Implied Terms in Government Contracts Analyzed
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 07.17.15
The recent edition of the Public Contract Law Journal (Winter 2015) features an article by C&M's Stanfield Johnson entitled, "Hercules, Winstar, and the Supreme Court's Conspicuous and Potentially Consequential Error." The June 2015 issue of the Nash & Cibinic Report (at 34) provides a brief review and recommends that "all lawyers in the field of Government procurement should read" this article on "the role of implied terms" in government contracts.
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