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Patricia A. Meagher will present at the 2019 Government Contracts Review and Outlook on Fraud and Compliance Issues. The annual conference will be held on November 21-22 at the San Diego Marriott, La Jolla. This unique event brings together legal experts, high-level practitioners and government contracting professionals to discuss what’s happening in the industry and…
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Joshua M. Deitz, a member of RJO’s Government Contracts and Cyber Security and Privacy practices, will be presenting on the implications of the California Consumer Privacy Act for government contractors at the ABA Section of Public Contract Law, 2019 Public Procurement Symposium in San Diego. While many government contractors do not consider themselves to be…
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Neil H. O’Donnell will be one of the members of a panel discussing significant recent developments in government contract law at the Federal Circuit and Court of Federal Claims during the 2019 Annual Program of the Boards of the Contract Appeals Bar Association. The Program will be held on October 22, 2019, at the Towers…
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Renée D. Wasserman, chair of RJO’s Retail Trade Regulation Practice, will be speaking at the Plenary Session panel “From Raw Materials to the Store’s Shelf: How Can You Be Sure You’re Prop. 65 Compliant” at the annual Prop. 65 Conference, on Monday, September 23 in San Francisco, CA.
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RJO Shareholder Merri A. Baldwin has been appointed to the newly-formed California Lawyers Association Ethics Committee. The twelve-member committee will provide guidance to California lawyers on ethics issues, and plans to issue advisory opinions, provide public comment on legal ethics issues and offer educational programming. Ms. Baldwin is a former chair of the State Bar…
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Stephen L. Bacon will speak on Saturday, August 10th at the Council Meeting for the ABA Public Contract Law Section on “U.S. ex rel. Markus v. Aerojet Rocketdyne: Cyber Security Enforcement Under the False Claims Act.” If you’d like to learn more about the False Claims Act, read Mr. Bacon and Robert Metzger‘s article, “Cybersecurity Enforcement…
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We are proud to announce that Gayle Athanacio has been selected as a member of the faculty for an in-depth CLE course focusing on Independent Contractor, Joint Employment & Misclassification Litigation 2019. About the program California Employers and Litigators have wrestled for years over how to classify independent contractors and employees and which employees are…
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Tune into the Federal Drive podcast as our very own Robert Metzger joins host, Tom Temin, to discuss how using a contractor with suboptimal cybersecurity protocols affects your business as it relates to government contracts. If you’re a defense contractor, you don’t want to miss it! Listen here.
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RJO is thrilled to once again be recognized by Chambers & Partners as a Leading Nationwide Law Firm for our Government Contracts practice in 2019. RJO has again been ranked in Band 2, placing it among only eight firms in the top two bands. In addition to firmwide recognition, several of our attorneys were also…
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RJO is pleased to announce that Whitney R. Miner has joined our firm as an associate in our Complex Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law and Retail Industry Trade Regulation Practice Groups. Ms. Miner has represented clients in a wide range of litigation matters, including contractual disputes, business torts, and intellectual property infringement. She has litigated cases…
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