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RJO Attorneys Jeff Chiow, Lucas Hanback, Deborah Rodin, and Neil O’Donnell successfully defended FEDITC LLC’s award, against multiple protests of a $17.5 billion ENCORE III information technology services multi-award contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency. This outstanding result was confirmed in three decisions handed down by Senior Judge Loren A. Smith of the U.S. Court of Federal…
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RJO Attorneys Jeff Chiow and Deborah Rodin Weigh In On Tug-of-War Between SBA and Congress Affecting Small Business Government Contractors SBA delay will have “huge consequences” for calculating small business program eligibility. In an article that appeared in Law360, Mr. Jeffery Chiow and Ms. Deborah Rodin criticized the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for its…
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RJO Shareholder Robert Metzger agrees that the new Warner-Rubio Senate bill is on the right track to controlling the flow of emerging technologies to China. Mr. Metzger made his remarks in an article published in Inside Cybersecurity, January 8. “This is an issue of immense importance, . . . I think the Warner-Rubio bill is…
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Two RJO attorneys will be presenting at the 2019 Midwinter Meeting ABA Forum on Construction Law in Los Angeles, California. On Thursday, January 31, Patricia Meagher will be a panelist on the topic “When Federal Laws Affect Local Projects,” and Aaron P. Silberman will be a co-presenter in a workshop titled “The Subcontracting Game: From…
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On Tuesday, April 23, 2019, Robert S. Metzger will speak on “Next Steps: Assessing the Latest DOD Initiatives and Their Implications for Supply Chain Risk Management, Controlled Unclassified Information, and Beyond” in Washington, DC. Companies under FOCI need to stay alert on many fronts. With DSS being the primary agency in charge of overseeing FOCI…
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Neil O’Donnell and Aaron Silberman spoke on Terminations at the West’s Annual Government Contracts Year in Review Conference. This gathering, typically attended by nearly 2,000 people, was held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C. Mr. O’Donnell addressed recent developments in terminations for default and Mr. Silberman did…
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6th Circuit Limits CWA Reach In Potential Circuit Splitting Decision: SCOTUS Requests Administration to Weigh In on Groundwater CWA Issue By E. Jacob Lubarsky Associate Attorney, Rogers Joseph O’Donnell In two recent cases involving the regulation of pollutants flowing through groundwater to navigable waters, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal ruled on September 24, 2018,…
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The Christian doctrine is an important rule in government contract law but it is not often the subject of a Federal Circuit opinion. In K-Con, Inc. v. Secretary of the Army (Fed. Cir. November 5, 2018), the Federal Circuit applied the Christian doctrine to read in to an Army design and construction contract missing FAR…
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After a two-week jury trial in California state court, RJO Shareholders Lauren B. Kramer and Aaron P. Silberman were successful in winning a breach of contract case representing a services contractor against a California state agency. At the heart of the case was a question of contract interpretation: Was the Agency required to pay the…
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Robert Metzger was interviewed for an article published in Inside Cybersecurity, October 29. The article discusses the efforts of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Department of Defense (DOD) rules to address cybersecurity threats. Metzger expressed doubts that NIST guidelines were strong enough to fend off “the exfiltration of protected information.” He…
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