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Supreme Court tackles Honest Services Fraud: how might its decision affect government contractors?

  • Venable LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 1 2010

In its current term, which ends in June, the Supreme Court ("Court") is poised to hand down opinions in three cases involving challenges to convictions under the Honest Services Fraud corollary to the mail and wire fraud statutes

Interim rule to increase competition in major defense acquisition programs and impact DOD acquisition strategies for technical data packages

  • Venable LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • March 18 2010

The Department of Defense (DoD) recently issued an interim rule under DFARS Case 2009-D014 requiring acquisition plans for each major defense acquisition program (MDAP) to include measures to ensure competition, or the option of competition, at both prime and subcontract levels throughout the program life cycle

Proposal rejected as technically unacceptable where the contractor attempted to limit the government’s rights in data

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 8 2009

A recent protest decision from the Government Accountability Office illustrates the importance of strictly complying with data rights clauses contained in solicitations

Zoltek warning: consider suit against government contractors when infringement arises abroad

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2009

The United States Court of Federal Claims (COFC), whose jurisdiction is limited to lawsuits brought against the federal government, has issued a ruling of first impression in a 13-year-old patent case brought by Zoltek Corporation that may have profound implications for government contractors