Companies providing services to clients and the clients themselves should pay close attention to language in the contract for services, particularly when the services involve the production of intellectual property by the company, such as software, plans, drawings, designs or …

With increasing frequency, employers are using criminal background checks as one tool in screening potential candidates for employment. Employers should understand, however, that the use of such background checks come with some complexity relating to Title VII racial discrimination prohibitions.…

Pending Small Business Regulatory Actions:

Acquisition Process:  Task and Delivery Order Contracts, Bundling, Consolidation, 77 Fed. Reg. 29130 (May 16, 2012) (Proposed Rule).

• Authorizes set-asides of orders issued under Multiple Award Contracts including those on the GSA Schedule; discusses process

Section 1641 – Small Business Mentor-Protégé Program

• Authorizes SBA to establish a Mentor-Protégé Program for small businesses
• Small business Mentor-Protgege Program should be “identical” to 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Program
• Agencies other than SBA cannot establish a Mentor-Protégé Program unless the agency

The Russian author Leo Tolstoy famously said in his novel Anna Karenina that “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” While Tolstoy was writing about 19th Century Russia, this quote is equally prescient …

On November 13, the Government Accountability Office made its annual report to Congress which includes the hotly anticipated bid protest statistics report. Ok, not so hotly anticipated, but it is always interesting. Also included in the annual report is a …

The Supreme Court of Virginia found that an individual supervisor can be sued for wrongful discharge in VanBuren v. Grubb (click here for opinion). The Court held that Virginia law recognizes a common law tort claim of wrongful discharge …

On Tuesday, November 27, 2012, the US Court of Federal Claims issued a much-anticipated decision in Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States. Kingdomware filed a protest at the Court challenging the VA’s use of the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) …

On July 26, 2012, the FAR Council issued a final rule entitled “Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards.”  The final rule follows an interim rule issued on the same subject on July 8, 2010.  Both the interim and final …

For many college students, summer is a time for them to build skills through summer internships. Employers are also frequently attracted to the use of unpaid interns, especially in this era of budget tightening. Many employers, however, are not aware …