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Upcoming Blank Rome-Hosted ABA Public Contract Law Committee Meetings

Blank Rome is pleased to host two upcoming American Bar Association (“ABA”) Public Contract Law (“PCL”) Committee meetings in September.

Tuesday, September 17, 2024
12:00–1:15 p.m. EDT

Blank Rome’s Washington, DC office will host the annual ABA PCL Bid Protest Committee “Back to School” panel, with a virtual option. This will be followed by a Vice-Chair Planning Session from 1:15 to 2:00 p.m. Committee co-chair and Blank Rome Government Contracts partner Elizabeth N. Jochum will serve as a panelist, along with Samantha Lee (Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Government Accountability Office), Kayleigh Scalzo (Partner, Covington & Burling LLP), Andy Smith (Chief of Bid Protests, U.S. Army), and Evan Williams (Counsel, Mayer Brown LLP). Panelists will discuss important bid protest decisions and developments that you may have missed over the summer. For more information, and to register, please visit: Bid Protest Committee: Annual “Back to School” Panel.

Thursday, September 26, 2024
12:00–1:00 p.m. EDT

Blank Rome’s Washington, DC office will host a meeting of the ABA PCL Intellectual Property Committee, with a virtual option. Committee co-chair and Blank Rome Government Contracts attorney David Bodner will serve as panel moderator, and the panel will include Ted Jung (PEO IWS Chief Architect, Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters), Rizlane Riahi (Deputy Section Head OGC, Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters), and Chinedum Okparaeke (Legal Counsel, Anduril Industries). The panel will discuss the topic, “Consider This When Purchasing or Selling Software,” including pre-award data rights considerations when purchasing software as required by the 2023 changes to DFARS Subpart 227.72. For more information, and to register, please visit: Consider This When Purchasing or Selling Software.

3 Takeaways from Recent U.S. Regulatory Actions Implementing AUKUS

Anthony Rapa, George T. Boggs, Justin A. Chiarodo, and Dimitri DeChurch-Silva ●

As a next step in the U.S. government’s implementation of the trilateral AUKUS security pact with Australia and the United Kingdom (“UK”), the U.S. Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) recently took measures to further ease export controls among the member countries. Reducing export control restrictions is the linchpin to implementing the AUKUS pact, which aims to bolster security cooperation and defense trade between Australia, the UK, and the United States.

While DDTC stopped short of concretely scaling back export controls under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”), it proposed a framework to do so in the coming year (likely to turn on Australia and the UK completing the adoption of ITAR-equivalent export controls and exemptions). Meanwhile, BIS lifted a range of controls under the Export Administration Regulations, placing Australia and the UK on nearly equal footing with Canada.

Read the full client alert on our website.

Justin A. Chiarodo and Elizabeth N. Jochum Named to Law360’s 2024 Editorial Advisory Boards

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Government Contracts partners Justin A. Chiarodo and Elizabeth N. Jochum have been named to Law360’s 2024 Editorial Advisory Boards. As board members, the partners will provide feedback on Law360’s coverage and share insights on how to best shape future coverage.

Justin, who serves as chair of our firm’s Aerospace, Defense & Government Services industry team and Government Contracts practice group, has been named to Law360’s Aerospace & Defense Editorial Advisory Board for the second time.

Elizabeth has been named to Law360’s 2024 Government Contracts Editorial Advisory Board.

Learn more about other Blank Rome partners serving on Law360’s 2024 Editorial Advisory Boards on our website.

More Cases and Expanded Data Analytics: A Closer Look at DOJ’s FY 2023 False Claims Act Statistics

Dominique L. Casimir, Luke W. Meier, and Oliver E. Jury ●

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently announced its statistics for False Claims Act (“FCA”) FY 2023 settlements and judgments. DOJ recovered $2.68 billion in FY 2023; as usual, the majority of these recoveries (nearly 70 percent, or $1.8B) came from the healthcare industry. DOJ continues to make use of data analytics to inform its enforcement activity.

Background

Comparing year-to-year variance in the volume of DOJ’s FCA recoveries provides only marginal utility. More telling is the rapid expansion of the non-qui tam matters opened during the past two years. In FY 2022, DOJ opened 305 non-qui tam matters, representing approximately 186 percent of its prior ten-year average (164). In FY 2023, this increase continued, with DOJ opening 500 non-qui tam matters—305 percent of the ten-year average over FY 12–21.

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