Law360, New York (September 21, 2012, 6:49 PM ET) -- Companies with federal contracts can recover negotiation costs and attorneys' fees incurred when the government changes the scope of its work, according to a precedential Federal Circuit ruling Wednesday in a case brought by a contractor hired to repair air conditioning at a Virgin Islands Post Office.
The appeals court reversed a decision by the U.S. Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals, which had ruled that constructor Tip Top Construction Inc. should not be reimbursed for about $10,000 that it spent as parts of a claims...