December 20, 2023
Courts have decided a number of consequential cases affecting government contractors this year, including the Federal Circuit overhauling its jurisdictional jurisprudence and a Texas federal judge once again questioning the scope of the president's procurement authority. Here, Law360 explores several of the top government contracts-related rulings in 2023.
October 11, 2023
The Federal Circuit has rejected a petition from government attorneys who wanted to revisit the dismissal of CACI International's challenge to a $774.3 million U.S. Army contract, allowing its decision that statutory standing is not jurisdictional to suffice.
August 28, 2023
CACI International chided the federal government's attempt to get a Federal Circuit rehearing on whether it was allowed to challenge a $774.3 million U.S. Army deal, saying the appeals court's ruling that the standing issue wasn't jurisdictional was solid.
August 11, 2023
The U.S. government asked the Federal Circuit to take another look at a three-judge panel's May decision that CACI International's lack of statutory standing was not a jurisdictional issue in a case in which it protested a U.S. Army contract being awarded to another company.
July 14, 2023
This year has already been an impactful one for government contracting lawyers, with the highest-profile False Claims Act decision in years, another decision that has raised questions about the constitutionality of whistleblower FCA cases, and COVID-19-related rulings on the president's procurement authority. Here, Law360 looks at the top court rulings on government contracts so far in 2023.
May 24, 2023
Recent Federal Circuit decisions that key standing and waiver issues implicated in many federal contract disputes are not jurisdictional barriers are likely to give bid protesters a significant boost to their chances of arguing the merits of their cases.
May 10, 2023
The Federal Circuit stopped short Wednesday of remanding a lower court ruling that a CACI International unit lacked statutory standing when challenging a $774.3 million U.S. Army deal, saying an error didn't sway it from affirming the court's ultimate determination.
March 06, 2023
A Federal Circuit judge tore into the federal government's arguments Monday as it defended a decision disqualifying a CACI unit from a $774.3 million U.S. Army acquisition, suggesting the government's position had wrongly conflated standing and merits issues.