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Fox Rothschild LLP

Recent Cases Give Contractors an Advantage on CDA Claims Jurisdiction

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Federal contractors are winning a safeguard against the government’s practice of moving to dismiss cases brought under the Contract Disputes Act (CDA) for lack of jurisdiction in the late stages of litigation. Recent...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

One Contractor Hurdle Defeated: Federal Circuit Holds That the “Sum Certain” Requirement for CDA Claims is Not Jurisdictional

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit broke with earlier precedent and held that the sum certain requirement imposed on contractors is not jurisdictional and therefore cannot be grounds for dismissal late in the...more

Venable LLP

[Webinar] Post Mid-Year Government Contracts Round-Up: Most Significant Claims Cases of the First Half of 2022 - August 23rd, 2:00...

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The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA), the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA), and federal courts have addressed several important claims issues this year. Listen as attorneys from Venable's Government...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals Addresses Sum Certain Requirement for Claims Submission

The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals in ECC International Constructors, LLC (ASBCA No. 59643 November 9, 2021) issued a partial summary judgment order dismissing several of the contractor's claims for lack of a sum...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

ASBCA Rejects Government’s Motion to Dismiss Despite Suspicion of Fraud

The Board’s jurisdiction attaches when the contracting officer renders a final decision or a deemed denial, and a later finding by the contracting officer that fraud is suspected will not deprive the Board of jurisdiction. ...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

ASBCA Takes on Contract Dispute Without Jurisdiction Under the Contract Disputes Act

Agency agreements with the ASBCA allow the Board to adjudicate contract disputes outside the purview of the Contract Disputes Act. The ASBCA can take jurisdiction over contract disputes pursuant to agency agreements with...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

The “Negligent Negotiations” Theory of Recovery – Is it a Go or No Go at the Boards of Contract Appeal? Part 1

Attention contractors – there is a new theory of recovery to consider! …Or, is there? Truth is, it might depend on what agency you are doing business with, and where you bring your case....more

McCarter & English, LLP

Government Contractors Can Learn From Yogi Berra: Failure to Follow Correct Claim Submission Procedures Results in Jurisdictional...

The late, great Yogi Berra once said that “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.” Sometimes it seems as if Yogi’s logic is equally applicable to the claims process in the world of Government contracting,...more

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