2024-2025 Bid Protest Decisions with Far-Reaching Impacts for Government Contractors
Navigating Bid Protest Choices at GAO and COFC
DE Under 3: U.S. GAO Report on Military Spouse Employment Focused on Challenges of Part-Time Work
A Discussion with GAO General Counsel Edda Emmanuelli Perez
GovCon Perspectives Podcast Episode 24: Effective Use of “Open and Frank” Discussions in Bid Protests
Award Protests: Choosing the Forum
How to Assess the Likelihood of Success in Deciding Whether to Bring a Bid Protest
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Wednesday that settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act (FCA) exceeded $2.9 billion in fiscal year 2024—up approximately 5% from last year. DOJ’s announcement...more
The Board docketed 17 fewer new appeals in fiscal year (FY) 2024 than it docketed in FY 2023. The Board docketed more cases than it resolved in FY 2024....more
The Federal Circuit just dismissed the Government’s “Late is Late” appeal on Dec. 16th as moot, preserving the split between the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the issue of...more
Many family law practitioners and not a few business owners probably never heard of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). A once active part of the business regulatory environment, the agency was placed on sedatives during the...more
The Environmental Integrity Project (“EIP”) sent a May 2nd Clean Water Act Notice of Intent (“NOI”) to sue to the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) for alleged violation of a nondiscretionary duty under that statute....more
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council Final Rule: Sustainable Procurement - On April 22, the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration published a...more
Novation and Recertification Requirements: A Post-Closing Guide for GovCon M&A Deals - After the sale or acquisition of a business or its assets, there are often one or more post-closing requirements that business owners...more
Parties contemplating transactions in the defense sector need to know about a new obligation to provide materials to the Department of Defense (DOD) that will substantially affect their obligations for transactions that are...more
Focus on SBA’s SBIC Program, Part 3: Demystifying the Intricacies of the SBIC Application Process - The Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program is emerging as a powerful financial tool for small business...more
Crypto Exchange Receives CFTC License; Ratings Agency Scores Stablecoins - A recent press release announced that Bitnomial, “a US-regulated digital asset derivates exchange,” has been granted “a US clearinghouse license to...more
Swiss Banks Launch Tokenization Pilot, Crypto Custody and Trading Services - A recent press release announced a pilot by “SIX, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and six commercial banks” that seeks “to test, in a live...more
To help you keep abreast of relevant activities, below find a breakdown of some of the biggest events at the federal and state levels to impact the Consumer Finance Services industry this past week...more
U.S. Central Bank Launches Instant Payment Service - A recent press release by the U.S. central bank announced that “its new system for instant payments, the FedNow® Service, is now live.” According to the press release,...more
Debt Ceiling and Spending Deal: H.R. 3746 – Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 - The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, signed by President Biden on June 3, 2023, increases the federal debt limit, establishes new...more
Notable Headlines - False Claims Act - It used to be rare for the Supreme Court to hear False Claims Act cases. It’s a lot less rare now. On April 18, the Supreme Court heard argument concerning two Seventh Circuit...more
On April 27, 2023, a bipartisan group of senators led by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) reintroduced the Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act in the 118th Congress. The bill attempts to reform the Foreign...more
Advancements in Artificial Intelligence have dominated the news recently in fascinating ways. Generative AI chatbots demonstrated seemingly spontaneous responses to test users. Visual artists filed a class action lawsuit to...more
FOIA - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. United States, No. 21-5276 (D.C. Cir. January 31, 2023) The DC Circuit clarified what information an agency may properly withhold under FOIA’s Exemption...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter seeks to bring you up to speed on key federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) developments, with links to primary resources. Each quarter, we...more
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - 2022 GAO Bid Protest Annual Report: Key Takeaways for Government Contractors - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released its 2022 Bid Protest Annual Report (Report), which...more
Summary: On October 28, 2022, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement by prohibiting the award of any DoD contract to entities that require their...more
How effective is the current framework for filing Suspicious Activity Reports, or SARs? The AML Act mandates that federal law enforcement agencies provide statistics to assist Congress, regulators, and financial institutions...more