Legal Information & Resources for Federal Construction Contractors
By: Edward T. DeLisle
We are frequently asked whether attorneys fees are recoverable as part of the federal claims procedure. The answer is sometimes. A case just decided by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit assists in explaining when such a recovery is possible.
In Tip Top Construction v. Donahue, the…
By: Joseph A. Hackenbracht
On July 18, 2012, the Small Business Administration published a proposed increase in the small business size standard for “Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities” from $20 million to $30 million in average annual receipts. 77 FR 42197. The average annual receipts are calculated by averaging a concern’s receipts for the…
By: Edward T. DeLisle & Maria L. Panichelli
On August 27, 2012, FAR council issued a final rule entitled Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (“the Rule”). Although this Final Rule was implemented just last month, it has been a topic of discussion on Capitol Hill for over six years.
In 2006, the Federal …
By: Robert E. Little, Jr.
Several months ago, I was asked to present testimony before House Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law on the subject of individual sureties. In that testimony, I warned that legal precedent had had little effect on policing individual sureties. Using the example in the Tip Top Construction case, I…
By: Edward T. DeLisle & Maria L. Panichelli
We’ve warned you before: the False Claims Act should be taken seriously. In recent years, the government has been increasingly willing to wield the provisions of the FCA as weapons, zealously punishing offending federal contractors.
A recent opinion United States ex rel. Hooper v. Lockheed Martin …
