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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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Neil H. O’Donnell and Aaron P. Silberman will teach a comprehensive, two-day Federal Publications course, “Terminations of Government Contracts,” on November 7-8, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., at the Waterview Conference Center at CEB in Arlington, VA. Mr. O’Donnell will present on terminations for default, and Mr. Silberman, along with his co-presenter, Greg Bingham of…
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Bob Metzger will be joining Government and industry officials on a panel that will review event and compliance scenarios, at the NDIA’s “Cyber DFARS Workshop, from 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., EST, at Northrop Grumman (Linthicum, MD). Link to registration and more information.
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RJO government contracts attorney Aaron Silberman was quoted in the Federal Contracts Report (FCR) for October 10, 2017, in an article titled “False Claims Act: $663M Reversal Has Silver Lining For Whistle-Blowers, Attorneys Say” (108 FCR, 10/10/17). The article reports on the decision of the Federal Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in U.S. ex rel….
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