9/28/2023 6:36:29 PM How Government Contractors Should Prepare for the Looming Government Shutdown By Kendra Perkins Norwood Ozra Ajzadeh With only two days left until the federal government’s new fiscal year begins, Congress remains at an impasse over a dozen spending bills...
7/28/2023 10:43:55 AM ECJ: national competition authorities may assess infringements outside competition law when establishing a dominance abuse By Andy Splittgerber Michaela Westrup Miriam Sahner Four years after a landmark decision by the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) (decision of 6 February 2019, B6-22/16) finding that a...
4/6/2023 6:44:31 PM Third Circuit Rules Office of the Inspector General Need Not Abide By Statutory Filing Deadlines in Whistleblower Retaliation Case By Elizabeth Leavy Lawrence Sher Ariya Serbest In a case decided this week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit turned government filing deadlines on their head by...
2/14/2023 3:00:00 PM Department of Defense issues interim rule proposing to restrict acquisition of personal protective equipment from non-allied foreign nations By Elizabeth Leavy William Kirkwood Ozra Ajzadeh The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has recently issued an interim rule that proposes to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition...
11/3/2022 4:19:24 PM Singapore High Court issues revised sentencing framework for private sector corruption By Calvin Chan Steven Li Min Jian Chan Ruiteng Liu +1 more... Show less The Singapore High Court recently issued a revised sentencing framework for private sector corruption offences involving agents in...
10/25/2022 10:03:03 AM “We won’t accept business as usual”: DOJ cracks down on corporate misconduct By Daniel Ahn Mark Bini Calvin Chan Rosanne Kay Michael Lowell Rizwan Qureshi Kate Seikaly Thomas Suddath Justin Angotti Min Jian Chan Kaela Dahan Ruiteng Liu Steven Li Anthony Todd +11 more... Show less What are the key changes to the DOJ’s corporate criminal enforcement program? We look at the updated guidance on individual and corporate...
10/24/2022 3:49:30 PM Preserving business communications on employees’ personal devices By Calvin Chan Michael Lowell Rizwan Qureshi Mark Bini Daniel Ahn Rosanne Kay Steven Li Ruiteng Liu Min Jian Chan Stefanie Dai +7 more... Show less Why is it important to monitor and preserve business communications conducted through instant messaging platforms on employees’ personal...
9/29/2022 1:15:00 PM An interview with New York Attorney General, Letitia James By Divonne Smoyer Stuart Cobb Hubert Zanczak Skyline view of New York City In the October edition of IAPP’s Privacy Advisor, Divonne Smoyer, Hubert Zanczak, and Stuart Cobb interview...
8/17/2022 3:19:52 PM Protecting consumers online: FTC and CFPB team up with State AGs By Divonne Smoyer Eric Manski The recent National Association of Attorneys General Presidential Summit marked a clear partnership between state AGs, the Federal Trade...
7/28/2022 4:09:49 PM Mental Health Parity is Garnering Attention From State AGs – Is A Multistate Enforcement Effort On the Horizon? By Divonne Smoyer Martin Bishop Nicole Aiken-Shaban Samantha J. Sedivy +1 more... Show less Congress passed the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), which amended the Mental Health Parity Act of 2016 to fill in...
7/21/2022 12:55:08 PM Oh the Places They’ll Go (and Come From): Exploring the Roles of State AGs, Where They Come From, Where They Go, and Why It Matters By Divonne Smoyer Samantha J. Sedivy Edrius Stagg There is a joke that NAAG, the acronym for the National Association of Attorneys General, also stands for the “National Association of...
7/18/2022 8:44:30 PM GAO dismisses post-award protest because protester is not an interested Party By Liza Craig Josh Turner The U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently dismissed a protest challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s...
7/11/2022 5:11:46 PM GAO Sustains Post-Award Protest Challenging The Navy’s Unreasonable Interpretation Of Its Own Solicitation Criteria By Liza Craig Josh Turner Jordon DeGroote Ahmad Younis +1 more... Show less The U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently sustained a protest challenging the Department of the Navy’s (“Navy”)...
7/6/2022 8:29:07 PM Privacy Advocates, Business Community Voice Opinions on Privacy Law in the Centennial State: AG Provides Open Forum By Divonne Smoyer Roger Gibboni Samantha J. Sedivy Sarah Bruno +1 more... Show less Almost exactly one year ago, on July 7, 2021, Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) signed the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”) into law. As we...
6/30/2022 4:24:26 PM Mid-season election update: Where AG elections stand post Dobbs decision and updates on AG races in D.C., Idaho, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota and more By Divonne Smoyer Samantha J. Sedivy Roger Gibboni In this post, we build upon the electoral analysis provided in an earlier blog posted on February 10, 2022, entitled “New AGs Take the...
6/15/2022 6:30:48 PM GAO sustains pre-award protest challenging a solicitation as unduly restrictive. By Liza Craig Josh Turner Karim Alhassan Edward Fultz Eric Manski +2 more... Show less In a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision, the watchdog sustained a pre-award protest filed by an offeror alleging...