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Article by: Matthew Saliman, Associate The long-running litigation arising from alleged detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison has reached another significant milestone. Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit largely affirmed a $42 million jury verdict against CACI Premier Technology Inc., rejecting the contractor’s attempt to overturn liability stemming from...

Article by Nicholas Hopkins, Associate Virginia is set to expand its limitation of employee non‑compete agreements (“non-competes”). SB 170 has passed both chambers of the General Assembly and is expected to be signed by Governor Abigail Spanberger. Once enacted, the law will render post‑employment non‑competes unenforceable if an employer terminates an employee without cause...

The General Services Administration (GSA) is seeking public comment on its proposed changes to the Financial Assistance General Representations and Certifications in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov), which are the standard annual representations and certifications that all recipients of Federal financial assistance must make as part of maintaining an active SAM.gov registration with...

On March 10, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice released a landmark policy that fundamentally changes how companies should approach corporate misconduct. The new Department-Wide Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (“CEP”) is a single, uniform framework governing corporate criminal enforcement across every DOJ component and U.S. Attorney’s Office in the country. For businesses...

Ward & Berry has been keeping a close eye on the Trump Administration’s Government-wide audit of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 8(a) Business Development Program, which has already led SBA to issue more than 1,000 suspension notices to 8(a) firms (see our prior blog posts on the audit here and here). Apart from SBA’s...

Article by: Rory Hatch, Associate Redesignated HUBZone Areas July 1, 2026 is a critical date for thousands of HUBZone-certified small businesses across the country. When the SBA updated the HUBZone map on July 1, 2023 — reflecting data from the 2020 U.S. Census — many areas that previously qualified as Historically Underutilized Business Zones...