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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – July 2, 2021

If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . WEBINAR: Latest Developments with the HUBZone Program, July 21, 2021, Jon Williams . Read more here . WEBINAR: Risk Prevention Strategies: Legal Considerations in Crisis Management – Planning, Mitigation, and Recovery, July 28, 2021, Matt Feinberg and Megan Benevento. Read more here . LABOR & EMPLOYMENT DOL Announces Proposed Rulemaking to Protect Tipped Workers, Clarify Use of the Tip Credit The Department of Labor (DOL) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to withdraw and re-propose one portion of the Tip Regulations . . . Read More

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – June 24, 2021

If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . PilieroMazza Partner Jon Williams Testifies at Congressional Hearing on CMMC, June 24, 2021 PilieroMazza is pleased to announce that Jon Williams , a Partner on the Firm’s Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Team and Chair of the Government Contracts Group , testified at a hearing on June 24, 2021, at 10:00 AM ET before the Congressional Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations. The hearing—which focused on matters concerning Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)—was entitled “CMMC Implementation: . . . Read More

Risk Prevention Strategies: Responding Effectively to Internal Workplace Complaints

GovCon Live! · Risk Prevention Strategies: Responding Effectively to Internal Workplace Complaints

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – April 29, 2021

If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . COVID-19 Client Resource Center: To access resources for businesses navigating the COVID-19 crisis, we invite you to visit PilieroMazza’s “ COVID-19 Client Resource Center .” Contact covid19@pilieromazza.com for immediate assistance. LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION Return to Work: Employer-Mandated COVID Vaccination Policies and Accommodating Employee Disabilities and Religious Beliefs, April 23, 2021, Matthew Kreiser With over 50% of the adult population in the United States having received at least one dose of a vaccine to combat the novel . . . Read More

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – April 21, 2021

If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . WEBINAR: The First 100 Days: Deciphering Key Provisions in the Buy American Act for Government Contractors, April 27, 2021, Jackie Unger and Anna Sullivan. Read more here . COVID-19 Client Resource Center: To access resources for businesses navigating the COVID-19 crisis, we invite you to visit PilieroMazza’s “ COVID-19 Client Resource Center .” Contact covid19@pilieromazza.com for immediate assistance. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS SBA Pivots to Say HUBZone Firms in Redesignated QDA Cannot Maintain 10-Year Principal Office Eligibility Through Long-Term Investment, . . . Read More

Jon Williams Features on SYNNEX-Sponsored CMMC Panel

Jon Williams , Partner in PilieroMazza ’s Government Contracts and Cybersecurity & Data Privacy groups, was recently a featured speaker on SYNNEX’s webinar titled “Practical Asset Inventory Considerations To Get Ready For Cyber Security Maturity Model (CMMC) Certification.” Starting in 2020, a big change was put in place for government contractors providing products and services to the Department of Defense (DOD). No longer will DOD accept cybersecurity “self-assessment” check box compliance for contract awards. Instead, DOD contractors and subcontractors will be required to obtain Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), . . . Read More

Risk Prevention Strategies: Avoiding Costly FLSA Missteps

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Mergers and Acquisitions in Healthcare: Getting Your House in Order

  GovCon Live! · Mergers and Acquisitions in Healthcare: Getting Your House in Order

Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – January 27, 2021

If you have questions concerning the content below, please visit this link . WEBINAR: COVID-19 Relief in 2021: What Small Businesses Need to Know, February 2, 2021,  Cy AlbaNichole Atallah , and Kathryn Hickey. Read more  here . WEBINAR: Risk Prevention Strategies: Avoiding Costly FLSA Missteps, February 24, 2021, Nichole Atallah  and  Matt Feinberg . Read more here . COVID-19 Client Resource Center: To access resources for businesses navigating the COVID-19 crisis, we invite you to visit PilieroMazza’s “ COVID-19 Client Resource Center .” Contact covid19@pilieromazza.com for immediate assistance. LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION DOJ Announces FY 2020 Fraud and . . . Read More

Healthcare Blog Series: CMS and HHS-OIG Issue Final Rules Updating the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law

***This is an update to the second installment of the blog series, which detailed proposed revisions to the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law.*** On November 20, 2020, over one year after releasing proposed changes to the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law), the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two final rules, revising the AKS and Stark Law safe . . . Read More