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Increasing Antitrust and Potentially Other Scrutiny for Defense M&A Deals
Mergers and acquisitions involving companies that conduct business with the federal government present a unique set of challenges. Several statutes and regulations are implicated in such corporate transactions, whether the federal government is a company’s smallest customer or its only...
Federal Contractors Beware: New Hiring Restrictions Proposed on Companies Doing Business With the Federal Government
Earlier this week, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council proposed a new rule that would amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to impose new restrictions on federal contractors and subcontractors, including: (1) prohibiting, seeking or considering an applicant’s compensation history; (2)...
Federal Contractor COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements: Are Changes Coming?
Just over a year ago, President Biden issued an Executive Order requiring federal agencies to amend all contracts to mandate compliance with Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (the “Task Force”) guidance. The Task Force then issued guidance (the “November 2021...
Antitrust Enforcement in Federal Procurement – DOJ's New Lawsuit to Block a Merger Suggests that Things May Be Getting Interesting
In November 2019, the Department of Justice formed the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (“PCSF”) to focus the government’s enforcement resources on “deterring, detecting, investigating and prosecuting antitrust crimes, such as bid-rigging conspiracies and related fraudulent schemes, which undermine competition in...
Department of Defense's "Other Transaction Authority"
The Department of Defense (DoD), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, recently replaced its Other Transactions Guide for Prototype Projects (Version 1.2, dated January 2017), with the Other Transactions Guide (Version 1.0, dated November 2018)...
Navigating the Feds: The Risks and Rewards of Federal Contracting & Subcontracting in Cybersecurity
In August 2018, Angela Styles, Bob Wagman and Phil Bezanson gave a presentation at the Cyber Texas conference in San Antonio that analyzed the risks and rewards of federal contracting and subcontracting in Cybersecurity.
Big Changes on the Horizon for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
Last week, the Senate followed the House of Representatives in passing the John McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (the “NDAA”), which President Trump is expected to sign into law very soon. The NDAA was amended late...
What to Watch: Five Key Features of the Infrastructure Package
The President has announced more details regarding the new national infrastructure initiative that he referenced during his State of the Union address. The details suggest the Administration is taking a new approach to infrastructure—coupling traditional infrastructure concepts with modern approaches...
Suspension and Debarment: It's Not Just for Government Contractors
Companies facing environmental enforcement actions are at increased risk of being suspended and/or debarred because of a number of environmental statutory debarment mandates, state and local enforcement activities, as well as increased federal agency focus on debarring companies and individuals...