Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
12/11/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Bid Protests ,
Biden Administration ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
DFARS ,
EEO-1 ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Filing Deadlines ,
GAO ,
Machine Learning ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Technology Sector
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
Late last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2023. The statutorily mandated report contains an array of information about GAO’s bid protest...more
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
9/19/2023
/ Bid Protests ,
Bid Solicitation ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Procurement Systems ,
GAO ,
Investigations ,
Manufacturers ,
OEM ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Small Business
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
9/6/2023
/ Bid Protests ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Court of Federal Claims ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fraud ,
GAO ,
General Solicitation ,
Investigations ,
Small Business
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
7/25/2023
/ Bid Protests ,
Bids ,
Court of Federal Claims ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
FOIA ,
GAO ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
OIRA ,
Qui Tam ,
Solicitation
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
6/15/2023
/ Audits ,
Compliance ,
Contract Disputes Act ,
Corrective Actions ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Veterans Affairs ,
DFARS ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
GAO ,
Information Technology ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
NAICS ,
National Security ,
OIG ,
SBA ,
Scienter ,
SCOTUS ,
TikTok ,
US ex rel Tracy Schutte et al v SuperValu Inc et al
Notable Headlines -
False Claims Act -
It used to be rare for the Supreme Court to hear False Claims Act cases. It’s a lot less rare now. On April 18, the Supreme Court heard argument concerning two Seventh Circuit...more
5/18/2023
/ Bid Protests ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
GAO ,
General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
SBA ,
Scienter ,
SCOTUS ,
Settlement ,
US ex rel Thomas Proctor v Safeway Inc ,
US ex rel Tracy Schutte et al v SuperValu Inc et al
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
4/19/2023
/ Clawbacks ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Foreign Entities ,
GAO ,
Human Capital ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
Proposed Rules ,
SBA ,
SDN List ,
Semiconductors ,
Supply Chain ,
TSA
Claims Cases Aries Construction Corp. v. United States, No.22-166C (February 21, 2023)
- Court of Federal Claims Judge Schwartz issued an opinion discussing the relationship between the Contract Disputes Act (CDA) claim...more
4/17/2023
/ Appeals ,
Bid Protests ,
Biden Administration ,
Contract Disputes ,
Contract Disputes Act ,
Contractors ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
GAO ,
Inflation Adjustments ,
Penalties ,
Suspensions & Debarments
FOIA -
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. United States, No. 21-5276 (D.C. Cir. January 31, 2023)
The DC Circuit clarified what information an agency may properly withhold under FOIA’s Exemption...more
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
12/15/2022
/ Appeals ,
Bid Proposals ,
Bid Protests ,
Competition ,
Compliance ,
Contracting Procedures ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Court of Federal Claims ,
Debriefing ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
GAO
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
11/17/2022
/ COFC ,
Contract Disputes Act ,
CPARS ,
Department of Agriculture ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Veterans Affairs ,
DFARS ,
GAO ,
Pricing ,
Proposed Rules ,
Verizon
Yesterday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2022. The statutorily mandated report contains an array of information about GAO’s bid protest forum...more
On March 18, 2022, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a final rule to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to mandate that DoD provide enhanced postaward debriefings to contractors. As we...more
Government contractors are often faced with the dilemma of their proposed key personnel becoming unavailable for contract performance, through no fault of their own, at a point after proposal submission but prior to contract...more