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NAFI Contractor Wins over $100 Million In Wunderlich Act Review of ASBCA Decision

Client Alert | 1 min read | 11.16.12

In SUFI Network Servs., Inc, v. U.S. (Nov. 8, 2012), the Court of Federal Claims granted SUFI, represented by C&M, a judgment of over $100 million pursuant to a rare Wunderlich Act review of the ASBCA's damages determinations on several breach of contract claims brought in the aftermath of a telephone services contract with the Air Force's Non-Appropriated Fund Purchasing Office. Central to the court's decision to increase SUFI's recovery was its finding that the board had misapplied the burden of proof with respect to damages, seemingly ruling "in every possible way to cut back SUFI's damages" on claims for which liability was established while ignoring the willfulness of the Air Force's breaches and the clear fact of damage to SUFI on this "totally botched program of grand proportions."


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Client Alert | 4 min read | 04.09.26

DOJ Establishes National Fraud Enforcement Division

On April 7, 2026, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum establishing the National Fraud Enforcement Division (NFED) within the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). This new division will be dedicated to the centralized, coordinated investigation and prosecution of fraud against taxpayer dollars and taxpayer-funded programs. AAG Blanche acknowledged that, while DOJ has a “storied history of combatting fraud,” DOJ has “never adopted a comprehensive and coordinated approach to investigating and prosecuting fraud against taxpayer dollars and tax-payer funded programs.” The NFED was created to close that gap with its core mission being to “zealously investigate and prosecute those who steal or fraudulently misuse taxpayer dollars.”...