Joe writes frequently on government contract issues and has been quoted by West, Law360 and Bloomberg/BNA publications. His academic articles and commentaries have been cited in law review articles, books, treatises, a decision of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court.

• “DOD Proposes Rule for Implementing Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 Program,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts and Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, September 2024
• “Loper Bright’s Impact on Government Contract Litigation,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, July 2024
• “10 Areas To Watch In Aerospace And Defense Contracting Law,” Law360, March 2024
• “Proposed Rule on Pay Equity and Transparency May Significantly Impact Government Contractors and Federal Supply Chain Companies,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, February 2024
• “Threat of Another Government Shutdown: What Contractors Need to Know and Do Now,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, September 2023
• “Court Nixes Social Disadvantage Presumption: 8(a) Contractors Should Prepare Social Disadvantage Narratives,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, August 2023
• “New Data Security and Breach Notification Obligation for DHS Contractors,” Thompson Hine Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, July 2023
• “10 Areas To Watch In Aerospace And Defense Law,” Law360, February 2023
• “NDAA for FY 2023 Passes Congress with Annual Changes to Federal Contracting Policies,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, December 2022
• “DoD Allows Contracts for Products or Services Using FAR Part 12 to Serve as Prior Commercial Item Determinations,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, June 2022
• “Forthcoming Federal Procurement Revisions Focus on Achieving Environmental Goals,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts & ESG Update, June 2022
• “OMB Issues New Buy America Guidance for Federal Infrastructure Projects,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, May 2022
• “Final Rule Amends Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 25 Content Threshold Under Buy American Act: Important Considerations for Companies Providing Products to the Federal Government,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, Spring 2022
• “SBA Revises Small Business Size Standards for 229 Industries,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, April 2022
• “Out With DUNS, In With UEI: New Unique Entity Identifier Is Here,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, April 2022
• “Final Rule Amends FAR Part 25 Domestic Content Threshold Under Buy American Act,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, March 2022
• “Update on Federal Contractor and Subcontractor Vaccine Mandate,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, February 2022
• “Federal Court Enjoins Enforcement of Federal Contractor Vaccination Mandate in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, December 2021
• “DoD Announces (New) CMMC 2.0,” Thompson Hine Cybersecurity & Government Contracts Update, November 2021
• “2022 Defense Bills Propel Recent Acquisition Policy Trends,” Law360, October 2021
• “FAR Council and Agencies Publish Class Deviation Clauses and Instructions to Implement EO 14042 Vaccine Requirements,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, October 2021
• “Threat of Another Government Shutdown: What Contractors Need to Know and Do Now,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, September 2021
• “President Biden Signs Executive Order to Promote Competition in the U.S. Economy,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, July 2021
• “How Biden’s First 100 Days Will Affect Gov’t Contractors,” Law360, May 2021
• “The American Rescue Plan Act: Funding Provisions for Government, Pandemic Response, Health Care, Infrastructure, Transportation, Science and Technology, and Oversight,”
  Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, March 2021
• “DOJ’s False Claims Act Recoveries in Fiscal Years 2020 and 2019,” Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report, January 2021
• “GAO Bid Protest Filings Down in FY 2020; Effectiveness Rate Reaches Record High,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, January 2021
• “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: Implications for Business,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, December 30, 2020
• “Defense Department Guidance for Government Contractors on Additional COVID-19-Related Costs,” Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report, December 2020
• “What Gov’t Contracting Might Look Like Under Biden,” Law360, December 2020
• “Trends In Fiscal 2020 Bid Protests Sustained By GAO: Part 1,” Law360, November 2020
• “Trends In Fiscal 2020 Bid Protests Sustained By GAO: Part 2,” Law360, November 2020
• “DoD Publishes Interim Cybersecurity Rule on CMMC and DoD Assessments,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, October 2020
• “DOJ’s False Claims Act Recoveries in Fiscal Years 2020 and 2019,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, September 2020
• “Defense Department Guidance on COVID-19-Related Costs for Government Contractors,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, August 2020
• “DoD Issues Class Commercial Item Determination for Critical Supplies & Services to Aid COVID-19 Response,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, April 2020
• “Public-Private Partnership Created for Emergency Drug Packaging Solutions,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, March 2020
• “DHS Issues Guidance on Identification of Essential, Critical Infrastructure Workers,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, March 2020
• “Mitigating COVID-19’s Commercial and Business Impacts: SBA’s Loan Programs,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, March 2020
• “How Federal Contractors Can Prepare for Coronavirus Disruptions,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, March 2020
• “The COVID-19 Virus Presents Contracting Opportunities and Challenges to Life Science and Biotechnology Companies,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, March 2020
• “Defense Department Implementing New Cybersecurity Certifications for the Industrial Base,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, Winter 2020
• “Defense Contracting Law Developments From 2019,” Law360, January 2020
• “FY 2020 NDAA Signed into Law with U.S. Space Force, Cyber Operations & Acquisition Reforms,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, December 2019
• “GAO Finds Opaque Ownership Structures Pose Risks to DoD Procurement,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, December 2019
• “GAO Bid Protest Effectiveness Rate Remains 44% for Fiscal Year 2019,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, November 2019
• “DOD’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification and Draft CMMC Model Framework,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, September 2019
• “A Midyear Look At DOD Government Contract Law Changes,” Law360, July 2019
• “Preparing for a DoD OIG Audit: DoD’s Focus on Small Business Set-Aside Contracts and Certifications,” Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report, July 2019
• “DOJ Guidelines for Disclosure, Cooperation and Remediation in FCA Matters,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, June 2019
• “Developments Affecting DOD Bid Protests,” The Government Contractor, April 2019
• “DOJ Recovers $2.8 Billion in False Claims Act Cases in FY 2018,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, January 2019
• “Threat of Another Government Shutdown: What Contractors Need to Know and Do Now,” Thompson Hine Construction & Government Contracts Update, December 20, 2018
• “GAO Releases Bid Protest Annual Report for FY 2018; Effectiveness Rate Is 44 Percent,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, December 2018
• “What Government Contractors Need to Know and Do After Hurricane Florence,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, September 2018
• “Ninth Circuit Rules Escobar Two-Part Falsity Test Is Mandatory for Implied Certification Liability Under the False Claims Act,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, August 2018
• “Annual Procurement Law Reforms in the FY 2019 National Defense Authorization Act,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, August 2018
• “Bayh-Dole Act Amendments Governing Ownership of Government-Funded Inventions Take Effect Next Week,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, May 2018
• “GAO Issues Final Regulations Implementing Electronic Protest Docketing System,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, April 2018
• “DoD Implementing Enhanced Postaward Debriefing Rights via Class Deviation,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, March 2018
• “GSA Releases Initial E-Commerce Portal Implementation Plan,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, March 2018
• “Enhanced Debriefings and Bid Protest Pilot Program Included in FY 2018 NDAA,” Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report, March 2018
• “GAO Issues Annual Bid Protest Report To Congress for FY 2017,” Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report, March 2018
• “10 Government Contracting Trends to Watch This Year,” Law30, February 20, 2018
• “DOJ Policy Memos Signal Greater Checks and Balances for FCA Enforcement,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, February 2018
• “Government Shutdown Threatened (Again): What Contractors Need to Know and Do Now,” Thompson Hine Construction & Government Contracts Update, January 18, 2018
• “RAND Corp. Report’s Recommendations to Defense Department on the Bid Protest System,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, January 5, 2018
• “RAND Corp. Submits Report to Congress on Bid Protest Impacts to DoD Procurements,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, January 3, 2018
• “DOJ Recovers $3.7 Billion in False Claims Act Cases in FY 2017; Total Recoveries Exceed $3 Billion Each Year Since 2010,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, December 2017
• “GSA Issues Notice Regarding Commercial e-Commerce Portals Under NDAA Section 846,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, December 2017
• “GAO Issues Annual Bid Protest Report to Congress for FY 2017,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, November 2017
• “Enhanced Debriefings and Bid Protest Pilot Program Included in FY 2018 NDAA,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, November 2017
• “Senate Passes $700 Billion 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, Including Procurement Reforms,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, September 2017
• “Trump Administration Steps Up Buy American Enforcement,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, July 2017
• “Government Contracts Under The Trump Administration,” Law360, January 2017
• “GAO’s Bid Protest Annual Report Shows Record High Effectiveness Rate While NDAA Calls for New Comprehensive Study of the Bid Protest System,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, January 2017
• “Implied Certification Theory Under the False Claims Act – Approved by the Supreme Court,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, Fall 2016
• “Texas Court Issues Nationwide Injunction Against Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Rule,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, October 2016
• “Effective Dates Approaching for Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Rule Implementation,” Thompson Hine Government Contracts Update, October 2016
• “Supreme Court Decision Highlights Risks Related to Federal Programs, Contracts and Grants,” Thompson Hine Construction & Government Contracts Update, August 2016
• “The Most Prevalent Reason Why GAO Sustained Bid Protests In FY 2013,” The Government Contractor, July 16, 2014
• “Supreme Court Grants Petition for Review in Carter; Will Address FCA First-to-File Bar and Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act,” Lexology, July 2, 2014
• “Circuit Splits Surrounding FCA Endure Post-Takeda,” Law360, May 2, 2014
• “Keep An Eye On High Court’s Two Potential FCA Cases,” Law360, October 18, 2013
• “Petitions to Supreme Court Shine Light on FCA Circuit Rulings, Fourth Circuit Case Law,” Bloomberg BNA Federal Contracts Report, September 24, 2013
• “Fourth Circuit Decision On WSLA Paves Way For FCA Forum Shopping And More Stale Claims,” The Government Contractor, June 5, 2013
• “2012 Trends In Government Contracts Likely To Continue,” Law360, January 31, 2013
• “Cautionary Tales In Recent FCA Decisions,” Law360, October 16, 2012
• “Implied Certification Strikes Back: Expanding Precedent on Legal Falsity Under the False Claims Act,” Westlaw Journal Government Contract, May 14, 2012
• “Supreme Court Denies Blackstone’s Petition on Legal Falsity Under the False Claims Act,” Bloomberg BNA Federal Contracts Report, January 17, 2012
• “Recent Rulings on Implied Certification Under the False Claims Act: Limitations on a Common-Law Theory,” Westlaw Journal Government Contract, November 1, 2010
• “False Claims Act Returns to the Supreme Court,” The Government Contractor, Nov. 18, 2009
• “Judging The Common Law–Judge Sotomayor And The Government Contractor Defense,” The Government Contractor, July 22, 2009
• “Government Contracting Developments in President Obama’s First 100 Days – ‘No Little Plans,’” The Government Contractor, April 29, 2009
• “President Obama Heralds Change For Gov. Contracting,” The Government Contractor, Jan. 21, 2009
• “Believe That Change Has Come for Contractors,” Legal Times, November 5, 2008
• “The Year in Sustained Bid Protests at the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims,” Public Contract Law Journal, Summer 2008
• “OFPP Evaluating Proposed Policy on Procurement of ‘Green’ Products and Services,” The Government Contractor, June 11, 2008
• “Affirmative Action for Veterans,” The Procurement Lawyer, Winter 2008
• “Subpoena Power at the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals—GSA Should Reconsider its Position and Reverse Course,” The Government Contractor, September 19, 2007
• “Supreme Court to Decide Boundaries of Government Liability Under CERCLA,” The Procurement Lawyer, Spring 2007
• “DHS Issues Final Rule Governing SAFETY Act,” The Government Contractor, June 14, 2006
• “The African Elephant, Human Economies, and International Law: Bridging a Great Rift for East and Southern Africa,” Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, 2001
• “Unilateral Trade Measures to Conserve the World’s Living Resources: An Environmental Breakthrough … the WTO Sea Turtle Case,” Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, 1999