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Option Exercise Not Fully Discretionary

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 08.29.06

Relying on CFC precedent, the GSBCA in Northrop Grumman Computing Systems, Inc. (June 26, 2006, http:// www.gsbca.gsa.gov/appeals/y1636726.pdf), reiterated that an agency by contract can restrict its normally unlimited discretion whether or not to exercise an option. In this instance, the contractor stated a valid case that the agency had violated its express duties to use its best efforts to gain funding to allow exercise of the option and not to buy other equipment to do the same job.

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Client Alert | 3 min read | 04.24.24

Digging Deeper: “American Made” Claims From the Tenth Circuit’s Decision in I DIG Texas v. Kerry Creager Diverge from FTC Guidance

On April 12, 2024, the Tenth Circuit issued a decision in I DIG Texas LLC v. Kerry Creager, which analyzed country-of-origin claims in a manner that diverged from the well-established Federal Trade Commission’s “Made in USA” policy....