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Mining Law Monitor - Volume 20, Issue 1 - (Winter 2003)

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 03.07.03

  • "The Use of Business Aircraft: It's All in the Details," Author: Eileen M. Gleimer.
  • "The Data Quality Act: Toward Greater Accountability in Regulation," Co-Authors: Edward M. Green and Richard J. Mannix.
  • "Changing Campaign Law May Mean Changes for Your Corporate PAC," Co-Authors: Beth Nolan and F. Ryan Keith.
  • "FMSHRC in 2002: The Year in Review," Author: Timothy M. Biddle.

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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....