Construction Fraud: Is Your DBE Performing a Commercially Useful Function?
Presented by Lorman Education Services
Federal, state and local governments have been cracking down on disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) fraud. This live webinar will help companies who do business with DBE's understand the requirement that a DBE perform a commercially useful function and how to identify fraudulent DBE relationships. It will also address how companies can lessen the risk of becoming the subject or target of a DBE fraud investigation and offer practical advice on how companies can do business with DBEs while complying with the law. This webinar is critical for companies who are participating in DBE contracts in this heightened enforcement environment.
Key topics include:
- background of DBE programs
- what must a DBE do to perform a commercially useful function?
- enforcement trends
- common misconceptions about DBE fraud
- how companies can do business with DBEs and comply with the law.
CLE credit available.
Content contributed by attorneys of Troutman Sanders LLP and Pepper Hamilton LLP prior to April 1, 2020, is included here, together with content contributed by attorneys of Troutman Pepper (the combined entity) after the merger date.