Add to ORKGIn M. Maropakis Carpentry v. United States, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upset the commonly understood rules of practice and procedure for government contracts dispute litigation. In what the Supreme Court might view as a drive-by jurisdictional ruling, the court held that a contractor must file its own claim for time extensions before it can defend against a government claim for liquidated damages. Two Court of Federal Claims cases then confirmed fears that the decision would create a significant, disruptive, and disadvantageous change in procedural posture for a large number of contractors defending against government claims. If unchecked, Maropakis may reflect one of the most significant changes in government-contrac...
I propose the view that the law affects economic efficiency by shaping contractual litigation and co...
In the last two decades, courts have used the concept of unequal bargaining power to strike down a v...
This Note argues that the Court should return to a reliance-based approach to Contract Clause challe...
Sometimes acts of the federal government cause harm; sometimes acts of contractors hired by the fede...
American taxpayers spend more than $100 billion per year on federal construction projects. Yet massi...
In a factual dispute arising under a standard government construction contract, the contractor follo...
In recent years, the Supreme Court clarified the scope of immunity afforded to contractors for damag...
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide a comprehensive scheme to battle discriminat...
In Boyle v. United Technologies Corp., the United States Supreme Court held military contractors who...
As the \u27blended workforce\u27 - a realm in which contractors work alongside, and often are indist...
Justice Holmes admonishes us that men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government. ...
Equitable estoppel, also known as “estoppel in pais,” is a common law doctrine that “prevent[s] one ...
Recent assertions of the political question doctrine by battlefield contractor defendants in tort li...
The Federal Arbitration Act ordinarily obligates federal and state courts to enforce arbitration agr...
Specific performance has long been recognized in contract law as the fundamental alternative to mone...
I propose the view that the law affects economic efficiency by shaping contractual litigation and co...
In the last two decades, courts have used the concept of unequal bargaining power to strike down a v...
This Note argues that the Court should return to a reliance-based approach to Contract Clause challe...
Sometimes acts of the federal government cause harm; sometimes acts of contractors hired by the fede...
American taxpayers spend more than $100 billion per year on federal construction projects. Yet massi...
In a factual dispute arising under a standard government construction contract, the contractor follo...
In recent years, the Supreme Court clarified the scope of immunity afforded to contractors for damag...
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide a comprehensive scheme to battle discriminat...
In Boyle v. United Technologies Corp., the United States Supreme Court held military contractors who...
As the \u27blended workforce\u27 - a realm in which contractors work alongside, and often are indist...
Justice Holmes admonishes us that men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government. ...
Equitable estoppel, also known as “estoppel in pais,” is a common law doctrine that “prevent[s] one ...
Recent assertions of the political question doctrine by battlefield contractor defendants in tort li...
The Federal Arbitration Act ordinarily obligates federal and state courts to enforce arbitration agr...
Specific performance has long been recognized in contract law as the fundamental alternative to mone...
I propose the view that the law affects economic efficiency by shaping contractual litigation and co...
In the last two decades, courts have used the concept of unequal bargaining power to strike down a v...
This Note argues that the Court should return to a reliance-based approach to Contract Clause challe...