Preparing for the Government Shutdown
By Robert Nichols | rnichols@nicholsliu.com | (202) 846-9801 As the government faces yet another shutdown, we want to provide a quick primer on steps to take [...]
Federal Contractors Banned from Using TikTok
By Lynne Halbrooks and Madison Plummer The Interim Rule: On June 2, 2023, the FAR Council issued an interim rule that prohibits having or using [...]
Supreme Court Clarifies Subjective Meaning of “Knowingly” Under the False Claims Act
By Andy Liu, Robert Rhoad, Michael Bhargava, Haaleh Katouzian On June 1, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a major, but narrow, victory for plaintiffs in [...]
Are Early Protest Dismissals Still Possible? Options After the Federal Circuit’s CACI Decision
by Robert Nichols, Michael Bhargava, Sam Van Kopp For years, government agencies have sought early dismissal of bid protests at the Court of Federal Claims [...]
On FedNewsNetworks with Tom Temin, Alan Chvotkin discusses significant government contract matters
On February 23, 2023, Nichols Liu partner Alan Chvotkin joined FedNewsNetworks’ Tom Temin for discussion of two significant government contract matters. The first addressed the [...]
The Debt Ceiling: Three Immediate Actions for Government Contractors
By Alan Chvotkin In a periodic political standoff, the House of Representatives, the Senate and the President are in a debate about how to handle [...]
DoD Issues Long-Awaited Small Business Strategy 2023
By Alan Chvotkin and Sam Van Kopp On January 26, 2023, the Department of Defense (DoD) published its long-awaited, 25-page, first strategy under Secretary Austin [...]
Nichols Liu Hires Laura Kennedy, a Former Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at Honeywell, SAIC and Emergent BioSolutions, to Co-Chair Global Compliance and Risk Practice
Washington DC (January 25, 2023) - Nichols Liu has hired Laura Kennedy to co-chair its Global Compliance and risk practice. Laura joins the firm as [...]