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After over three years of litigation and nearly six years of claims prosecution, with the dismissal of all claims on December 10, 2019, RJO resolved a sprawling series of disputes between its client, CB&I AREVA MOX Services LLC, and the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. The parties were over $1 billion apart in…
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A federal jury awarded over $2.2 million to RJO-client Planned Parenthood in a high-profile case against anti-abortion activists. The defendants infiltrated Planned Parenthood health centers and conferences and secretly recorded conversations with physicians and others. Immediately following the release of the videos, Planned Parenthood clinics and staff experienced a spike in protests, harassment, and violence. Planned Parenthood…
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RJO is delighted to announce that Robert Metzger has been recognized by “Who’s Who Legal” as a Global Elite Thought Leader this year thanks to his “superb advisory and contentious government contracts practice, which features an international client base and wide-ranging expertise in technology-related sectors.” Clients value his “excellent legal analysis and real-world business analysis.”…
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Patricia A. Meagher will present at the 2019 Government Contracts Review and Outlook on Fraud and Compliance Issues. The annual conference will be held on November 21-22 at the San Diego Marriott, La Jolla. This unique event brings together legal experts, high-level practitioners and government contracting professionals to discuss what’s happening in the industry and…
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Joshua M. Deitz, a member of RJO’s Government Contracts and Cyber Security and Privacy practices, will be presenting on the implications of the California Consumer Privacy Act for government contractors at the ABA Section of Public Contract Law, 2019 Public Procurement Symposium in San Diego. While many government contractors do not consider themselves to be…
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Neil H. O’Donnell will be one of the members of a panel discussing significant recent developments in government contract law at the Federal Circuit and Court of Federal Claims during the 2019 Annual Program of the Boards of the Contract Appeals Bar Association. The Program will be held on October 22, 2019, at the Towers…
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Renée D. Wasserman, chair of RJO’s Retail Trade Regulation Practice, will be speaking at the Plenary Session panel “From Raw Materials to the Store’s Shelf: How Can You Be Sure You’re Prop. 65 Compliant” at the annual Prop. 65 Conference, on Monday, September 23 in San Francisco, CA.
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RJO Shareholder Merri A. Baldwin has been appointed to the newly-formed California Lawyers Association Ethics Committee. The twelve-member committee will provide guidance to California lawyers on ethics issues, and plans to issue advisory opinions, provide public comment on legal ethics issues and offer educational programming. Ms. Baldwin is a former chair of the State Bar…
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Stephen L. Bacon will speak on Saturday, August 10th at the Council Meeting for the ABA Public Contract Law Section on “U.S. ex rel. Markus v. Aerojet Rocketdyne: Cyber Security Enforcement Under the False Claims Act.” If you’d like to learn more about the False Claims Act, read Mr. Bacon and Robert Metzger‘s article, “Cybersecurity Enforcement…
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We are proud to announce that Gayle Athanacio has been selected as a member of the faculty for an in-depth CLE course focusing on Independent Contractor, Joint Employment & Misclassification Litigation 2019. About the program California Employers and Litigators have wrestled for years over how to classify independent contractors and employees and which employees are…
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