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Rogers Joseph O’Donnell is pleased to announce that Stephen L. Bacon has joined our D.C. office as an associate in Government Contracts, Construction and Complex Commercial Litigation Practice Groups. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a Trial Attorney for the Department of the Navy where he litigated claims involving government contracts for construction,…
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Merri A. Baldwin has been elected President of the Bar Association of San Francisco for 2017. In that role, she will head both the Bar Association and the Justice and Diversity Center, which provides pro bono legal services to low income clients in San Francisco in the areas of housing, family law, homeless services and other…
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In a False Claims Act case that sought several hundred million dollars in recovery from contractors Northrop Grumman Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp., the Northern District of Texas granted summary judgment to the contractors on all counts. A retired compliance monitor at RJO client Northrop Grumman alleged that the contractors improperly used funds from other…
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RJO government contracts attorney Aaron Silberman, was quoted in the Federal Contracts Report (FCR) for December 13, 2016, in an article titled “State Farm Can’t Dodge Katrina Lawsuit Based on Seal Violation” (106 FCR, 12/13/16). The article reports on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in State Farm Fire & Casualty v. U.S., ex rel. Rigsby, which affirmed the Fifth…
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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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