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Special Insurance Considerations for Government Contractors

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 11.11.15

C&M's Peter Eyre and Rachel Raphael authored "Special Insurance Coverage Issues for Gov't Contractors," recently published in Law360. In the article, the authors focus on some of the unique sources of liability confronting government contractors and outline five issues they should consider when evaluating whether they are appropriately insured: (1) The False Claims Act, (2) The Defense Base Act, (3) contractor default insurance and performance guarantees, (4) government furnished equipment, and (5) cybersecurity.


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Client Alert | 14 min read | 03.13.26

AI for Government: 7 Days for Contractor Comments on GSA Proposed Contract Clause for AI Systems

On March 6, 2026, the General Services Administration (GSA) issued a significant proposed contract clause, GSAR 552.239-7001, Basic Safeguarding of Artificial Intelligence Systems (“Clause”), for inclusion in GSA Schedule solicitations and contracts for AI capabilities.  The proposed clause would impose substantial new requirements related to AI sources, intellectual property rights, data use, change management, and performance standards.  The Clause would also take precedence over any other contract terms (including commercial licensing terms) related to AI, including a Seller’s terms of sale and service to which the Government had previously agreed.  GSA requests comments by March 20, 2026....