New Pro-Competitive Restrictions On DoD Prototype Line Items and Options
Client Alert | 1 min read | 06.18.10
On June 8, 2010, DoD issued an interim rule, intended to prevent competitively awarded contracts for new technology from becoming noncompetitive efforts long-term. The interim DFARS provisions require that contract line item purchases and contract options must be limited to the minimum number of initial or additional prototype items that will allow for timely competitive solicitation and award of a follow-on development or production contract for those items; that the term of the contract line item or contract option cannot be longer than 12 months; and that the dollar value of the work to be performed pursuant to the contract line item or contract option may not exceed three times the dollar value of the work previously performed under the contract or $20 million, whichever is less.
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Client Alert | 3 min read | 03.11.26
Civil Litigation as a First-Response Strategy: The UK Government's Fraud Strategy 2026–2029
In March 2026, the UK Government published its Fraud Strategy 2026–2029, part of a broader economic-crime policy package building on the Economic Crime Plan 2 (March 2023) and the Anti-Corruption Strategy, published in December 2025. The strategy's headline message for fraud victims is striking: do not wait for the state to act, but rather, seek redress from the court yourself.
Client Alert | 5 min read | 03.11.26
CJEU Sets the Bar Low for Evidence Disclosure in Competition Damages Litigation
Client Alert | 6 min read | 03.11.26
Client Alert | 12 min read | 03.10.26
