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Attorneys from RJO’s employment group successfully obtain an attorney’s fee award against a class member who attempted to get around a wage and hour class settlement by bringing an independent wage claim with the labor commissioner. The labor commissioner originally dismissed the wage claim as it was barred by the class settlement. The class member…
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Robert Metzger, head of RJO’s Washington, D.C. office, has released a new “White Paper” on Security as a Service. Sponsored by Exostar, a cloud-based solution provider that assists companies in aerospace and defense, life sciences, and healthcare, the paper advocates new initiatives to enable defense contractors and other federal suppliers to utilize commercial cloud services…
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Who’sWhoLegal, published by Law Business Research Ltd, in the UK, has just named two Rogers Joseph O’Donnell attorneys in its published ratings of government contracts practitioners in 2016. RJO founder Neil O’Donnell is listed for California and Robert Metzger is listed for the District of Columbia. Neil and Bob were among the 398 “leaders in…
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Dean D. Pai was selected as a speaker on the subject of “A Contractor’s Nightmare: What To Do In A Criminal Investigation” at the Associated General Contractors Meeting.
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A lawsuit brought by RJO on behalf of helicopter company AgustaWestland North America, a subsidiary of Italian defense company Leonardo-Finmeccanica, has at least slowed, and perhaps halted, Army plans to undertake further sole source purchases of light utility helicopters from Airbus Helicopter, Inc. In a ruling on August 15, 2016, the Court of Federal Claims issued…
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Aaron Silberman has been elevated to Chair Elect of the Public Contract Law Section of the American Bar Association. He completed his terms as Secretary (2014-15) and Vice Chair (2015-16) and will serve as Chair in 2017-18. Mr. Silberman also was appointed as Chair of the Section’s Publications Board. Patricia Meagher, former Chair of the Section,…
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Rogers Joseph O’Donnell is proud to announce that seven of its attorneys have been included among Super Lawyers magazine’s top attorneys for 2016 in Northern California. Merri Baldwin, Robert Goodman, John Heller, Roland Nikles, Neil O’Donnell and Aaron Silberman were named to the “Super Lawyers” list and Lauren Kramer to the “Rising Stars” list for…
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The Legal 500 for 2016 has ranked RJO among the top six law firms and Neil O’Donnell among the top ten lawyers in the U.S. in Government Contracts. It also noted RJO’s Bob Metzger, Jeff Chiow and Brian D. Miller in our D.C. office, and Patricia Meagher and Mark Linderman in San Francisco. The Legal…
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RJO attorneys Neil O’Donnell, Jeff Chiow and Lucas Hanback secured a significant contract for their client after the Department of Veterans Affairs took corrective action in response to a bid protest at GAO. The protest involved contracts issued for Information Technology service solutions under the VA’s Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation (T4NG) multiple-award contract….
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RJO won a significant pro bono victory for a former Navy Chief Petty Officer, who was discharged from the service involuntarily after 19 ½ years. Well over 11 years of his service time had been spent deployed overseas in combat tours away from his wife and children. His involuntary separation was based upon convictions in civilian court…
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