to be issued in March/April 2026. Refresh #31 will introduce...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Moderna Settles Patent Litigation with Arbutus et al.

A consequence of the gradual decline in COVID infections worldwide has been a less gradual increase in patent litigation by the many entities having patent rights for the vaccines or components of them.  This is particularly...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Florida Earns Top Marks in U.S. P3 Report Card

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The continued evolution of public-private partnerships (P3s) across the United States is reshaping how states modernize infrastructure, deliver public services, and attract private capital. A newly released P3 Report Card,...more

Haynes Boone

CBCA Opens New Avenue for Small Enforcement Actions Under the AFCA

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Fraud claims against contractors have almost exclusively been pursued by the Department of Justice (or qui tam relators) in court. Now, in a significant change, certain fraud claims can be referred by an agency to a board of...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Multiple Policy Updates Out of HUD

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Recently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) made multiple policy announcements, including a revocation of the 30-day nonpayment notice, publication of an updated Procurement Handbook for public...more

Knobbe Martens

Proposed UAH-ASKA Agreement for Drive-And-Fly Aircraft: IP Ownership Issues in Joint Development and Public-Private Partnerships

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The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and aerospace company ASKA have agreed to explore collaboration on a drive-and-fly aircraft. The proposed joint development exemplifies the need for careful consideration of...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Healthcare & Life Sciences: Drug Pricing Digest - March 2026

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Our Drug Pricing and Market Access team tracks recent developments in healthcare reform, the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, the 340B Program, Medicare, and state law....more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

FCA Basics: Government Investigations and Self-Disclosure

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This is the sixth post in the Dorsey FCANow Blog’s FCA Basics Series covering the fundamentals of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), outlining FCA procedure and highlighting key facets of FCA practice. Today’s post discusses...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Protest Intervention: When a Competitor Files a Bid Protest, a Government Contractor Should Take Immediate Steps to Protect Its...

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As we have written previously, contractors must act fast to file a bid protest if they lose a contract award for improper reasons. But what should a contractor do when it wins the award and another competitor files a bid...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Les installations rééquipées pourraient participer à l’approvisionnement dans l’avenir en Ontario

Le présent bulletin fait le point concernant l’intégration des installations rééquipées à la deuxième ronde de la demande de propositions à long terme (la « demande de propositions LT2 ») de la Société indépendante...more

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OFCCP Restructured Amid Staffing Changes

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BLOG OVERVIEW: OFCCP Director Ashley Romanias has announced a major reorganization of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), consolidating field operations and policy functions into two streamlined...more

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The BIOSECURE Act and the Expanding Life Sciences Supply Chain: Practical Considerations for Research-Driven Industries

In a previous posting, we flagged how the BIOSECURE Act (enacted as Section 851 of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act) reflects a growing focus on biotechnology supply chains within federal procurement....more

Burr & Forman

Alabama’s Rural Health Transformation Program: Summary of Alabama’s Application for Federal Funds to Improve Rural Health

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Federal Grant Background - As part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Congress established a $50 billion grant program, to be administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), to improve access, quality...more

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New GSA Guidance on Protecting CUI in Contractor Systems, Plus a Look Ahead at Pending FAR Changes

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Key Takeaways: GSA released detailed procedural guidance for protecting CUI in nonfederal systems, and a proposed FAR rule would further standardize CUI handling, documentation and incident reporting across federal contracts....more

Mayer Brown

Brazil O&G Permanent Offer: ANP to Hold Public Hearing on Inclusion of New Blocks

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The National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) will hold a public hearing on March 13, 2026 to discuss revisions to the Permanent Production Sharing Offer (OPP) tender protocol. The main agenda item is the...more

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European Commission Proposes Industrial Accelerator Act

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On 4 March 2026, the European Commission proposed an Industrial Accelerator Act ("the proposed IAA") that would, if adopted, incorporate "Made in EU" and low‑carbon preferences into public procurement, accelerate industrial...more

Jones Day

EU Industrial Accelerator Act: What Companies Need to Know

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On 4 March 2026, the European Commission proposed a Regulation that would, for the first time, make European origin and low-carbon content formal conditions for access to public procurement and public funding across major...more

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