Law360, New York ( April 28, 2015, 10:53 AM EDT) -- An age-old rule of contracting with the federal government is that the contractor cannot stop work in the face of a dispute with the government. Instead, the contractor must continue its work under protest while it pursues its claim under the "disputes clause" of the contract. However, a recent decision by the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals illustrates one of the rare exceptions to that rule. In Kiewit-Turner, A Joint Venture, the CBCA held that a contractor was entitled to stop work on a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs project, due to the VA's material breach of the underlying contract....
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