Brian Wm. Higgins ● The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) last week released an Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (“AI RMF 1.0”). Calling it a guidance document for voluntary use by organizations in designing, developing,
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Blank Rome’s Government Contracts Group Named Practice Group of the Year by Law360
We are pleased to announce that our Government Contracts group has been named a Practice Group of the Year by Law360, which honors “the attorney teams behind litigation wins and major deals that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.” Learn more on our…
New York Law Journal: New York’s Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act: What You Need to Know
New York Law Journal, January 11, 2023 Diana M. Eng and Andrea M. Roberts ● On Dec. 30, 2022, Gov. Hochul signed the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (Act). The Act, which amends the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law (RPAPL),…
New York Law Journal: Can the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act Survive a Constitutional Challenge?
New York Law Journal, January 6, 2023 Diana M. Eng and Andrea M. Roberts ● In February 2021, the New York Court of Appeals issued a long-awaited decision in Freedom Mortgage v. Engel, 37 N.Y.3d 1 (2021), which, among other things, held…
New Jersey Law Journal: The Aftermath of ‘TransUnion v. Ramirez’: An Emerging Circuit Split
New Jersey Law Journal, January 3, 2023 Diana M. Eng, Andrea M. Roberts, and Alina Levi ● For years, federal courts relied on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Spokeo v. Robins, 578 U.S. 330 (2016), to ascertain whether a federal plaintiff…
Proposed Greenhouse Gas Rule Previews New Compliance Frontier for Government Contractors
Michael J. Slattery and Justin A. Chiarodo ● For over 18 months, the Biden Administration has discussed incorporating certain climate-change measures into the federal procurement system. A recent proposed rule forecasts where the Administration may be headed. In a nutshell, the proposed…
FY 2023 NDAA Muddies the Water on Whether Chinese Semiconductor Ban Will Apply to Contractors
Robyn N. Burrows ● Last month, we wrote about a proposed amendment to the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) that would prohibit contractors from selling certain Chinese semiconductor technologies to federal agencies and from using these same covered products…
Veteran-Owned Small Business Certification Moves from VA to SBA
Merle M. DeLancey, Jr. and Patrick F. Collins ● Effective January 1, 2023, the certification process for veteran-owned small businesses (“VOSBs”) and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (“SDVOSBs”) will be transferred from the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) to the Small Business Administration…
Blank Rome Successfully Represents KPMG LLP in GAO Bid Protest Challenging U.S. Air Force Award Decision
A Blank Rome team represented KPMG LLP in a successful bid protest before the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”), in which KPMG challenged the award decision of the United States Air Force in a procurement for visible accessible understandable linked trusted (“VAULT”) subject matter…
It’s Not Too Late: Notify OFCCP Now to Prevent Disclosure of EEO-1 Data
Merle M. DeLancey, Jr. ● In case you have not been following this development, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance (“OFCCP”) intends to release certain EEO-1 data in response to a FOIA request. Specifically, OFCCP intends to release EEO-1 Type 2 Reports…