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
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
Notable Updates -
Biden Administration Ends Contractor COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate -
On May 9, 2023, President Biden issued an executive order revoking his prior executive orders requiring vaccination of federal employees (EO...more
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
Legislative Update -
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Use of Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) Assessments (DFARS Case 2019–D009)
DoD issued a final rule amending the DFARS to update the policy...more
4/18/2023
/ Amended Regulation ,
Bid Protests ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Contractors ,
Data Privacy ,
DFARS ,
Federal Contractors ,
Final Rules ,
FOIA ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NIST ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Privacy Laws ,
Risk Assessment
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
The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition and Sustainment, Defense Pricing and Contracting (DPC) issued revised guidance last Friday granting DoD contracting officers increased flexibility to help contractors...more
The Biden Administration just issued a proposal to reinstitute the nondisplacement rule, which requires services contracts that succeed contracts for the same or similar services—as well as solicitations for such contracts—to...more
With another government fiscal year behind us, it's time to examine full fiscal year suspension and debarment data available in the System for Award Management, or SAM. As has been the case annually since the close of fiscal...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this week a new Civil Cyber-Fraud initiative which will use the False Claims Act (FCA) to enforce government contract cybersecurity requirements. The initiative will be led by the...more