October 2019 Bid Protest Round-Up
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- This installment of our monthly bid protest Law360 spotlight examines three protest decisions released in October 2019. In the first decision, Akira Technologies, Inc. v. United States , COFC No. 19-1160C (Fed. Cl. Oct. 10, 2019), the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) concluded that... ›
DOJ Takes Aim at Collusion in Government Procurement with New Strike Force
By: Megan E. Gerking
On November 5, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the creation of a new Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) focused on deterring, detecting, investigating, and prosecuting antitrust crimes, especially bid-rigging, in government procurement at the federal, state, and local levels. This follows several... ›MoForward 2020 Recap + Materials
On Tuesday, November 5 th , we held our third MoForward program at the Tysons Ritz-Carlton, a full-day program led by our Government Contracts group and our colleagues who have led the government’s and the industry’s most significant enforcement and response teams. Click here... ›Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for September 2019
By: James M. Koukios and Charles E. Duross
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary resources. This month we ask: How many FCPA enforcement actions did the... ›Sneak Peek: Full MoForward 2020 Agenda
Mark your calendars for MoFo’s third annual MoForward program, which will be held once again at the Ritz Carlton Tysons Corner, on Tuesday, November 5. Below is a full agenda for this year’s program. We hope to see you there! As always, we will... ›Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 3): CFIUS Spotlight on “TID” U.S. Businesses
By: Charles L. Capito
This is the third in our multipart series of alerts addressing proposed regulations published in the Federal Register on September 24, 2019, for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA). FIRRMA directed the U.S. Department... ›September 2019 Bid-Protest Roundup
By: Sandeep N. Nandivada
This installment of our monthly bid protest Law360 spotlight examines three protest decisions released in September 2019. The first decision, ServeFed, Inc. , B-417708, September 18, 2019, 2019 CPD ¶ ___, discusses the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) task-order jurisdiction. The second decision, Far North... ›Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 2): Proposed Regulations Would Expand CFIUS Review of Real Estate Transactions
By: Charles L. Capito
This is the second in our multipart series of alerts addressing proposed regulations published in the Federal Register on September 24, 2019, for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA). One... ›DOD Promulgates Long-awaited Restrictions on LPTA Procurement
By: James A. Tucker
The Department of Defense (DOD) has promulgated the final rule restricting DOD’s use of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) acquisition methods. The final rule adopts, without any substantive changes, the proposed rule published last December and implements sections of the National Defense Authorization Acts... ›MoForward 2020 Sneak Peek: Taking the Mystery Out of IP in Other Transactions
By: Locke Bell
Mark your calendars for MoFo’s third annual MoForward program, which will be held once again at the Ritz Carlton Tysons Corner, on November 5. MoFo partner Jay DeVecchio and associate Locke Bell will cover IP rights, specifically as they pertain to “other transactions” (OTs).... ›