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If the Government Suspects Fraud But Continues to Accept Performance, Has It Waived a Defense to a Future Contractor Claim?
Contractor Was Required to Build Communication Rooms, But Did those Rooms Require Telecommunications Systems?
Pharmaceutical Company Collaborated with Government on Drug Research. How Did the Government Breach the Collaboration Agreements?
Should the ASBCA Recognize a Fatwa Issued by the Taliban?
GSA Tried to Wriggle Out of Some Tax Payments. CBCA Was Having None of It
Contractor Attempted to Supplement Its Appeal With an “Addendum to Claim.” Why Did the CBCA Reject the Addendum?
Drafting a Claims Appeal Is Like Getting Cosmetic Surgery: You Think You’re Enhancing What’s Already There, But You May Be Giving Yourself a Whole New (Undesirable) Look
Only a Book on Cubism Could Match this ASBCA Decision’s Exhaustive Analysis of the Phrase, “Blocky and Angular”
ASBCA Didn’t Have Jurisdiction Over Claims Asserted. Why Did the Board Retain Jurisdiction Over the Appeal?
So You Want to Recover Termination Damages? You Better Have a Record-Keeping System That’s Up to Snuff
Orders Issued in Option Year 2 Required Performance in Option Year 3. Was the Contractor Entitled to Payment at Year 2 or Year 3 Rates?
Did the Vagaries of Mother Nature Make this Contract Commercially Impracticable?
Contractor Argued Government’s Failure to Comply with ASBCA’s Orders Necessitated Default Judgment. Why Didn’t the Board Agree?
Contractor’s Claim Sought Rent at “$10,000 per Month Until Paid.” Was this a Demand for a Sum Certain?
Contractor Said It Needed a Price Adjustment Because of COVID. Why Did ASBCA Say Take a Hike?
You Better Get a Handle on the Sovereign Acts Doctrine or It Could Sink Your Claim
When Can the ASBCA Hear an Unjust Enrichment Claim?
Claimant Asks ASBCA to Reconsider Denial of Appeal. Did the Board Not Comprehend the Intricacies of the Contract?
Does the Exercise of Contractual Discretion Require an Objective Standard or Can a Party Just Rely on Subjective Belief?
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