Cassidy Law News

2018’s Most Noteworthy Conviction

From my worldview, one of the most noteworthy “when the writ hits the fan” convictions of the year was the conviction of Pharma...

Securities Exchange Commission vs. Intelligence/Defense Agencies

There are times when companies that have Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting requirements AND that perform classified work for the U.S. federal government...

2018’s Best New Corporate Policy – Under Armour’s New Expense Policy

Sports apparel company Under Armour instituted a new policy in 2018 that in my opinion wins as the best new corporate policy of...

2018’s Best New Corporate Culture – Uber’s New Culture

Over the last couple of years, media reports about Uber exemplified a corporate culture without concern for following the law, acting ethically or...

White-Collar Prosecutions Hit Twenty Year Low

Overview The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), housed at Syracuse University, researches and distributes data about the federal government’s enforcement work. As TRAC...

Compliantly Involving Non-US Persons in Your Federal Government Contracting Business

Margaret Cassidy discusses FOCI (foreign ownership control and interest); doing business with defense and intel agencies and other general best practices for working...

Margaret Cassidy discussed legal and political risks when working internationally at the ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting 2018

Legal and Political Risks When Working Internationally Businesses want to access and participate in the global market. But, when doing business with foreign...

Margaret M. Cassidy has been appointed as the American Bar Association Advisor to the Uniform Law Commission’s Alternatives to Bail Committee

The Alternative to Bail Committee will work to develop non-partisan, thoughtful legislation for states on matters of pre-trial detention. Margaret looks forward to...

Margaret Cassidy presents on Managing & Mitigating Procurement Risk for the Federal Government Contractor

Margaret Cassidy was happy to team up once again with JSchaus & Associates to present on a webinar on identifying and managing procurement...

DoD Inspector General Using Alternative Dispute Resolution to Resolve Some Whistleblower Complaints

Agency inspector general offices investigate complaints from persons in the federal government ecosystem who complain about waste, fraud, abuse of authority; violations of...

Margaret Cassidy was a panelist at the ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting

Margaret Cassidy was a panelist at the ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting CLE in Austin, TX this past September. Privileged to talk...

Inspectors General Must Investigate Whistleblower Complaints – Part I

The Federal Government wants employees of contractors and subcontract and independent contractors to disclose to the government instances of fraud, waste, abuse of...
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