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Lack of Available Pilots Shoots Down Claim for Unpaid Transportation Services; ASBCA No. 59708, Appeal of AAR Airlift Group Inc.
Contractor’s Attempt to Negotiate Claim Does Not Toll Statute of Limitations; Pegasus Enterprises, LP v. General Services Administration, CBCA 5420, 5733
Government Only Liable for Property Taxes Contemplated by the Parties When They Executed Lease; NOAA Maryland, LLC v. General Services Administration, CBCA 5269, 5659
Federal Circuit Affirms that Surety, Which Executed Takeover Agreement with the Government, Lacks Standing to Assert Claims that Arose Before the Takeover Agreement; Guarantee Company of North America, USA v. Ikhana, LLC, Fed. Cir. 2018-1394
Appellant Wins Appeal but Nets Only Half the Recovery COFD Originally Awarded; ASBCA No. 60608, Appeal of BES Construction LLC
ASBCA Has Jurisdiction to Hear Claims Arising out of Contracts U.S. Government Benefitted From But Did Not Pay For; Appeal of Sungwoo E&C Co., Ltd., ASBCA 61144, 61219
Digital Signature Created with Contractor’s PDF Software Satisfies CDA’s Claim Certification Requirements; Appeal of URS Federal Services, Inc., ASBCA No. 61443
Federal Circuit Affirms that Lobbyists’ Salaries are Not Recoverable Costs; Raytheon Company v. Secretary of Defense, Fed. Cir. No. 2018-2371
Contract to Remove a Tree Once Owned by Teddy Roosevelt Did Not Give Contractor a Property Right in the Tree; Looks Great Services, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-937C
COFC Lacks Jurisdiction Over Contract and Takings Claims that were Effectively Challenges to FCC Orders; Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-149
Subgrantee of Federal Disaster Relief Agreement is Neither Party to Nor Beneficiary of a Government Contract; Columbus Regional Hospital v. United States, COFC No. 18-1299C
Failure to Clarify a Patent Ambiguity Before Accepting Contract Dooms Contractor’s Claim; Chupnick v. Social Security Administration, CBCA 6539
Government’s Half-Hearted Performance Breaches Settlement Agreement; Rocky Mountain Helium, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 15-336C
Termination for Convenience Does Not Preclude the Government from Terminating Another Contract with the Same Contractor for Default; Carmazzi Global Solutions, Inc. v. Social Security Administration, CBCA 6264 et al.
GSA’s Attempt to Deny Validity of Leidos/Lockheed Novation is a Morass of Legalistic Nitpicking; Leidos Innovations Corporation v. United States, CBCA 6303
Contractor Wins Pyrrhic Victory: Proves Constructive Change but Blows It on Damages; Pacific Coast Community Services, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 17-854C
Contractor that Paid Employee to Essentially Stare at the Wall Unable to Convince ASBCA that Employee’s Salary is a Recoverable Cost; Appeal of Advanced Global Resources, LLC, ASBCA No. 62070
Contractor Plausibly Demonstrated U.S. Improperly Transferred Its Property to Iraqi Government Ownership; COFC No. 17-220C, Kuwait Pearls Catering Co. WLL v United States
Government’s Control of a “Holding Account” May Have Turned Subcontractor into a Third Party Beneficiary of the Prime Contract; Fox Logistics and Construction Co. v. United States, COFC No. 18-1395C
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