On February 26, 2025, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals issued a decision allowing the government to reduce a contract by $1.1M due to a contractor’s failure to comply with the mandate to use United States-flag...more
Weasel words: “Words or statements that are intentionally ambiguous or misleading.” Concise Oxford English Dictionary 1635 (11th ed. rev. 2008). The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) recently dismissed in...more
On Oct. 18, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its decision in Raytheon Co. v. Sec. of Def., holding that salary costs associated with lobbying activities are expressly unallowable, and therefore...more
Pension and other post-retirement benefit expenses have long constituted a substantial obligation on the part of contractors under cost-type contracts and are often the subject to disputes with the government as to the...more
The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA or the Board) recently released a decision addressing the final issue of materiality in the long saga of the Raytheon accounting change case. ASBCA No. 58068, August 9,...more