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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 | 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....