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Federal Court Denies Aldevra-Type Protest
On Tuesday, November 27, 2012, the US Court of Federal Claims issued a much-anticipated decision in Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States. Kingdomware filed a protest at the Court challenging the VA’s use of the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) …
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Final Rule Issued Re: Reporting Executive Compensation
On July 26, 2012, the FAR Council issued a final rule entitled “Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards.” The final rule follows an interim rule issued on the same subject on July 8, 2010. Both the interim and final …
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Are Unpaid Internships Legal?
For many college students, summer is a time for them to build skills through summer internships. Employers are also frequently attracted to the use of unpaid interns, especially in this era of budget tightening. Many employers, however, are not aware …
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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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