In this first proper episode of Bona Fide Needs, Arnold & Porter Partner Mike McGill and PubKGroup Managing Editor Bill Olver cover a broad range of recent legal developments affecting government contractors.

Our primary feature this month is Mike’s in-depth discussion with Andre Geverola, head of Arnold & Porter’s cartel investigations practice and former Director of Litigation for the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, about DOJ’s scrutiny of wage fixing and no-poach agreements in the defense industry. In our second feature, Bill speaks with Arnold & Porter partner Craig Margolis for a timely overview of the Department of Justice’s False Claims Act recoveries for fiscal year 2021. Mike and Bill round out the episode with updates on the cases, regulations, and other developments relevant to federal contractors.

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Headlines referenced in this podcast

A&P FCA Qui Notes Blog

A&P Article “President Biden Orders a $15.00 Minimum Wage for Some Federal Contractor Employees Effective Next Year”

A&P Article “The Squeaky Wheel Gets Dismissed: GAO Reinforces the Need for Contractor Vigilance When Raising Pre-Award Issues With the Agency”

Executive Order on Use of Project Labor Agreements For Federal Construction Projects

President Biden Signs National Security Memorandum to Improve the Cybersecurity of National Security, Department of Defense, and Intelligence Community Systems

Memorandum on Improving the Cybersecurity of National Security, Department of Defense, and Intelligence Community Systems

Lockheed Martin Walks Away from $4.4B Aerojet Rocketdyne Acquisition

Protester Can’t Prove Its Entitled to All Costs Incurred Due to Pandemic-Caused Delay; Nues Inc. v. Department of Health and Human Services, CBCA 7165

DOJ Announces $5.6 Billion in FCA Recoveries for FY2021

Department of Defense: State of Competition within the Defense Industrial Base

COFC Renounces GAO Rule, Declines to Find Offeror Has Duty to Notify Agency of Changes in Personnel

Communications with Agency Constituted an Agency Protest, Which Set the 10-Day Clock Running for a GAO Protest

OFCCP Contractor Portal

Government Transition from DUNS Number to New Unique Entity Identifier Will Occur on April 4, 2022