Where the government contract requirements are unambiguous, they will be strictly enforced.

The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued long-awaited guidance on what it views as appropriate procedures for retirement plans to locate missing or nonresponsive participants.

On December 8, 2014, the Ninth Circuit announced a new, two-part test for determining whether tribal employees performing their duties pursuant to a contract under the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (ISDEAA), Pub. L. 93-638, 88 Stat. 203 (1975), or a compact under the Tribal Self-Governance Act, 25 U.S.C. §§ 458aa, et seq., can be treated as employees of the United States for purposes of claims brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA).

The Board criticized the Register Guard ruling on several grounds.

In April, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decided "El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. United States".

Following Hurricane Sandy, coastal communities were reminded of the fragile nature of the coast.

There is concern that joint ventures (contractual or otherwise) among healthcare providers may involve payments for referrals in violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute

A recent ruling provides important new guidance related to design patents in the furniture industry.

After a debtor has filed for bankruptcy and you are faced with preference litigation, existing facts may not be helpful to your defense. But there are certain steps that you can take prior to a debtor filing for bankruptcy that could stack the facts in your favor.

We previously wrote that a number of district courts had split on whether to apply the Supreme Court's personal jurisdictional ruling in Bristol-Myers to class ...

Fair lending, particularly the manner in which regulators interpret "disparate impact," is a significant compliance issue for financial institutions and has recently been a major enforcement priority of federal agencies.

A federal district court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently held that the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice may not unilaterally withdraw from an agreement granting amnesty for criminal antitrust violations without a prior court ruling that the cooperating company had actually breached the agreement.

The Federal Trade Commission announced its final amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule on December 19, 2012.