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Court Reviews Past Performance Evaluation On Existing Contract

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 11.01.04

DOD in making new award decisions is more and more relying on performance evaluations prepared on an annual basis on existing contracts. Breaking with the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals on the issue, Judge Lettow of the Court of Federal Claims in Record Steel and Constr., Inc. v. U.S. (Oct. 19, 2004), rules that the court will review the reasonableness of a past performance evaluation that has been made the subject of dispute under the Contract Disputes Act.

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Client Alert | 2 min read | 09.18.25

FDA Announces Intention to Initiate an Aggressive Enforcement Campaign Against Misleading Pharmaceutical Advertising

On September 9, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (HHS) issued a news release announcing an “aggressive[]” “crackdown” on direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising. This release came on the heels of a Presidential Memorandum President Trump issued the same day directing HHS to “ensure transparency and accuracy in direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertisements,” and the FDA to “take action to enforce legal requirements that advertisements for prescription drugs be truthful and not misleading.”...