/governmentcontracts?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Government Contracts Copyright 2025 saąúĽĘ´«Ă˝. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:59:25 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2357465?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2357465 The U.S. Government Accountability Office denied an Alabama company's protest of a $261 million task order the Army awarded for its Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, rejecting arguments that the awardee should have been disqualified for misrepresenting its work on a prior contract. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:39:59 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2357384?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2357384 A Colorado federal court should throw out an outdoor group's challenge to a Biden-era mandate requiring federal contractors to pay a $15 minimum wage, the U.S. Department of Labor argued, saying President Donald Trump has rescinded the rule that the lawsuit challenges. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:13:11 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2357621?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2357621 A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday ruled that CVS's pharmacy benefits manager owes the government $95 million for overbilling Medicare Part D-sponsored drugs, leaving the door open for the amount to be tripled later. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:21:35 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2354692?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2354692 Despite the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s May warning that it will impose stiff sanctions on bid protesters whose filings contain artificial intelligence-generated mistakes and hallucinations, generative AI can be a valuable tool for the bid protest bar if used with safeguards, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:20:17 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2357135?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2357135 A contractor tapped to manage and operate a tank farm holding millions of gallons of hazardous and radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear site in Washington will pay $6.5 million to settle claims it overcharged the U.S. Department of Energy for labor hours, according to federal prosecutors. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:25:23 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2348925?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2348925 Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 21:10:41 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2357053?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2357053 A coalition of 21 states and the District of Columbia filed suit Tuesday in Massachusetts federal court, accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully using a single clause "buried in federal regulations" to nix billions of dollars in federal grant funding to the states. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:16:55 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2356833?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2356833 The Federal Circuit has denied Textron Aviation Defense LLC's request to reconsider a decision that affirmed the dismissal of its pension claims against the federal government as time-barred under the Contract Disputes Act's six-year statute of limitations. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:16:05 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2357066?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2357066 A jury should decide if a former jail inmate was forced to accept a prepaid debit card and pay related fees when his money was returned to him upon release, a Washington federal magistrate judge said on Tuesday, advancing a class action against Central Bank of Kansas City. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:07:16 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2356364?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2356364 The U.S. Navy acted reasonably when it terminated a contract for an engineering company to refurbish eight hovercraft bow thruster nozzles after it failed to deliver any of them on time, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals has found. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:14:20 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2356470?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2356470 Honeywell, DuPont and other companies on Monday asked a Connecticut federal judge to toss a group of firefighters' lawsuit over alleged exposure to dangerous levels of forever chemicals, saying there's no legal support for the claims. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:39:44 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2356579?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2356579 The U.S. Government Accountability Office affirmed an $11.4 million task order the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded for website support, holding it was not obligated to engage in exchanges with another company that challenged its decision. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:24:40 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2356985?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2356985 A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday denied the Trump administration's request to stay a recent order that it resume processing National Institutes of Health grant applications and releasing funds, warning that even one more day of delay would lead to irreparable harm. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:46:39 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2356333?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2356333 Recent instances in which attorneys filed briefs containing artificial intelligence hallucinations offer a stark reminder that effective revision isn’t just about superficial details like grammar — it requires attorneys to critically engage with their writing and analyze their rhetorical choices, says Ivy Grey at WordRake. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:45:55 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2356296?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2356296 Several U.S. Supreme Court decisions over the past year — involving wire fraud, gratuities and obstruction — offer wide-ranging and arguably conflicting takeaways for government contractors that are especially relevant given the Trump administration’s focus on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, say attorneys at Rogers Joseph. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:30:24 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2356544?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2356544 The U.S. General Services Administration selected a 2.19-acre parking lot in Hartford, Connecticut, as the home for a new federal courthouse, which it says will be operational by 2030. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:46:40 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2356885?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2356885 The company behind job search website Monster.com filed for bankruptcy Tuesday, listing over $100 million in liabilities and saying in a news release that it has three stalking horse bidders for various assets lined up. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 22:12:49 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2355933?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2355933 A Florida state court judge on Monday denied a bid to disqualify Boies Schiller Flexner LLP in a lawsuit brought by pharmaceutical mass tort companies to block their former counsel from collecting fees after he was dismissed for alleged insufficient representation. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 21:53:57 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2356110?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2356110 Palantir Technologies Inc. has reached a settlement with former employees it accused of stealing trade secrets to launch a competing artificial intelligence business, according to a notice asking a New York federal judge to let Palantir permanently dismiss its claims. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 21:29:38 +0000 /governmentcontracts/articles/2355944?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /governmentcontracts/articles/2355944 Guatemala has asked a D.C. federal court to toss litigation seeking to enforce a nearly $38 million arbitral award issued to a construction and engineering firm in the parties' dispute over highway construction contracts, saying the case has no connection to the United States.