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On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | February 11, 2019 |
Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
Since December 31, 2017, DoD contractors are required to have “implemented” DFARs Clause 252.204-7012 (“Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting”) by the implementation of NIST 800-171 on their covered information systems. For most of the past year, contractors have been told they mainly need to have System…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | January 29, 2019 |
Business Litigation
New Prime, Inc. v. Oliveira, ___ U.S. ___, No. 17-340 (15 January 2019) Federal Arbitration Act; contracts of employment; statutory authority to compel arbitration In 1925, Congress enacted the Federal Arbitration Act (“the Act”), 9 U.S.C. §1 et seq., in an effort to counteract judicial hostility to arbitration…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | January 25, 2019 |
Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
Davison v. Randall, ___ Fd.3rd ___, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit No. 17-2002 (7 January 2019) First Amendment, free speech clause; Facebook; public official In 2015, Phyllis J. Randall became the chairperson of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. After taking office, Randall created a…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | January 16, 2019 |
Government Contracts
It is not unusual for an offeror to lose a contract for not giving the government enough information. The opposite, though, can happen. Recently, an offeror lost a contract for submitting too much information. Offerors competing for a contract for constructing a government building had…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | January 15, 2019 |
Business Litigation
Last month, we looked at NIST’s efforts to develop a new Privacy Framework to supplement its widely used Cybersecurity Framework. This month we review a couple of the Administration’s other data privacy initiatives, which reflect that further changes in data protection requirements are a…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | January 15, 2019 |
Business Litigation
Last month, we looked at NIST’s efforts to develop a new Privacy Framework to supplement its widely used Cybersecurity Framework. This month we review a couple of the Administration’s other data privacy initiatives, which reflect that further changes in data protection requirements are a…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | January 10, 2019 |
Business Litigation
Growing small businesses facing the possible loss of small business status got two more years of “growing room” from Congress and the President on December 17th. On that day, the President signed The Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018 that changed to 5 years from 3 years…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | January 7, 2019 |
Business Litigation
United States v, Stitt, ___ U.S. ___, No. 17-765 and 17-766 (10 December 2018) Armed Career Criminal Act; meaning of the statutory term “burglary” The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. §924(e)(2)(B)(ii) provides that if a person unlawfully possesses or transports a firearm and has three previous convictions for…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | December 17, 2018 |
Business Litigation
Weyerhaeuser Co. v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ___ U.S. ___, No. 17-71 (27 November 2018) This case concerns an unfortunate little creature that is hovering on the verge of extinction: the dusky gopher frog. First, a bit of zoology. The amphibian Rana sevosa is commonly known as the “dusky…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | December 17, 2018 |
Business Litigation
Weyerhaeuser Co. v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ___ U.S. ___, No. 17-71 (27 November 2018) This case concerns an unfortunate little creature that is hovering on the verge of extinction: the dusky gopher frog. First, a bit of zoology. The amphibian Rana sevosa is commonly known as the “dusky…
