Brickyard Blowout: IndyCar Company Cannot Claim Implied-In-Fact Contract Based on Statements by an Agency Official Who Could Not Bind the Government; Panther Brands, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 16-1157CDecember 20, 2019
Time to Appeal Claim Began To Run When Contractor’s Attorney Received Agency’s Claims Decision; Sandstone Associates, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-900CDecember 17, 2019
Contractor Unable to Shift Blame for it Problems with a Subcontractor on to Agency; Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. v. Department of the Interior, CBCA 5168, 6298December 17, 2019
ASBCA Dismisses Appeal Based on Apparent Fraudulent Claim; Appeal of Kamran Zaland Supplies and Services, ASBCA 61339December 12, 2019
Decontextualized Emails Not “Damning” Enough for CBCA to Impose Discovery Sanctions on Agency; SBC Archway Helena, LLC v. General Services Administration, CBCA 5997, 6464December 11, 2019
Termination for Cause Warranted Where Contractor Made False Statement to the Government; Philip Emiabata, DBA Philema Brothers v. United States, Fed. Cir. 2019-1041December 10, 2019
Claimant’s Failure to File Complaint on Time Does Not Warrant Dismissal For Failure to Prosecute; BES Design/Build, LLC v. Department of Veterans Affairs, CBCA 6561December 4, 2019
Postal Service’s Hard Bargaining Did Not Constitute Age Discrimination; Patrick M. Murray v. United States Postal Service, PSBCA Nos. 6635, 6640November 27, 2019
Subcontractor Successfully Pleads that It’s a Third Party Beneficiary of Prime’s Contract with Government; Constructora Guzman, S.A. v. United States, COFC No. 19-498CNovember 21, 2019
Federal Circuit Endorses Substance Over Form, Allows Contractor to Offset Disallowed Benefits Costs with an Amendment to its Benefits Plan; Secretary of Defense v. Northrop Grumman Corporation, Fed. Cir. Nos. 2018-1945, 2018-1990November 19, 2019
Lack of Available Pilots Shoots Down Claim for Unpaid Transportation Services; ASBCA No. 59708, Appeal of AAR Airlift Group Inc.November 15, 2019
Contractor’s Attempt to Negotiate Claim Does Not Toll Statute of Limitations; Pegasus Enterprises, LP v. General Services Administration, CBCA 5420, 5733November 13, 2019
Government Only Liable for Property Taxes Contemplated by the Parties When They Executed Lease; NOAA Maryland, LLC v. General Services Administration, CBCA 5269, 5659November 12, 2019
Federal Circuit Affirms that Surety, Which Executed Takeover Agreement with the Government, Lacks Standing to Assert Claims that Arose Before the Takeover Agreement; Guarantee Company of North America, USA v. Ikhana, LLC, Fed. Cir. 2018-1394November 7, 2019
Appellant Wins Appeal but Nets Only Half the Recovery COFD Originally Awarded; ASBCA No. 60608, Appeal of BES Construction LLCNovember 6, 2019
ASBCA Has Jurisdiction to Hear Claims Arising out of Contracts U.S. Government Benefitted From But Did Not Pay For; Appeal of Sungwoo E&C Co., Ltd., ASBCA 61144, 61219November 1, 2019
Digital Signature Created with Contractor’s PDF Software Satisfies CDA’s Claim Certification Requirements; Appeal of URS Federal Services, Inc., ASBCA No. 61443October 31, 2019
Federal Circuit Affirms that Lobbyists’ Salaries are Not Recoverable Costs; Raytheon Company v. Secretary of Defense, Fed. Cir. No. 2018-2371October 23, 2019
Contract to Remove a Tree Once Owned by Teddy Roosevelt Did Not Give Contractor a Property Right in the Tree; Looks Great Services, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-937COctober 22, 2019
COFC Lacks Jurisdiction Over Contract and Takings Claims that were Effectively Challenges to FCC Orders; Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-149October 18, 2019
