Recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) protest decision on standing holds key implications for government contract asset deals.
GAO held that contractor who had sold relevant contract assets to another company...more
10/22/2018
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In a unanimous decision issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on May 1, 2017, the Court held that an otherwise successful protester could not recover its attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice...more
On April 15, 2016, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register that would amend its current bid protest regulations, codified at 4 C.F.R. Part 21.1 The proposed rule adds a degree...more
On March 25, 2015, the House Small Business Committee approved The Small Contractors Improve Competition Act of 2015 (H.R.1481) (“SCICA”), which would amend the Small Business Act and the National Defense Authorization Act...more
On November 24, 2014 the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Office of Hearings and Appeals (“OHA”) found that a mentor-protégé joint venture agreement between Kisan Engineering Company P.C. (“Kisan”), a small 8(a)...more
1/6/2015
On February 12, 2014, President Obama issued an Executive Order to raise the minimum wage for Federal contractors and subcontractors under certain contracts, as he had foreshadowed in this year’s State of the Union. The...more
On November 8, 2013, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the U.S. Department of Labor proposed a new rule which, if adopted, will require employers to electronically report injury and illness data on a...more