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We're Staying Open to Handle Your Shutdown Questions

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 04.08.11

With the Friday midnight deadline looming and the prospects for a deal unclear, our team of lawyers are fielding an increasing volume and wide variety of questions on the potential impacts of a shutdown on their businesses. We are available around the clock, seven days a week, to answer any questions you may have.

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Client Alert | 3 min read | 07.23.26

Protester Beware: Recent GAO Decision Suggests Traditional “Reasonable Possibility” Prejudice Standard May Be Evolving

It is well established that “[c]ompetitive prejudice is an essential element of every viable protest.” Yet, for decades, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has tempered this requirement with two critical corollaries: protesters need only demonstrate a “reasonable possibility” that they were prejudiced by an agency’s actions, and GAO “will resolve doubts regarding prejudice in favor of the protester.” These principles have been consistent features of GAO’s bid protest jurisprudence for more than 30 years. See, e.g., United Int’l Eng'g, Inc., B-245448, Jan. 29, 1992, 71 CPD ¶ 177....