OCI Mitigation Doesn't Go Far Enough
Client Alert | 1 min read | 02.13.06
In Greenleaf Constr. Co. (Jan. 17, 2006, http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/29310518.pdf), GAO found an unmitigated organizational conflict of interest because the owner of the awardee was to receive a stream of payments from another contractor that the awardee would be overseeing and evaluating and whose economic well-being the awardee therefore could significantly affect. The owner of the awardee had been required by the agency to sell the other contractor in order to avoid having an OCI interest in the profits of that other contractor, but GAO found that the interest of the awardee's owner in ensuring that the other contractor would be able to continue making the payments to him might impair the awardee's objectivity in performing its contract evaluation duties.
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Client Alert | 2 min read | 02.23.26
NYC’s Mayor Mamdani Joins the Wave of Local Consumer Protection Enforcement
While state attorneys general have traditionally led consumer protection enforcement, local governments are increasingly deploying their own powers to prosecute high-stakes affirmative litigation. The results speak for themselves: Los Angeles and Chicago have secured multi-million-dollar judgments and settlements in consumer deception cases over the past decade.
Client Alert | 1 min read | 02.23.26
SCOTUS Tariff Decision: Implications for Retail and E-Commerce
Client Alert | 5 min read | 02.23.26
UK Government Seeks Evidence on Ownership and Control in Financial Sanctions Regulations
Client Alert | 4 min read | 02.20.26
