The Trump administration, as part of its efforts to reshape the federal government, began terminating federal contracts for the convenience of the government almost immediately after coming back to town. These contract terminations show no signs of slowing in the near term. Accordingly, government contractors need to know their rights and obligations so that they

Bradley’s Government Contracts Practice Group was recently named a Law360 “Practice Group of the Year” for 2024.This award recognizes the practice groups that worked on the biggest deals or achieved the biggest wins in the most important cases over the past year in a variety of key practice areas. Law360’s recognition highlighted Bradley’s extensive bid

In a recent decision, the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) ruled on bid protests filed by 12 construction companies challenging the implementation of a February 4, 2022, Executive Order 14063 that mandated the use of project labor agreements (PLAs). FAR Council implemented EO 14063 in January 2024, and it was the first executive mandate

On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” The executive order’s stated purpose is to end “illegal” diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts.

Among other things, the executive order directs the director of the Office of Management and Budget to “[t]erminate all

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that it obtained more than $2.9 billion in False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2024. 

DOJ reports that matters that involved the healthcare industry comprised the largest portion of these FCA recoveries in FY 2024, but that “procurement fraud” recoveries, 

In January 2023, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) issued an invitation for bids (IFB) for a dune and berm replenishment and renovation project along the New Jersey coast. The USACE received two sealed bids for the project, but both bids exceeded the independent government estimate (IGE) for the project by over $21 million.

On April 15, the U.S. Department of Justice released The Criminal Division’s Pilot Program on Voluntary Self-Disclosures for Individuals (the Pilot) designed to encourage individuals to report certain types of criminal activity in return for protection from prosecution. The Pilot follows the DOJ’s previously announced plan to create a new initiative expanding the existing whistleblower

The Government Accountability Office (GAO), in TLS Joint Venture, LLC, B-422275, recently sustained a bid protest alleging that the contract awardee’s System for Award Management (SAM) registration lapsed between the submission of the offer and award of the contract. The key facts, holdings, and takeaways from this noteworthy case are discussed below. 

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