Hot Button Issues in Gov/Prime and Prime/Sub Relations

National Contract Management Association
September 12, 2007

William Weisberg, Partner and Chair of the Government Contracts practice, will be the featured speaker at this dinner and workshop. Mr. Weisberg will discuss:

Government supervision of the subcontracting process: consents, payment issues and services contract "bait and switch" problems
Organizational Conflict of Interest: Government Review of Mitigation Plans and the danger posed by subcontractor OCI
The prime's legal liabilities for actions of the sub--and vice versa, including compliance issues
Flow down clauses: which are mandatory, which are "nice to have" and which are dangerous--from prime and sub perspectives
End-runs: issues surrounding subcontractor contacts--official and otherwise-- with the government
Flow ups: issues that arise when subcontractor work product, including intellectual property, are deliverables