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Construction Contractor Wins COVID-Related Construction Claim on Appeal: Lessons Learned

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Since the beginning of the pandemic, boards and courts have denied a vast majority of construction claims seeking pandemic-related costs under fixed-price contracts. In this blog, PilieroMazza summarizes a recent claim where...more

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2022 Wage and Hour Developments: A Year in Review

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In 2022, federal and state laws regulating wages and hours of work continued to change and develop. In “2022 Wage and Hour Developments: A Year in Review,” we look back on significant wage and hour developments at the federal...more

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Tomato, Tomahto...Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off: Virginia District Court Decision Shows Perils of Federal Contractor Teaming...

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Teaming agreements are a common, beneficial, and sometimes necessary way for industry to come together and meet the federal government’s needs. But the devil is in the details. A recent decision from the U.S. District Court...more

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Georgia Federal Court Blocks Federal Contractor COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Nationwide

Judge R. Stan Baker of the US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued an order (Order) on December 7, 2021, enjoining the federal government “from enforcing the vaccine mandate for federal contractors and...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Untangling the Vaccine Mandate – Updates and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

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Since our October 14, 2021 webinar, much has developed in the rapidly evolving compliance world of Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (“EO” or “EO 14042”). In case you...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Federal Government Issues Additional Guidance Related to COVID-19 Safety Protocol Compliance/Enforcement: Accommodations;...

If you’ve been following along, you know that we have been keeping you up to date on the various events surrounding the Government’s issuance of COVID Safety Protocols Guidance, and the related FAR Deviation Clauses, for...more

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Myth Buster: There is Not a General Testing Alternative for Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate

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This is the first in a series of posts from Verrill with the purpose of helping to dispel myths that are currently circulating concerning employment laws and rules related to COVID-19. On September 24, the Safer Federal...more

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Vaccination and Masking Requirements For Federal Contractors Announced By The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force

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On September 24, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issued its “Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors,” (the “Guidance”) setting forth the COVID-19 safeguards that are to be required of federal...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

COVID-19 Oversight and Enforcement: President Biden’s COVID Executive Order

On September 9, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) to implement COVID safety protocols for Federal service contractors. While the EO did not identify specific safety protocols, it did direct a Federal task...more

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The Biden Administration Issues Its COVID-19 Plan

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Overview: On September 9, 2021, the Biden Administration issued a variety of measures designed to promote COVID-19 safeguards and decrease the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Such measures included two Executive Orders and...more

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Biden Administration Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement for Federal Contractors

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On September 9, 2021, President Biden signed executive orders that will require that all federal executive branch workers to be vaccinated for COVID-19 (the “Federal Employee Order”) and that this standard be extended to...more

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BREAKING: SBA to Suspend Bona Fide Place of Business Requirements for 8(a) Construction Contracts, Effective Immediately

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Bibi Hidalgo, the Associate Administrator for SBA’s Office of Government Contracting and Business Development, just announced during her keynote address at the National 8(a) Association Alaska Regional Conference that SBA...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Protect Yourself: Safe Contracting and Subcontracting in the Era of Pandemics

As the marketplace slows in response to the worldwide spread of COVID-19, companies are (or should be) breaking out their contracts and subcontracts to see what they say to protect themselves from current and future problems....more

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Contractors Should Prepare for the Coronavirus

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With the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spreading outside of China at an ever-increasing rate, government contractors should prepare for possible service and payment interruptions. In addition, the administration is considering...more

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