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Neil O’Donnell and Patricia Meagher spoke on Terminations at the West’s Annual Government Contracts Year in Review Conference. This gathering, typically attended by nearly 2000 people, was held as usual at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C. Mr. O’Donnell addressed recent developments in terminations for default and Ms. Meagher did the same for terminations for convenience. This was…
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Dennis J. Callahan, a shareholder at Rogers Joseph O’Donnell, will speak at the 4th annual Qui Tam Conference in San Francisco, January 22-23, 2018. Mr. Callahan will be joined by co-speaker, Steven J. Saltiel, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California. Mr. Callahan and Mr. Saltiel will present “Procurement Fraud, Renewed Enforcement Focus,”…
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Gayle Athanacio will be participating in PLI’s “Basic Negotiation Skills 2018” program, at 9 a.m. PT, at the PLI Center, located at 685 Market Street, in San Francisco, CA.
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In a unanimous precedential opinion filed on December 19, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas’ grant of summary judgment for Northrop Grumman Corp. in the False Claims Act case U.S. ex rel. Paul J. Solomon v. Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop…
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On January 23, 2017, at 10-11 am PT, Aaron Silberman and co-speaker, Steven J. Saltiel, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, will discuss the effects of recent changes in federal procurement rules and requirements and in enforcement priorities on contractor compliance and liability and government and whistleblower actions under the federal False Claims Act…
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All DoD contractors, of every size, and at all levels in the defense industrial base, are subject to new cyber DFARS regulation and are required to comply with 110 separate security requirements in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-171 by no later than Dec. 31, 2017. The DFARS also requires reporting of cyber incidents to DoD…
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The Coalition for Government Procurement (CGP) is sponsoring a 90-minute webinar on Dec. 13, 2017, at Noon, at which Bob Metzger will speak on how companies should respond to the DFARS requiring protection of “Covered Defense Information.” The webinar is open to CGP members and non-members.
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On December 4-5, 2017, the American Conference Institute (ACI) is hosting a National Summit: Classified Contracts – How to Manage Security Clearance, NISPOM, Insider Threat and Cyber Rules. Bob Metzger will lead the Dec. 4, 2017 Pre-Conference Workshop on “New Cyber Security Rules for Controlled Unclassified Information.” Link to more information.
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On November 21, 2017, the Professional Services Council (PSC) and the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) filed an amicus curiae brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in the In re KBR Burn Pit battlefield contractor litigation. The amicus brief supports affirmance of the federal trial court’s dismissal and addresses the important national defense interests…
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RJO is very pleased to announce that Lisa Norrett Himes has joined our Washington office. Lisa is an accomplished litigator who has practiced in federal trial and appellate courts for nearly twenty years. She brings particular emphasis and experience in government contracts, complex tort, and Freedom of Information Act litigation, and is familiar with contingency…
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