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When a federal contractor is required to certify or recertify its small business size status can be confusing and depends on several factors, including the type of contract it is bidding on and whether the solicitation is restricted to or otherwise set aside for small business concerns.[1] This…

As the end of the federal government’s fiscal year approaches on September 30, 2023, contractors need to begin preparing for the possibility of a government shutdown. In this current political climate, it is quite possible that Congress will not be able to pass a spending bill or enact a continuing…

The meteoric rise of artificial intelligence is making an impact across the legal landscape, as courts grapple with how to handle AI matters while the technology’s development outpaces the courts’ rulemaking procedures. Specifically in the realm of copyright law, AI has been at the forefront of many questions, challenging everything…

The EEOC recently released valuable guidance for employers on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) during the hiring process. The EEOC guidance document titled “Assessing Adverse Impact in Software, Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence Used in Employment Selection Procedures Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964”[1]…

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), in its June 13, 2023, The Atlanta Opera, Inc., decision, modified the standard for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”). The ruling sees the NLRB return to its employee-friendly standard…

D.C. legislation is taking effect on July 13, 2023, giving sweeping protections to employees who use cannabis recreationally. D.C. Act 24-483, titled the “Cannabis Employment Protections Act of 2022” (the “Law”) will provide most employees in the District with protections based on their off-hours use of cannabis. While this…

On June 2, 2023, the FAR Council issued an Interim Final Rule implementing a new FAR provision, FAR 52.204-27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (June 2023), that imposes on government contractors a broad prohibition on the use or even the presence of the TikTok app or other software developed…

Joint inventorship can be a thorny issue and getting it wrong can result in a patent being invalidated. Contrary to what you might expect, it is not that hard to get inventorship wrong. The inventorship mistake often happens for the simple reason that a patent attorney must rely on inventors…

The United States reached its debt limit in January 2023, and since then has been using “extraordinary measures” to avoid defaulting on its financial obligations, including Social Security, Medicare, salaries for military and federal civilian employees, and payments to government contractors. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has stated that the U.S.