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On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | June 7, 2018 |
Business Litigation
Dahda v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, No. 17-43 (14 May 2018). I have never agreed with Plato’s dictum that a little knowledge of geometry is a dangerous thing. After all, everyone starts with only a little knowledge when learning anything. What is dangerous is not a little knowledge but…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | June 1, 2018 |
Business Litigation
On 14 May 2018, the Supreme Court decided Murphy, et al. v. NCAA, et al., ___ U.S. ___, No. 16-476, striking down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). PASPA made it unlawful for a state or its subdivisions to sponsor, operate, advertise, promote, license, or authorize by law…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | May 31, 2018 |
Business Litigation
, Employment & Labor Law
Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, ___ U.S. ___, No. 16-285 (21 May 2018) This is an important case that will impact the use of arbitration to litigate disputes between employers and their employees. The decision concerns three consolidated cases that differ in detail but not in substance. In each case,…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | May 24, 2018 |
Intellectual Property
In the April 24th decision of SAS Institute, Inc. v. Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed a patent law case concerning a procedure known as inter partes review. At first blush, patent law may seem to be of little interest to the average…
by Stephanie Wilson | May 24, 2018 |
Government Contracts
A contractor who waited nearly a year to protest an agency’s decision to follow the GAO’s recommendation to reevaluate proposals and make a new award decision had its protest denied as untimely by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims under the rarely-invoked doctrine of laches. This long and tortured U.S.
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | May 24, 2018 |
Government Contracts
A recent decision of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is a good lesson for ways contractors can successfully, and unsuccessfully, deal with organizational conflicts of interest (OCI). ARES Technical Services Corporation protested a NASA award to Millennium Engineering and Integration Company (MEI), claiming that NASA did not mitigate an OCI…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | May 24, 2018 |
Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
On April 2, 2018, the Department of Defense issued an extensive new set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding implementation of the DFARs Cybersecurity Clause (252.204-7012), NIST 800-171 and the Cloud Computing Clauses (252.229-7009 & -7010). These FAQs shed further light on what the Department expects and will expect…
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | May 7, 2018 |
Business Litigation
Success can actually be a real problem for a small business. The more that its success increases its revenue or work force, the closer a small business comes to outgrowing its status as a small business. Losing small business status forfeits many advantages a small business has in winning government…
by Stephanie Wilson | April 19, 2018 |
Government Contracts
Bidders don’t often consider that information they learn through discussions could trigger the need to file a pre-award protest, even when that information is not included in a solicitation amendment. If an agency communication conflicts with the solicitation’s terms, a bidder must protest this ambiguity before closing time for proposals.
On Behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | April 19, 2018 |
Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
, Government Contracts
On April 2, 2018, DoD issued an extensive new set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding implementation of the DFARs Cybersecurity Clause (252.204-7012), NIST 800-171 and the Cloud Computing Clauses (252.229-7009 & -7010), which shed considerable light on what the Department expects and will expect from these contractors. Over…
