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The Virginia state House of Delegates and Senate voted to approve data privacy legislation, titled the Consumer Data Protection Act (”CDPA”). Now, legislators are working to send the bill to Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, before March 1, 2021. If enacted, the CDPA would go into effect on January 1, 2023 and would apply to all...

When evaluating offerors for a federal contract, agencies are required to document their evaluation decisions and judgments in sufficient detail. This is an often overlooked requirement that can be the deciding factor in a successful bid protest. A recent GAO decision reiterated this point. In Soft Tech Consulting, Inc., B-416934 (Comp. Gen. Feb. 1, 2019), GAO...

Ward & Berry partner Ryan Bradel recently sat down with The Pulse, an exciting new venture and a critical resource for any government contractor, to discuss legal issues surrounding the submission of a proposal for a government contract. The interview answered questions such as: Can you be legally bound to the representations in your...

Two federal courts, in relatively recent decisions, have reached opposite conclusions on the question of whether a contractor’s misrepresentation regarding its status under the Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) various special status small business government contracting programs can be subject the contractor to False Claims Act liability—one offering a clear yes and the other offering...

It’s rare that the often staid government contracts world sees an event that is truly “Breaking News!” worthy but a decision by the Court of Federal Claims this week just may qualify. The decision is noteworthy not so much for the legal issues at stake, which are rather run-of-the-mill, as for the practical consequence:...