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- Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – April 2021 #2 April 22, 2021GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - SBA Pivots to Say HUBZone Firms in Redesignated QDA Cannot Maintain 10-Year Principal Office Eligibility Through Long-Term Investment - In January, we issued a client alert discussing how HUBZone firms in redesignated areas could plan to maintain their HUBZone status after the end of 2021. One of the primary strategies we discussed in the […]PilieroMazza PLLC
- CMMC Is Coming: How Government Contractors Can Prepare April 14, 2021People like to say that cybersecurity threats are constantly evolving. So perhaps it’s fitting that cybersecurity compliance is undergoing a significant evolution of its own this year, too. That evolution is the arrival of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, more commonly abbreviated as CMMC. CMMC is a new standard for cybersecurity that the U.S. Defense […]NAVEX Global
- Jones Day Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update | Vol. 26 April 14, 2021UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - NIST Releases Revision to Security Standard - On September 23, the National Institute of Standards and Technology ("NIST") released Revision 5 to NIST SP 800-53, Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations. According to NIST, "[t]he update represents a multi-year effort to develop the […]Jones Day
- GAO Urges Changes As Weapon Systems Cybersecurity Continues To Lag April 12, 2021On March 4, 2021, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) published a report titled “Weapon Systems Cybersecurity: Guidance Would Help DOD Programs Better Communicate Requirements to Contractors” (the “Report”).1 The Report follows a previous 2018 report (the “2018 Report”) that found that the Department of Defense (“DoD”) had only recently begun prioritizing weapons systems cybersecurity […]Vinson & Elkins LLP
- Xiaomi wins preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of Trump-era securities trading ban March 22, 2021Xiaomi Corporation (Xiaomi), one of the world’s largest smartphone manufacturers, won a preliminary injunction from the DC District Court on March 12, 2021 that enjoined the US government from enforcing a Trump-era rule that prohibits US persons from purchasing or possessing Xiaomi’s publicly traded securities. The ban applied to Xiaomi by virtue of its listing […]Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
