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Virginia Supreme Court overturned a multi-million dollar goodwill damages award
Recently in the case of 21st Century Systems, Inc. v. Perot Systems Government Services, Inc. (“Perot Sytems”) (available here), the Virginia Supreme Court overturned a multi-million dollar goodwill damages award. On appeal, the Virginia Supreme Court …
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Constant bickering among partner-siblings results in a judge dissolving their partnership
In Russell Realty Associates, et al. v. C. Edward Russell, Jr., the Supreme Court of Virginia upheld a trial court’s order that dissolved a partnership due to discord between the partners which “frustrated the economic purpose” of the partnership …
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A Federal Judge in Virginia Applies a Different State’s Law to a Non-Compete Through a Choice of Law Clause
In Western Industries-North, LLP v. Lessard, et al., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33683, United States District Judge James Cacheris, a U.S. District Court Judge in Alexandria, Virginia, recently granted a plaintiff’s motion for a temporary restraining order based on …
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Air Force Lifts Booz Allen Suspension
On February 6 of this year, the Air Force proposed for debarment the San Antonio office of Booz Allen. The Air Force proposed the San Antonio office for debarment because a former Air Force official who joined Booz Allen brought …
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Small Business Contracting Legislative Update
March has been a busy month for the House Small Business Committee. In the last month, the committee has reported out over ten separate pieces of legislation affecting small business government contractors. What is particularly noteworthy is that all these …
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GAO Releases Its FY 2011 Bid Protest Statistics
Every year the General Accounting Office publishes statistics regarding bid protests filed with GAO the previous fiscal year. Yesterday, GAO released those statistics for FYs 2007-2011. These statistics show some interesting trends.
There was an 2% increase in protests filed …
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Court Overturns CVE’s Denial of Verification Application
Yesterday, a DC District Court ordered VA/CVE to go back and reconsider a SDVOSB verification application that it had denied. This appears to be the first known court challenge of a VA SDVOSB verification denial. The court held that VA …
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DoD IG Issues Report Criticizing DoD’s Use of the SDVOSB Set-Aside Program
On Friday, March 2, the DoD IG issued a controversial report regarding DoD’s use of the SDVOSB set-aside program. In particular, the IG concluded that DoD did not have adequate controls preventing fraud in the program. Interestingly, the report has …
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Think You Know Everything About Subcontracting Plans? Think Again.
There are some interesting legal nuances regarding subcontracting plans of which most government contractors are not aware. Most contractors know that, in negotiated acquisitions, each solicitation of offers to perform a contract or contract modification, that individually is expected to …
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SBA Issues New “Small” Size Standards
On March 16, 2011, SBA posted for public comment proposed changes to the size standards for Sector 54, Professional, Technical and Scientific Services. SBA received nearly 1,500 comments on the proposed rule, the majority of which addressed the proposed increase …
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