Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Nicole Islinger has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Corporate, M&A, and Securities group and as a member of the Aerospace, Defense & Government Services (“ADG”) and Technology industry teams. She brings deep transactional experience
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GSA Issues New Framework for Protecting CUI in Contractor Systems
Michael Joseph Montalbano ● Last month the General Services Administration’s (“GSA”) Office of the Chief Information Security Officer (“OCISO”) issued CIO-IT Security-21-112 Rev. 1, a procedural guide governing how Controlled Unclassified Information (“CUI”) must be protected when it resides in nonfederal…
STI Transmission & Divorce: A Form of Domestic Violence
New York Law Journal, January 22, 2026 —
This author has written before, and will write again, that domestic violence takes many forms that go beyond the proverbial black eye.
Infidelity and sexually transmitted infections are two topics that are not…
DOJ Announces Record-Breaking False Claims Act Recoveries in FY 2025: What the Stats Portend for 2026
Jennifer A. Short and Oliver E. Jury ● Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2025 yielded a historic high of over $6.8 billion in False Claims Act (“FCA”) settlements and judgments, underscoring the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) aggressive enforcement. DOJ’s annual report, released January 16,…
California’s AB 692 Reins in “Stay or Pay” Provisions in California Employment Agreements
Taylor C. Morosco ● California’s Assembly Bill (“AB”) 692 took effect on January 1, 2026, significantly limiting the use of commonplace “stay-or-pay” clauses in offer letters and agreements, which require employees or prospective employees to repay certain costs if their employment…
Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting—What Does the New EO Mean for Contractors?
Scott Arnold ● President Trump issued an Executive Order (“EO”) on January 7, 2025, that seeks improved performance of defense contracts and enhanced contractor investments in production capacity through measures that would impose limits on executive compensation when contractor performance or…
FERC Issues Order Clarifying Data Center and Large Load Interconnection Procedures in PJM
Mark R. Haskell, Brett A. Snyder, Lamiya N. Rahman, and Emily S. Childress ● The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) issued an order on December 18, 2025, creating a framework for how large co-located loads, such as data centers, can…
Divorce Law and Civil Procedure: The Dynamic Duo
Alan R. Feigenbaum ● New York Law Journal, December 11, 2025 — For the lawyers out there, when you graduated law school, did you know what the terms “with prejudice” or “without prejudice” meant? I did not. I do recall reading cases…
Attorney Spotlight: Bret Hunter—Los Angeles
Stacy D. Phillips ● In this edition of Attorney Spotlight, I am pleased to feature one of our esteemed Los Angeles colleagues in Blank Rome’s Matrimonial & Family Law group—Bret Hunter. With over two decades of legal experience, Bret is a…
Turning the Page: Reinvent Your Life with Meaningful Activities
Stacy D. Phillips ● Marriages can certainly come to an end. It does not have to be the end of our journeys. Change can often be unwelcome, uncomfortable, or even frightening. Nevertheless, there is opportunity for positive change. If, after a…