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Agency Playing Favorites Leads To Bad Faith Termination

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 10.18.05

While the government has significant discretion under the termination for convenience clause to end a contract, that discretion is not limitless. In Advanced Team Concepts, Inc. v. U.S. (Sept. 28, 2005), the Court of Federal Claims held that a termination was in bad faith and thus a breach of contract permitting lost profits when the reason for the termination was simply to shift the work to the recently departed director of the agency.

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Client Alert | 3 min read | 03.28.24

UK Government Seeks to Loosen Third Party Litigation Funding Regulation

On 19 March 2024, the Government followed through on a promise from the Ministry of Justice to introduce draft legislation to reverse the effect of  R (on the application of PACCAR Inc & Ors) v Competition Appeal Tribunal & Ors [2023] UKSC 28.  The effect of this ruling was discussed in our prior alert and follow on commentary discussing its effect on group competition litigation and initial government reform proposals. Should the bill pass, agreements to provide third party funding to litigation or advocacy services in England will no longer be required to comply with the Damages-Based Agreements Regulations 2013 (“DBA Regulations”) to be enforceable....