Costs Of A Pandemic: Lessons For COVID-19 From A Case On Epidemic-Related Costs | Vinson & Elkins LLP jdsupra.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jdsupra.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
On May 20, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order to address predicted financial instability in the federal government as a result of climate change.
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog:
When trade secrets and other intellectual property disputes arise involving federal government contractors, defendants often assert that the alleged trade secret or intellectual property belongs to the government as part of their defense. Indeed, much can be made in civil litigation about the legal impact of the contractor s creation of an alleged trade secret for and its delivery of the alleged trade secret to the government. The Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and the Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) set forth the data rights regulations covering various software, technical data and similar deliverables developed by contractors for the government. These items are either commercial or noncommercial items, and may be either fully or partially funded by the government or developed by the contractor with private funding. Under the FAR and DFARS, the government receives license right commensurate with the funding and ac
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog:
On April 27, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order under his authority as President and through the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, 40 U.S.C. 101
et seq., increasing the minimum wage paid to workers employed for federal government contracts and subcontracts.
1 Here are the main points of the Order that will directly affect federal contractors:
Beginning on January 30, 2022, the standard minimum wage for federal government contractors will be at least $15 per hour; and beginning on January 1, 2023, the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) will determine the minimum wage on an annual basis, which will be published 90 days before that new minimum wage is to take effect.