DOJ’s New Cyber-Fraud Initiative: Looming Wave of FCA Liability?
By: Andy Liu, Ian Brekke & Haaleh Katouzian October 11, 2021 Many commentators (including us) have been predicting it for years — cybersecurity is the [...]
Afghan Refugee Centers – A Note for Families and Friends of Refugees
By Sam Van Kopp and Alan Chvotkin October 5, 2021 Since the fall of Kabul in August of 2021, the U.S. has housed tens of [...]
COVID Vaccine Mandates for Contractors:Â New Guidance
By Madison Plummer, Alan Chvotkin, Robert Nichols September 24, 2021 In our September 17, 2021 Insight, Mandates Are Coming, we highlighted President Biden’s Executive Order [...]
Mandates Are Coming: President Biden’s EO on COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors
By Madison Plummer and Alan Chvotkin September 17, 2021 President Biden announced a six-point action plan on September 9 to combat the recent surge of [...]
Tempest in a Teapot?: The False Claims Amendments Act of 2021
By Andy Liu, Robert Rhoad, and Haaleh Katouzian August 27, 2021 On July 22, a bipartisan group of Senators, led by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), [...]
Afghanistan has Fallen:Â U.S. Taliban Sanctions Now Present a Critical Risk to Entities with Operations in Afghanistan.
By Jeremiah Centrella, Robert Nichols, and Alan Chvotkin August 24, 2021 This is the second article from Nichols Liu regarding how U.S. Government contractors and [...]
United States ex rel. TZAC, Inc. v. Christian Aid and the Limits of Personal Jurisdiction in False Claims Act Cases
By Andrew Victor, Robert Rhoad, and Haaleh Katouzian August 18, 2021 Recently, in United States ex rel. TZAC, Inc. v. Christian Aid, a federal district [...]
Afghanistan Has Fallen. How Should Government Contractors Minimize Risk During This Crisis?
By Robert Nichols and Alan Chvotkin August 16, 2021 As of August 16, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul is closed and all Embassy staff are [...]