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SBA Proposes Fundamental Revision to Subcontract Reporting

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 10.08.15

On October 6, 2015, the SBA issued a proposed rule to change the way prime contractors report how they complied with individual subcontracting plan goals by allowing primes to receive credit for awards made at any subcontracting tier (instead of first-tier only). As part of this proposed change, primes would have to incorporate the subcontracting plan goals of their lower-tier subcontractors into their individual subcontracting plans and would become responsible for ensuring that subcontractors adopt and comply with their plans.


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Client Alert | 6 min read | 11.19.25

Buying Peace: The Importance of Releasing FCA Liability When Resolving Criminal Allegations of Fraud Against the Government

The facts before the Third Circuit in the recently decided case of Patel v. United States illustrate how parties can put themselves in a bind if they make factual admissions when resolving a criminal case involving fraud on the government while not simultaneously resolving the government’s civil claims under the False Claims Act (FCA) for the same underlying conduct....