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06/27/2023

In April, the Supreme Court announced it would take up a lawsuit involving the Department of Commerce’s oversight of marine fishing vessels. Of import to federal contractors, the case provides an opportunity for the Justices to examine the 40-year old Chevron deference, and consider whether they s...

06/07/2023

On June 1, the Supreme Court issued its much-awaited opinion in U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu, Inc. and U.S. ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway, Inc., handing down a unanimous decision reversing the Seventh Circuit and rejecting the application of Safeco’s “objective reasonableness” standard to th...

05/25/2023

The threat of the U.S. government defaulting on its debt is full of uncertainties for federal contractors. These risks include subcontracting disputes and even going out of business if the government's deprioritizes payments to government contractors. In this episode of Bona Fide Needs, Pub K's Bill...

04/25/2023

On April 18, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Schutte v. SuperValu and Proctor v. Safeway, two qui tam cases raising significant questions about the knowledge standard under the False Claims Act. Arnold & Porter partners Tirzah Lollar, Craig Margolis, and Christian Sheehan attended the argu...

03/15/2023

In this episode of Bona Fide Needs, Pub K Managing Editor Bill Olver is joined by Arnold & Porter False Claims Act Practice partners Tirzah Lollar and Christian Sheehan for a discussion about the Department of Justice's reported FCA recoveries for fiscal year 2022, as well as two FCA-related cases b...

02/08/2023

In this episode of Bona Fide Needs, Arnold & Porter Partner Mike McGill speaks with Arnold & Porter Senior Associate Amanda Sherwood on recent cases addressing COVID-19 related claims litigation. Show notes available online at the Pub K Group website.

12/20/2022

In this episode of Bona Fide Needs, Arnold & Porter Partner Mike McGill and PilieroMazza Partner Nichole Atallah preview the Labor & Employment panel from Pub K's upcoming 2023 Annual Review. From January 9 - 12, three dozen top government contracting practitioners will break down the most important...

12/20/2022

In this episode of Bona Fide Needs, Arnold & Porter Partners Mike McGill and Craig Holman preview the Bid Protest panel from Pub K's upcoming 2023 Annual Review. From January 9 - 12, three dozen top government contracting practitioners will break down the most important and intriguing developments a...

12/19/2022

In this episode of Bona Fide Needs, Arnold & Porter Partner Mike McGill and PubKGroup President Alan Chvotkin preview Pub K's upcoming 2023 Annual Review. From January 9 - 12, three dozen top government contracting practitioners will break down the most important and intriguing developments affectin...

08/23/2022

In this episode of Bona Fide Needs, Arnold & Porter Partner Mike McGill and PubKGroup Managing Editor Bill Olver cover a broad range of recent legal developments affecting government contractors. Our feature this month is Mike’s in-depth discussion with Arnold & Porter partner Chuck Blanchard, who...

07/20/2020

The American Bar Association Section of Public Contract Law is encouraging its members to participate in a 21-Day Challenge on Racial Equity Habit-Building, to augment awareness, empathy, compassion and determination to stand for racial equity.

The section has posted a list of 21 daily assignments - short articles about racial equity and justice that should take 15-30 minutes to read.

Because it's the ABA, many of the articles focus on legal issues, but several also address workplace matters, general race relations, and ways to talk about race in America,

I'll take the challenge beginning July 27.

The current movement for racial equality in America provides an opportunity for us to consider how we – as individuals, as lawyers, and as a Section – are meeting this moment. Are we moving on with our daily lives, or are we willing to grow in our knowledge and understanding to help shape our pr...

06/24/2020

After a week of higher-profile decisions, SCOTUS came back Monday with a ruling that the Securities and Exchange Commission may seek disgorgement of ill-gotten profits as a remedy under the doctrine of equitable relief.

SCOTUS pointedely did not reach this issue in its decision in Kokesh, and now had the opportunity to revisit.

In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court held that disgorgement is a permissible remedy under the doctrine of equitable relief, provided the award does not exceed a wrongdoer’s net profits and is awarded for the victims of fraud. Nonetheless, the court vacated and remanded a Ninth Circuit decision af...