Check out our recent article in War on the Rocks, where we analyze how Congress can use its existing authorities to reassert its constitutional role in U.S. defense and national security strategy and operations. To read the article, click the image below.

By: Margaret M. Cassidy & Jelena Tasic Soon a new DFARS, Mitigating Risks Related to Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence, will require defense contractors and subcontractors to disclose their owners and any foreign ownership, control, or influence (FOCI) to the Department of Defense if they want to do business with...

By: Margaret M. Cassidy There has been a drumbeat criticizing defense acquisition: its complicated, too slow, and too process driven. But the DFARS’ stated purpose is neither complicated nor ambiguous. It is remarkably clear and effective on what the acquisition system is supposed to accomplish. Taking decades of legislation and...

By: Margaret M. Cassidy & Andrew Swick Technological advantage has always been America’s edge: unparalleled access to capital; well-established and enforceable intellectual property protections; elite universities that work with investors, startups, and industry; bankruptcy laws that treat business failure as a growth opportunity and give second chances; and, of course,...

Check out our recent article in War on the Rocks, where we analyze how Congress can use its existing authorities to reassert its constitutional role in U.S. defense and national security strategy and operations. To read the article, click the image below.

Recently I was in a meeting with ten other people and we were trying to resolve a risky business situation that had legal and financial implications for the company. Discussing risky business situations with this group of folks was nothing new. In fact, we were having the same conversation over...