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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
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
Japan Delivers First Domestically Produced Patriot Interceptors to U.S. Japan has completed its first delivery of domestically produced Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) interceptors to the United States, drawn from...more
Key Takeaways: Executive Order 14169, issued on January 20, 2025, placed a 90-day pause on foreign aid while its alignment with U.S. foreign policy was reviewed....more
The White House recently issued an executive order launching the “Genesis Mission,” a US Department of Energy–led national initiative designed to accelerate scientific discovery using advanced artificial intelligence. The...more
Securing a grant from the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) is a major vote of confidence and a critical financial boost for any R&D company. However, the funding comes with a complex set of legal, regulatory, and financial...more
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is moving full steam ahead with its promised 8(a) Program Audit. The 8(a) Program is designed to help small and disadvantaged businesses compete in the federal marketplace and provides...more
Accessibility Standards Canada has published the first edition of the National Standard of Canada CAN-ASC-6.2:2025, Accessible and Equitable Artificial Intelligence Systems....more
Last month, the Pentagon announced it would be “Transforming the Defense Acquisition System into the Warfighting Acquisition System to Accelerate Fielding of Urgently Needed Capabilities to Our Warriors.” The proclamation...more
On December 8, 2025, the U.S. House and Senate Armed Services Committees released the text of “the final negotiated language for” the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2026 (FY26). ...more
The U.S. Department of Defense will soon undertake a large-scale assessment of its data rights – and, where it sees gaps, look to contractors to fill them. If the recently released National Defense Authorization Act...more
Companies participating in government and multilateral procurement can now use the Global Suspension and Debarment Directory to mitigate procurement and integrity risks in almost 40 jurisdictions globally. On December 2,...more
Mexico's Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social or STPS) on Nov. 24, 2025, introduced a new inspection protocol on subcontracting, which redefines how authorities will verify...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ), via messaging from its leadership, has made clear it will prioritize and pursue aggressive civil False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement against companies that receive federal dollars....more
On Friday, Dec. 5, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) sent letters to all 4,300 8(a) Business Development Program (8(a) Program) participants requiring production of detailed financial records for the last three...more
Contexte - Le 20 novembre 2025, le gouvernement de l’Ontario a déposé le projet de loi 72, la Loi de 2025 visant à encourager à acheter ontarien (approvisionnement du secteur public) (la « Loi »). Si elles sont adoptées,...more
The landscape for small business government contractors continues to evolve rapidly, with significant regulatory updates from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council aimed at...more
Regulators and lawmakers continue to intensify scrutiny of private equity (“PE”) ownership of healthcare providers and government contractors at both the federal and state levels....more
It’s no secret: the federal procurement system is undergoing major changes. The President’s “Revolutionary FAR Overhaul” is well underway, the Department of War (“DoW”) has recently announced that traditional program...more
Drumroll, please. On November 7, 2025, the Department of Defense (DoD) released three memoranda signaling changes to its approach to procurement and Foreign Military Sales/Direct Commercial Sales in the years to come:...more
"It is well-settled that a terminated contractor's recovery is limited to the contract price, less the monies already paid to the contract during performance, plus settlement expenses. In addition, it is well-settled that, if...more
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee heralded the release of the final 2024 report of the Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council with the observation that "Tennessee is rapidly becoming the epicenter of new nuclear and leading...more
On Sunday, December 7, 2025, Congress released the final draft compromise version of the FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and the package includes the BIOSECURE Act, reflecting weeks of additional...more
Despite the Thanksgiving holiday, it’s been a busy couple of weeks in space. As we head into 2025’s homestretch, all Speaker Johnson wants for Christmas is final NDAA language, several members want NDAA language to put...more
On December 1, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) publicly announced its decision to allocate up to $134 million in new funding to enhance domestic supply chains for rare earth elements (REEs). REEs are 17 elements...more
Key Takeaways - Global modern slavery compliance expectations are rising, with updated UK guidance, evolving U.S. TVPA enforcement priorities, and California’s expanding disclosure and procurement requirements increasing risk...more
Below is a tracker of healthcare-related executive orders (EOs) issued by the Trump administration, including overviews of each EO and the date each EO was signed. We will regularly update this tracker as additional EOs are...more