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
Project Catalyst: An Economic Development Podcast | Episode 18: The Triad’s Economic Momentum with Marvin Price of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
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
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
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on January 6, 2026, upheld a district court's decision to permanently enjoin and vacate guidance (Guidance) published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) early last year....more
We continue our series of topics addressed during Ward and Smith’s Employment Law Symposium, focusing on the current state of DEI. X. Lightfoot, a member of the firm’s labor/employment group and a North Carolina State Bar...more
At a White House press briefing on Thursday, January 8, 2026, Vice President JD Vance outlined a nationwide fraud enforcement initiative anchored by a new Senate-confirmed Department of Justice (DOJ) leadership position that...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken several follow-on actions that impact its December 2025 drone-focused addition to the FCC’s Covered List of communications equipment and services that pose unacceptable...more
On January 8, Vice President JD Vance announced the creation of a new position at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct fraud investigations as part of an “interagency” effort that would be “run out of the White House.” ...more
If you are a trade and legal compliance decision-maker, where can you go to learn, expand your export controls brain trust, and strengthen your strategy? At ACI’s Advanced Forum on Global Export Controls, you’ll connect...more
Host Jonathan Porter welcomes Husch Blackwell partners Rebecca Furdek and Todd Gee back to the podcast to discuss the growing amount of enforcement under various state-level False Claims Acts, and the recent Risk Management...more
Given the new year, I thought it would be helpful to provide a summary of recent events involving the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) and the SBA’s 8(a) Program. ...more
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) ended all active Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding opportunities. (see NIH’s Notice NOT-OD-26-006)....more
Following the removal of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro from power, the US administration has encouraged energy companies to resume operations in Venezuela. ...more
Key Takeaways - Federal courts in 2025 raised the bar on who can bring FCA cases and when, strictly enforcing government dismissal authority, the first-to-file rule, and the public disclosure/original source bar — meaning...more
Key Takeaways - DOJ is reportedly conducting active False Claims Act investigations into federal contractors’ DEI hiring practices, using civil probes and document demands to examine compliance with federal nondiscrimination...more
On January 7, 2026, President Trump issued a new executive order, “Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting” (the “EO”), which states that “[a]fter years of misplaced priorities, traditional defense contractors have...more
This client alert provides an overview of key provisions in the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) affecting government contractors and technology companies through significant acquisition and...more
Following a series of signals throughout 2025 that investigations into corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) initiatives were coming, recent reporting has confirmed the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has...more
Law No. 11,079/2004 provides for the possibility of public contributions in public-private partnership (PPP) contracts, understood as transfers of resources in favor of the private partner intended for the execution of works...more
On December 18, 2025, President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law. The NDAA authorizes the Department of War (DOW) to spend $900 billion on a variety of program priorities. ...more
What: On January 7, 2026, President Trump issued an Executive Order “Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting,” aimed at increasing production of critical defense weapons, supplies, and equipment. The EO was...more
Recent draft cybersecurity guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides an opportunity for government contractors who provide IT services to federal agencies to weigh in on implementation...more
On January 7, 2026, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) and fact sheet that, if fully implemented, will impose consequences on federal defense contractors determined to be "underperforming" or not in compliance...more
As we have covered in previous client alerts, in February 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) asserted a policy of capping indirect cost rates for federal grantees at 15 percent. ...more
Blog Overview: The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published an Information Collection Request on January 7, 2025, seeking reauthorization to enforce Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act...more
On December 30, 2025, the United States Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) published a final rule amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). This final rule implements, with...more
WHAT: On December 31, 2025, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins issued a memorandum establishing a single, standardized set of General Terms and Conditions (GT&Cs) for all U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grants,...more
After the NYC Council voted to override a veto by former Mayor Eric Adams, New York City will soon require large employers to report pay data by employee race, ethnicity, and gender. ...more