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Introducing Crowell & Moring’s Compliance “Check-Up” for Government Contractors

Client Alert | 1 min read | 03.06.18

The Government Contracts and Corporate Groups at Crowell & Moring LLP are pleased to announce our Compliance “Check-Up” for Government Contractors, focused on providing pre-sale advice to government contractors and private equity sponsors contemplating selling or fundraising in the current market.  Our team of over 80 experienced government contracts and transactional professionals stands ready to assist clients by providing (at no cost) a “Check-Up” – a diagnostic review of key diligence questions, aimed at identifying common compliance issues that can drive down sales prices and/or increase borrowing costs.  By identifying these issues early in the diligence process, sellers can avoid common traps that may negatively impact deal terms, complicate reps and warranties, and make post-merger integration more difficult and expensive.  For more information on our Compliance “Check-Up” for Government Contractors, please click here.

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Client Alert | 1 min read | 01.10.25

FAR Council Withdraws Proposed Mandatory Climate Disclosures for Federal Contractor Rule

Mandatory climate disclosures for US federal contractors are officially off the table—at least, for the foreseeable future.  On January 10, 2025, the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that they are withdrawing a proposed rule, “Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk,” which would have required thousands of federal contractors to inventory and publicly disclose their Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and would also have required  “major” contractors to also establish and validate GHG emission-reduction targets tailored to the goals of the Paris Agreement.  The proposed rule, discussed in further detail here, was introduced in November 2022 and resulted in thousands of public comments from the government contractor community and beyond. ...