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Protecting critical infrastructure has never been more important for public power utilities navigating today’s rapidly evolving cybersecurity environment.
McCarter partner Erin M. Prest presents on the evolving cybersecurity landscape for public power utilities at the American Public Power Association (APPA)…
This course, led by Alex Major and Philip Lee, provides important guidance for government contractors who are seeking to ensure compliance with the government’s rapidly expanding cybersecurity requirements. Contractors learn about the statutory and regulatory requirements applicable to contractors including:…
Generative AI may transform everything relating to trust and estate practice — from research to drafting to client communication. With new efficiencies, however, come new risks for trusts and estates practitioners. Tim Ferges presents at the Virginia State Bar Association…
An LLC operating agreement is more than a governance document. It can shape the tax and financial outcomes for the business and its owners. Jason Navarino moderates a program hosted by NJICLE, where he explores the legal and tax considerations…
Every driver knows the sound a missed exit makes. Silence, then 14 minutes of profane commentary. It is worse in October, when the ridgeline is on fire with color and the next turnaround is 11 miles out.
On September 1,…
Labor Day has a way of sneaking up on the federal market. The fiscal year is closing, the fourth-quarter obligation sprint is in full swing, and most of us are also trying to squeeze one more week out of summer…
The proposed rule is now history. On August 11, 2026, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published its final rule, Reforms to 13 CFR 124.103 To Remove SBA’s 8(a) Program’s Rebuttable Presumption of Social Disadvantage for Individually Owned Firms Only, 91…
I’m totally aging myself (due to reruns) but The Jetsons (created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (1962-63)), promised us a future where you pushed a button and the “Food-a-Rac-a-Cycle,” a machine, made whatever you wanted. Dinner. Clothes. Maybe an…
Two proposals rated Exceptional. Two past performance ratings of Substantial Confidence. A price gap of nearly $15 million between the two offerors. On that record, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) did what source selection authorities routinely do. It declared…
On July 13, 2026, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced the immediate suspension of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Phase 2, which had been scheduled to take effect on November 10, 2026. Phase 2 would have made third-party…
