Chief Compliance Officers Over a Barrel: Sign and Certify, or No Deal?
By Andy Liu, and Haaleh Katouzian on July 5, 2022. During a speech last month, Lauren Kootman, the Assistant Chief of the Corporate Enforcement, Compliance, [...]
Stretching the Limits of FAR OCI Rules
By Alan Chvotkin on June 6, 2022. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) has included coverage on organizational conflicts of interest (OCI) since its inception. Today, [...]
As Desperation Sets In, Biden Invokes Defense Production Act to Address Baby Formula Crisis
By Andrew Victor, Haaleh Katouzian, Madison Plummer On May 18, 2022, President Biden invoked the Defense Production Act of 1950 (the DPA) to alleviate the [...]
Fourth Circuit Grants Rehearing En Banc in $680 Million Allergan FCA Case Dismissed Under Safeco’s Scienter (Knowledge) Standard
By Robert Rhoad, Andy Liu, and Haaleh Katouzian On May 10, 2022, the Fourth Circuit granted a rehearing en banc for a case decided earlier [...]
When “Late is Late” and When It Isn’t: GAO and the Court of Federal Claims Issue Decisions Addressing the Contours of Late Proposal Submissions
By Andrew Victor, Haaleh Katouzian, and Madison Plummer Two recent decisions, one from the Government Accountability Office and another from the Court of Federal Claims [...]
Update: Chvotkin’s Second Interview on Government Contractor Confidence Index Study With ExecutiveBiz
Alan Chvotkin, partner at Nichols Liu LLP and a key member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the results of the Government Contractor Confidence Index study he recently [...]
Chvotkin Comments on Appropriations Enactment and Future Proposal Activity
On March 22, 2022., Nichols Liu partner Alan Chvotkin wrote a guest column for the blog published by Organizational Communications, Inc. The article addressed the [...]
Chvotkin Co-Authors Government Contractor Confidence Index Study ; Discusses Results on FedNewsRadio
Chvotkin Co-Authors Government Contractor Confidence Index Study Alan Chvotkin coauthored with Russell Smith, president of proposal support company OCI, a new study that quantifiably measures [...]