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DOD to Pay All Small Businesses Faster

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 05.02.11

DOD issued an interim rule on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, changing the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to accelerate payments for all small business concerns. Previously, DOD accelerated payments only to small disadvantaged business concerns by paying the SDBs as quickly as possible once invoices are submitted, but the interim rule accelerates payment to all small business concerns.

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Client Alert | 2 min read | 04.16.26

Federal Circuit Holds Challengers to CICA Stay Overrides Need Not Satisfy Four-Factor Injunctive Relief Test

In a significant decision for government contractors, on April 15, 2026, in Life Science Logistics, LLC v. United States, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that bid protesters challenging an agency’s override of an automatic stay of contract performance under the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) need not satisfy the demanding four-factor test traditionally required for preliminary injunctive relief.  In so doing, the Federal Circuit clarified that CICA stay override challenges need only demonstrate that the override decision was arbitrary and capricious—nothing more....