January 2021
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Government Contracts Legal Round-Up | 2021 Issue 1
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update will offer brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal, compliance, contracting, and business executives. Executive Actions 1. Thirty Executive Actions in President Biden’s First Three Days in Office In his first three days of… Continue reading
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Key Developments in the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act
By: Cynthia J. Robertson, David B. Robbins, and Noah B. Bleicher Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Practice is pleased to highlight key components of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 21). This annual legislation—filled with thousands of provisions—provides a roadmap of acquisition policies that will drive future… Continue reading
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Small Businesses in the 8(a) Program Get Another Year of Eligibility to Make Up for Pandemic Disruption
By: Matthew L. Haws and Scott E. Whitman Congress has been focused on ensuring that small businesses in the 8(a) program receive extra time to make up for disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic. To that end, Congress included language in both the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) and 2021 National Defense Authorization Act to provide… Continue reading
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The Government Contracts Legal Round-Up | Episode 7
Partners David B. Robbins and Marc Van Allen analyze recent GAO bid protest reports for fiscal year 2020. They also examine a Federal Circuit appeals decision involving data rights, as well as provide updates on Section 3610 reimbursement claims and False Claims Act decisions. Continue reading
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Government Data Rights: Defense Contractors May Use Custom Markings to Signal Rights against Third Parties
By: Steven R. Englund and Grant B. Schweikert In the final days of 2020, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided a case providing defense contractors a tool to enhance protection of their technical data (such as specifications and drawings) and computer software when delivering them to the government by including markings… Continue reading
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Government Contractors Obtain Relief in More than Half of GAO Bid Protests
By: Noah B. Bleicher and Carla J. Weiss In late December, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published its Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2020. The statutorily mandated report contains an array of information about GAO’s bid protest forum over the prior fiscal year, including the most prevalent reasons GAO… Continue reading
Government contracts authors
Marc A. Van Allen
Co-Chair
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David B. Robbins
Co-Chair
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Noah B. Bleicher
Partner
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Moshe Broder
Partner
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David W. DeBruin
Partner
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Steven R. Englund
Partner
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Sati Harutyunyan
Partner
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Matthew L. Haws
Partner
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Anton R. Valukas
Partner
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John Runeckles
Counsel
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Andrew Balland
Associate
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Aime JH Joo
Associate
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Ginsey V. Kramarczyk
Associate
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Sierra A. Paskins
Associate
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Michelle Onibokun
Associate
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Nathaniel E. Castellano
Special Counsel
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