Government Contracts

  • August 28, 2025

    Bradley Arant Taps Parker Hudson Healthcare Atty In Atlanta

    Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced Thursday that it continued its Atlanta growth with the addition of a new healthcare practice group partner from Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP.

  • August 28, 2025

    Low Earth Co. Urges FCC To Open Spectrum For Satellite Use

    Logos Space, a new low Earth orbit network, urged the Federal Communications Commission to move forward with a proposal to open spectrum bands up for more extensive satellite usage.

  • August 27, 2025

    DOJ Throws Lifeline To J&J At 3rd Circ. After $1.6B FCA Loss

    A district judge made multiple errors in an opinion and jury instructions underpinning a staggering False Claims Act verdict tied to Johnson & Johnson's drug marketing practices, and a fresh look is needed "under a correct view of the law," the U.S. Department of Justice told the Third Circuit on Wednesday.

  • August 27, 2025

    Crypto Firm Can't Block Gov't Contract For Seized Assets

    A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge won't halt a government contract for the management of seized crypto after finding Wave Digital Assets isn't likely to succeed in pressing its claims that the U.S. Marshals Service acted unfairly when it awarded the job to another provider.

  • August 27, 2025

    Quinn Emanuel Fights Uphill To Collect On LA's $280K Bill

    A Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP attorney on criticized a California appellate panel's tentative ruling affirming a court's order that the firm cannot collect roughly $280,000 in legal bills from Los Angeles County, saying Wednesday it gives "short shift" to the firm's arguments and "myopically" misses "the forest for the trees, frankly."

  • August 27, 2025

    Pipe Importer Wants $26M Fraud Ruling Paused For Appeal

    A New Jersey-based pipe importer asked the Ninth Circuit to pause a decision affirming a $26 million fraud judgment entered against it for making false statements on customs forms to avoid paying tariffs while it appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • August 27, 2025

    Seattle Asks Court To Bar Feds From Yanking Grants Over DEI

    The city of Seattle has urged a federal court to block the Trump administration from enforcing two executive orders that condition federal grants on recipients abandoning the promotion of diversity, equity and inclusion or "gender ideology," saying the conditions are unconstitutional and jeopardize several of the city's critical public services.

  • August 27, 2025

    CVS To Pay $12M To Settle Mass. Medicaid Overbilling Claims

    CVS Pharmacy Inc. will pay more than $12 million to settle allegations that it charged Massachusetts' Medicaid program higher prices than it offered to the public for the same drugs, the state attorney general announced Wednesday.

  • August 27, 2025

    DOD Education Unit Accused Of Bias By Assistant Principal

    A Black, longtime employee of the Department of Defense Education Activity has sued the agency and its leaders in North Carolina federal court, alleging a lower school principal harassed her, that she was denied promotions based on her race and sex and is being unfairly terminated.

  • August 27, 2025

    Feds, Blue States Clash Over Future Of EV Funding Fight

    The Trump administration says its recent decision to release funding for new electric-vehicle charging infrastructure moots Democratic-led states' litigation challenging the prior revocation of the funding, but the states said they're still being harmed and their lawsuit should proceed.

  • August 27, 2025

    Texas Firm Hits Feds With Suit Over Unpaid Border Work

    A Texas construction company said U.S. Customs and Border Protection has unlawfully refused to pay it $10.5 million for work performed under a contract terminated after a judge blocked the Biden administration from using border wall construction funds for barrier repairs.

  • August 26, 2025

    Judge Won't Pause Order To Reinstate Foreign Aid

    A D.C. federal judge denied Monday night the Trump administration's request to stay his preliminary injunction requiring the government to commit certain foreign aid funds by Sept. 30, writing that the administration had said months ago that it could begin obligating money earlier this month if it had to.

  • August 26, 2025

    Joseph Nocella Jr. Appointed US Attorney For EDNY

    Joseph Nocella Jr. on Tuesday was reportedly appointed as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, having served as the district's interim top prosecutor since early May.

  • August 26, 2025

    Proposed NIH Class Can Join UC Grant Cuts Suit, Judge Says

    A California federal judge ruled Tuesday that a proposed class action seeking to reinstate grants awarded to University of California researchers that were nixed pursuant to President Donald Trump's executive orders can amend the complaint to add researchers whose National Institutes of Health grants have been recently suspended.

  • August 26, 2025

    Jacobs Can't Protest Rejection From Nat'l Guard Contract Talks

    A Court of Federal Claims judge rejected Jacobs Engineering Group's protest of its exclusion from further negotiations for three awards under a $255 million multiple-award contract to support National Guard facilities, saying there's no reason to disturb the agency's decision.

  • August 26, 2025

    DC Circ. Backs HHS In Low-Income Patient Payment Dispute

    The D.C. Circuit has delivered a blow to a group of hospitals in a recent decision finding they had challenged a key component of their Medicare reimbursements too early, despite hospital associations' warnings that such a ruling could slow healthcare providers' ability to seek review and "ultimately harm" patients.

  • August 26, 2025

    DOD Watchdog Urges Review Of Ukraine Contract Costs

    A U.S. Department of Defense watchdog said in a report that a review of 11 contracts to provide Ukraine security assistance worth $5.6 billion found that contracting officers for six of them failed to maintain all the required data used to determine that prices were appropriate.

  • August 26, 2025

    USDOT Threatens States With Funding Cuts Over Truck Safety

    The U.S. Department of Transportation on Tuesday threatened to withhold funds from California, Washington and New Mexico over their apparent failures to enforce federal mandates that all commercial truck drivers be proficient in the English language.

  • August 26, 2025

    Mich. AG Lambasts UMich For Halting Trans Youth Care

    Michigan's attorney general publicly warned the University of Michigan Tuesday that her office was "considering all of our options" after the university's hospital system said it would cease providing gender-affirming care to minors under pressure from the Trump administration. 

  • August 26, 2025

    Peru Telecom Takes Fight Over $168M Of Awards To DC Circ.

    Peru-owned telecom service Pronatel has appealed before the D.C. Circuit a lower court decision denying its motion to throw out broadband corporation Redes Andinas de Comunicaciones SRL's action to confirm two arbitral awards valued at $168 million.

  • August 26, 2025

    Pratt & Whitney Secures $2.8B Award For F-35 Engines

    Raytheon Technologies Corp. unit Pratt & Whitney secured a Naval Air Systems Command contract modification worth up to $2.8 billion to build and deliver more F135 engines for use in F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets.

  • August 26, 2025

    Shipbuilders Push To Escape Revived No-Poach Claims

    A Fourth Circuit decision that revived a proposed class action accusing some of the country's biggest warship makers and naval engineering consultants of participating in an illegal no-poach conspiracy to suppress wages leaves a Virginia federal judge free to dismiss the case, according to the companies.

  • August 25, 2025

    Trump Admin Agrees To Release Frozen Education Funds

    The Trump administration has agreed to release to a coalition of states the full balance of some $6.8 billion in congressionally appropriated educational program funding, the parties told a Rhode Island federal judge Monday, a little more than a month after the states challenged the funding freeze.

  • August 25, 2025

    9th Circ. Will Hear New Args In $1.3B India Award Suit

    The Ninth Circuit on Monday agreed to consider issues left open by the U.S. Supreme Court following its decision earlier this year to revive an Indian satellite communications company's bid to enforce a decade-old $1.3 billion arbitral award against India.

  • August 25, 2025

    Battery Co. Must Face Suit Over Revoked $200M DOE Grant

    A Texas federal judge has ruled that lithium-ion battery company Microvast Holdings Inc. cannot beat, for now, a securities class action alleging it misled investors about a revoked $200 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, although the judge trimmed certain claims from the suit.

Expert Analysis

  • How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients

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    Attorneys can lean on key principles from a psychotherapeutic paradigm known as the "Internal Family Systems" model to help manage triggered clients and get settlement negotiations back on track, says Jennifer Gibbs at Zelle.

  • Medicare Advantage Enforcement Strong Amid Agency Cuts

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    The second Trump administration's actions thus far suggest that Medicare Advantage enforcement remains a bipartisan focus despite challenges presented by evolving trends in federal agency staffing and resources, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • 3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims

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    Before a potential economic downturn, in-house attorneys should investigate whether their company is sitting on hidden litigation claims that could unlock large recoveries to help the business withstand tough times, says Will Burgess at Hilgers Graben.

  • Series

    Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins.

  • 5 Areas Contractors Should Watch After 1st 100 Days

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    Federal agencies and contractors face challenges from staff reductions, contract terminations, pending regulatory reform and other actions from the second Trump administration's first 100 days, but other areas stand to become more efficient and cost-effective, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

  • A New Tool For Assessing Kickback Risks In Health Marketing

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    The Seventh Circuit's recent decision in U.S. v. Sorensen, reversing a conviction after trial of a durable medical equipment distributor, highlights two principle considerations for determining whether payments to marketers in healthcare are unlawful under the Anti-Kickback Statute, says Elisha Kobre at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Enviro To Mid-Law

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    Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond.

  • Independent Contractor Rule Up In The Air Under New DOL

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    In several recent court challenges, the U.S. Department of Labor has indicated its intent to revoke the 2024 independent contractor rule, sending a clear signal that it will not defend the Biden-era rule on the merits in anticipation of further rulemaking, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis.

  • Trump DOE's Plan On AI Offers Challenges, Opportunities

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    The Trump administration's push to make federal land available for development of artificial intelligence data centers follows a similar Biden administration proposal — but a new request for information from the U.S. Department of Energy envisions a rapid timeline that may prove challenging for both the DOE and industry stakeholders, say attorneys at HWG.

  • Legal Ethics Considerations For Law Firm Pro Bono Deals

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    If a law firm enters into a pro bono deal with the Trump administration in exchange for avoiding or removing an executive order, it has an ethical obligation to create a written settlement agreement with specific terms, which would mitigate some potential conflict of interest problems, says Andrew Altschul at Buchanan Angeli.

  • How To Address FCA Risk After 4th Circ. Ruling On DEI Orders

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    Following the Fourth Circuit's ruling in National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump, which freed the administration to enforce executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs, government contractors should take stock of potentially unlawful DEI programs, given their heightened risk under the False Claims Act, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Series

    Playing Football Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    While my football career ended over 15 years ago, the lessons the sport taught me about grit, accountability and resilience have stayed with me and will continue to help me succeed as an attorney, says Bert McBride at Trenam.

  • 10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks

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    The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.

  • Contract Disputes Recap: Q&As, Gov't Claims, Pleading

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    Attorneys at Seyfarth examine decisions from the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims covering matters including superior knowledge, government claims and pleading standards.

  • Self-Disclosure Calculus Remains Complex Under Trump DOJ

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    Shifting policy focus under the Trump administration's Justice Department has created uncertainty for individuals considering voluntarily self-disclosing crimes that are no longer considered an enforcement priority, but there has been no indication that the administration intends on dialing back self-disclosure programs, say attorneys at Fox Rothschild.

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