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CAS Coverage And Indirect Costs

Client Alert | 1 min read | 03.31.06

A previous Bullet Point addressed a recent decision, AM General LLC, in which the ASBCA decided that a contract awarded pursuant to a partial waiver of the Truth in Negotiations Act was nevertheless covered by the Cost Accounting Standards and adopted a “benefit” test for determining the homogeneity of indirect cost pools under CAS 418. In their article entitled “Practitioner's Comment: “Benefit” Test for CAS 418 Homogeneity,” published in the March 8, 2006, Thomson West The Government Contractor (http://www.crowell.com/pdf/newsroom/GovtContractor_March06.pdf), Terry Albertson and Linda Bruggeman discuss both the legal and practical problems with the Board's CAS 418 analysis as well as the legal issues presented by the CAS Board's lengthy delay in implementing the CAS exemptions in FASA and FARA.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 12.31.25

Raising the Bar: New York Expands Consumer Protection Law with FAIR Business Practices Act

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into law the most significant update to New York’s consumer protection law in 45 years — the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable Business Practices Act, or FAIR Business Practices Act — expanding the scope of the state’s authority to now challenge unfair and abusive business practices. The measure, backed by New York Attorney General (“AG”) Letitia James and signed on December 19, 2025, amends New York’s General Business Law § 349, giving regulators new tools to protect consumers and promote fair marketplace practices....