False Claims Act Insights - Relators’ Attorneys’ Fees: Math, Limits, and How to Push Back
Podcast - The New Rules of Healthcare Fraud Enforcement
Workforce Unfiltered Episode 2 - ANOTHER DAVID?, Abraham Lincoln, and the False Claims Act in Employment
The New DEI Crackdown: What Federal Contractors Must Do Now
Contract Claims 101: The Fundamentals of Contract Administration Disputes
False Claims Act Insights - Healthcare Compensation and Referrals: Avoiding Compliance Pitfalls in Physician Deals
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 82 - Is Qui Tam Unconstitutional? The False Claims Act's Constitutional Reckoning
Workforce Unfiltered - Ep 1 - NASCAR, Illegal DEI, and Our Guest Sues Our Host
We get Contracting: Episode 2 — Civil Rights Compliance Opens New Path to FCA Claims
The Lobby Bar Podcast | Government Conflict of Interest Rules: The Underdiscussed Threat
False Claims Act Insights - $1.6 Billion FCA Judgment on Appeal: What it Means for FCA Enforcement
False Claims Act Insights - Qui Tam Dismissals Are Spiking: What That Means for FCA Enforcement
CMMC Mission Readiness: Navigating Growth, Costs, and Competition for Defense Contractors
We get Contracting: Episode 1 — Top Five Compliance Challenges for Government Contractors in 2026
PilieroMazza Annual Review: Key Insights from Recent Bid Protest Decisions Shaping Government Contractor Success in 2026
PilieroMazza Annual Review: FCA Enforcement and Compliance Updates for Government Contractors—What to Watch in 2026
AI, Governance, and the Rule of Law: Leadership Under Pressure - On Record PR
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
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a new initiative to enhance its working relationship with data miners who bring cases as whistleblowers under the False Claims Act (FCA). The initiative is dubbed...more
As more employers join the trend toward in-office attendance, the Fifth Circuit’s recent decision in Hayes v. GStek, Inc. provides further support for employers navigating disability accommodation requests in the context of...more
A long-awaited overhaul Reform of Germany's defense procurement system has been debated for decades. The Bundeswehr's procurement authority, the BAAINBw in Koblenz, has long been criticised for slow processes, high costs,...more
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) owners should be paying close attention to the BUILD America 250 Act—a sweeping surface transportation reauthorization bill introduced in the House of Representatives on May 17, 2026....more
Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act Proposes to Eliminate Preferences for 8(a) and WOSB Firms - On April 27, 2026, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) introduced companion bills...more
In our April 16, 2026 post, we discussed the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Interim Final Rule (IFR) concerning Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE)...more
In this month’s bid protest roundup, we consider three recent decisions of the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The first considers whether an agency applied an unstated evaluation criterion by weighing offerors’...more
The Department of Defense’s proposed rule implementing Section 847 of the FY 2020 NDAA could fundamentally reshape how foreign ownership, control, or influence (FOCI) is monitored across the defense industrial base. Through...more
A contractor wins two awards from the Army. The solicitations arrive on the government’s commercial-items form and say nothing about performance or payment bonds. The contractor agrees to design a laundry facility and build a...more
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins made news in March when he told an audience of securities industry professionals that change was on the way for Investment Advisers Act Rule 206(4)-5 (the...more
Another week, another reminder that space and defense come with sky-high costs. Congress is pushing back on a proposed 23% cut to NASA’s budget with a $24.4 billion plan, while the Trump administration has requested...more
On April 30, 2026, the White House issued a highly consequential Executive Order (“EO”) titled “Promoting Efficiency, Accountability, and Performance in Federal Contracting.” This EO fundamentally alters the federal...more
Half an inch. That is what stood between a health care contractor and a slice of a $260 million Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) procurement. Not a missed deadline, not a small-business misstep, not a price gaffe—half...more
One of the things I like about government contracts work is its breadth. A single contract may implicate intellectual property, cybersecurity, export controls, labor and employment issues, domestic sourcing requirements,...more
Key Takeaways - The Illinois Appellate Court for the Third District held that BIPA’s Section 25(e) government contractor exemption can apply even if a company performs both government-contracted and private work, rejecting...more
On May 14, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) submitted a proposal to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) concerning federal equal employment opportunity reporting and...more
As experienced government contractors know, the rights and remedies available to prime contractors and subcontractors vary markedly. Prime contractors have a direct contractual relationship with the U.S. Government—referred...more
The EEOC just sent a game-changing proposal to the White House to end the EEO-1 reporting requirement altogether, according to a May 14 submission to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). This news comes as...more
Escalating geopolitical tensions have driven a significant increase in demand for critical signals intelligence and radio frequency intelligence data and analytics to advance defense, intelligence and national security...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more
Recent federal agency moves could lead to significant shifts in workforce reporting requirements. But employers should be wary of changing their demographic data collection and reporting processes this early in the rulemaking...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently provided important information about how it plans to handle the surge in data-driven False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam lawsuits. On April 30, 2026, DOJ announced its Fraud Oversight...more
The UK MoD has announced the largest reform of defence pricing rules in over a decade, with a specific focus on rewarding performance, and substantially increasing the maximum profit available for single source defence...more
Late last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) submitted a proposal to the federal Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to rescind EEO-1 reporting requirements. The EEOC’s proposal also...more
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) published a proposed rule on May 6 that would amend 27 C.F.R. § 479.105 to streamline and clarify the regulatory framework governing the transfer, manufacture,...more