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September 1, 2026
A termination for default based on failure to make progress is a mid-performance prediction: the contracting officer concludes, before the completion date arrives, that the contractor…
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July 8, 2026
The Federal Circuit’s decision in Hamp’s Construction LLC v. Secretary of the Army, in which the court affirmed an Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals denial…
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September 19, 2026
The Department of Justice announced that Honeywell Aerospace Inc. agreed to pay $2,042,518 to resolve False Claims Act allegations arising from alleged noncompliance with cybersecurity requirements…
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Mark G. Jackson / June 2, 2026
FAR 52.222-90 turns a subcontractor's DEI compliance issue into the prime's False Claims Act problem. The real exposure is not damages — it is debarment. The fix is diligence, breach-based indemnity, and…
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Jackson Holcomb LLP / May 23, 2026
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed the default termination of a VA contract for HVAC and asbestos abatement work, holding that the contractor failed to establish excusable…
Note
Charles M. Olmsted / May 19, 2026
The Federal Circuit's May 14, 2026 decision in Global K9 Protection Group, LLC v. United States holds that an awardee who tracked the docket of a sealed protest and waited more than…
Note
Stowell Holcomb / May 2, 2026
The GAO’s April 30, 2026 decision in Exail Inc., B-424225 (Comp. Gen. Apr. 30, 2026), is the kind of decision that looks routine on the surface and rewards a second…
Note
John Barr / May 1, 2026
A Federal Circuit ruling makes clear that contractors challenging an agency's override of the CICA automatic stay need only satisfy the APA's arbitrary-and-capricious standard
Alert
Jackson Holcomb LLP / April 16, 2026
On April 15, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its decision in Life Science Logistics, LLC v. United States, 172 F.4th 1357 (Fed. Cir. 2026). The Federal…
Note
Justin D. Haselden / April 15, 2026
The DOJ's $17 million settlement with IBM — the first resolution under the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative — is the opening salvo of an active prosecution strategy using False Claims Act enforcement…
Alert
Jackson Holcomb LLP / March 14, 2026
The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals denied the government's motion to dismiss DSME Construction Co., Ltd. but imposed lesser sanctions after appellant's briefing included citations to non-existent cases generated by artificial…
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Jackson Holcomb LLP / March 6, 2026
GAO has sustained a protest holding that an awardee's failure to acknowledge a material amendment to an Invitation for Bids could not be waived as a minor informality.
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Jackson Holcomb LLP / March 5, 2026
The Small Business Administration has initiated termination proceedings against 628 firms in the 8(a) Business Development Program for refusing to produce financial records.
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