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DoD Proposes Significant Amendments to the DFARS Data Rights Scheme

Client Alert | 1 min read | 06.27.16

On June 16, 2016, DoD issued a proposed rule to amend the DFARS to implement section 815 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012, which made significant changes to the data rights scheme for DoD contracts. Among other things, the proposed rule permits the release of “segregation and reintegration” technical data and computer software outside of the government (subject to restrictions), even when the item, component, or process to which that data pertains or the computer software was developed exclusively at private expense; expands DoD’s ability to order technical data and computer software post-award; doubles the time period in which DoD may challenge asserted data rights restrictions; and expressly imposes no time limit on DoD’s right to challenge fraudulently asserted restrictions.

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Client Alert | 3 min read | 05.03.24

EEOC’s New “Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace” Hits Hot-Button Issues

The EEOC has released long-awaited Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace, No. 915.064 (Apr. 29, 2024) (the “Guidance"). The Guidance addresses a number of timely issues and should be of great interest and practical use for employers, as it sets out the EEOC’s position on such questions as the tension between pronoun usage and religious practice; abortion in the context of sex harassment; and social media as the basis for a harassment claim. This update is the first of its kind in 30 years, and largely tracks the proposed guidance that the EEOC issued in October of 2023.  ...