Nicole Owren-Wiest is a partner with Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Group in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, and leads the Group's cost accounting practice. With almost 20 years’ experience, Nicole advises contractors of all sizes across numerous industry segments, including many of the top defense government contractors and small businesses preparing to perform their first federal contract, and is a recognized leader in government contract cost accounting and intellectual property rights in government contracts.
Nicole has extensive experience helping companies navigate the government's complex cost and pricing rules—including the FAR Part 31 cost principles, the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), commercial item and pricing rules, and Truthful Cost or Pricing Data (f/k/a TINA) requirements—and assisting clients to mitigate compliance risk by working with them to develop strategies, policies, procedures, systems, and internal controls to comply with these special rules and the standards for adequate business systems. Nicole also focuses much of her practice on counseling, dispute resolution, and litigation involving government data rights, and helping clients to develop strategies to maximize available protections in their intellectual property. Clients routinely turn to Nicole to resolve DCAA and DCMA audit findings and cost accounting/pricing and data rights disputes (pre- and post-contracting officer’s final decision), and when faced with high-stakes, bet-the-company compliance matters and litigation in these and other areas.
Nicole regularly represents contractors in alternative dispute resolution and litigation of appeals before the courts and boards of contract appeals, and in connection with requests for equitable adjustment, claims preparation and negotiation, and terminations for convenience and default. She also conducts internal investigations and represents clients in connection with allegations of contractor fraud under the False Claims Act (FCA), violations of law and regulations, overpayments, and other alleged wrongdoing.
As a business-oriented thought leader in practice management, Nicole is a certified Legal Lean Sigma Institute (LLSI) Yellow Belt, and uses the LLSI process and project management tools to continually improve the value proposition the firm delivers to its clients. According to Chambers USA, clients have commended her for being "a true government contracts expert, with a client-oriented style, focus on practical results and sensitivity to business priorities."
Representative Matters
- Successfully settled six ASBCA appeals concerning disputes arising under six URS Energy & Construction 2010 incurred cost submissions.
- Successfully represented major defense contractor in ASBCA appeal of $24 million government defective pricing claim.
- Successfully represented major defense contractor in ASBCA appeal of alleged violation of CAS 414.
- Successful resolution of contracting officer final determinations asserting violations of CAS 410 and CAS 418 against a major defense contractor.
- Successfully represented defense contractor in ASBCA appeal of government claim disallowing certain Independent Research & Development (IR&D) costs and executive compensation costs.
- Obtained dismissal of government claim for executive compensation costs in Appeals of J.F. Taylor, Inc., ASBCA No. 56105, 56322, in which the Board found the DCAA executive compensation review method fatally flawed statistically, and denied the government’s motion for reconsideration. Since the decision, Nicole has successfully resolved numerous executive compensation claims pre- and post-contracting officer’s final decision without litigation.
- Obtained pre-discovery summary judgment for Sparton DeLeon Springs based on the Contract Disputes Act’s statute of limitations in an appeal before the ASBCA (No. 60416) of a government claim demanding repayment of direct costs (ASBCA No. 60416). The Board rejected the Government’s argument that its right to audit under the Allowable Cost and Payment clause effectively tolls the CDA’s six-year statute of limitations, and denied the government's motion for reconsideration.
- Lead counsel in successful defense of Starlite Aviation Group in Air Center Helicopters Inc. v. Starlite Investments Ireland Ltd et al. (N.D. Tex., Case No. 18-599), upholding a temporary injunction issued by the American Arbitration Association that granted Starlite the right to continue performing helicopter services in support of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan. In seeking to vacate the AAA’s Injunction Order, Plaintiff argued the arbitrator exceeded his powers by granting Starlite relief under an implied-in-fact contract theory, and contemporaneously sought a preliminary injunction preventing Starlite from enforcing the AAA Injunction Order (which the parties briefed on an expedited basis). The Court rejected Plaintiff’s arguments and denied both motions.
- Represented Valiant in its $135M acquisition of Cubic Global Defense Services, Inc., Valiant’s largest acquisition to date, adding 3,500 employees operating in 10 countries and thereby expanding Valiant’s employee count to more than 5,000 in more than 30 states and 20 countries. Served as lead counsel responsible for diligence and transaction advice in the following areas: government contracts, labor and employment/benefits, cybersecurity/privacy, export controls, and national security.
- Represented DXC during its government contracts diligence of Vencore, Inc., leading to the separation of its US Public Sector business and combination with Vencore, Inc. and KeyPoint Government Solutions to form Perspecta.
- Represented Supreme Foodservice GmbH in a series of appeals related to Supreme’s SPV contract to provide food, water, and other supplies to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The highlighted matter involves multiple consolidated appeals at the ASBCA involving government and contractor claims valued at over $11 billion. Nicole handled the oral argument of Supreme’s cross-motion for partial summary judgment, which the ASBCA granted in part (ASBCA Nos. 57884 et seq.) on the grounds that certain claims are barred by the Statute of Limitations or released.
- Represents contractors in connection with government requests for validation and challenges to contractor data rights assertions, including appeals of contracting officer final decisions challenging contactor’s data rights assertions.
- Successfully defended a major defense contractor in a qui tam action alleging defective pricing, convincing the government to decline to intervene and the relator to dismiss his complaint with prejudice.
- Successfully defended a major defense contractor in a qui tam action alleging defective pricing and retaliation; convinced the government to decline to intervene and successfully resolved the relator’s retaliation claims.
- Resolves government cost disallowances and claims asserting penalties for expressly unallowable costs, including complex cost accounting matters relating to compensation, bonuses and incentive pay, severance, pension, independent research and development (IR&D), bid and proposal (B&P), legal and consulting costs, external restructuring and organization, and other costs.
- Counsels clients on CAS audit and compliance requirements and litigates client appeals of government CAS noncompliance claims.
- Counsels clients on data rights, licensing and technology agreements, including agreements under Other Transaction Authority (OTAs), proprietary information and non-disclosure agreements, and other intellectual property issues, including patent rights under the Bayh-Dole Act and issues related to subject inventions.
- Resolves and litigates disputes involving contractor and subcontractor assertions of limited and restricted rights in contractor technical data and computer software, markings, and the scope of the government’s rights in contractor intellectual property.
- Conducts internal investigations regarding a wide variety of issues and defends clients in U.S. Department of Justice and inspector general investigations.
- Litigates bid protests at federal agencies, the GAO, and the COFC. Successfully represented clients in protests before the GAO involving billions of dollars and those involving classified procurements.
- Notable published decisions include: The Boeing Company, B-311344, et al., (co-counsel in successful protest and ultimate award of the $35 billion Air Force tanker contract); and Turner Construction, Inc. v. United States, 94 Fed.Cl. 586 (Fed.Cl.) (co-counsel—overturned GAO decision that had stripped $330 million contract from client, resulting in reinstatement of contract).
Recognition
- Listed by Chambers USA as one of “Americas Leading Lawyers for Business” in Government Contracts (2014-2019), particularly recognized for her skills in the area of cost accounting, and “Americas Leading Lawyers for Business - Up and Coming” (2011-2013)
- Named by The Legal 500 US as a “recommended lawyer” in Government Contracts (2015-2017)
Affiliations
Admitted to practice: District of Columbia, Washington, U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Professional Activities and Memberships
American Bar Association (ABA), Section of Public Contract Law
- Section Nominating Committee (2016-2017)
- Publications Board (2016-Present)
- Former Co-Chair (2008-2012), Vice-Chair (2012-Present), Accounting, Cost and Pricing Committee
- Former Co-Chair (2013-2016), Vice-Chair (Present), Research & Development and Intellectual Property Committee
- Member, Commercial Products and Services Committee
- Editor-in-Chief (2011-Present), Senior Editor (2010-2011) and Associate Editor (2007-2010), The Procurement Lawyer
- Co-Chair, San Francisco Annual Program (2013)
American Bar Association, Litigation Section
Federal Circuit Bar Association
- Vice Chair, Government Contracts and Construction Law Committee
Board of Directors, Mary Leonard Law Society (1998-2000)
National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), Procurement Division
- Contract Finance Committee
- Procurement Planning Committee
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Procurement Council (2013-Present)
Speeches & Presentations
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"Intellectual Property in Government Contracts: Data Rights (& Wrongs)," Public Contracting Institute, Washington, DC
(November 6-7, 2019).
Speakers: Nicole Owren-Wiest and John E. McCarthy Jr.
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"Costs and Pricing: No Contract is Really Final," Government Contracts "101" - Back to Basics, McLean, VA
(October 23, 2019).
Moderator: Mana Lombardo; Panelists: Nicole Owren-Wiest, Charles Baek, and Catherine Shames.
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"A Practicum in Government Contracts Data Rights," Government Contracts Breakfast Series, Arlington, VA
(October 8, 2019).
Panelists: Jonathan M. Baker, John E. McCarthy, Jr., Nicole Owren-Wiest, Christopher D. Garcia, and M. Yuan Zhou.
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"Accounting Cost & Pricing Compliance and Pitfalls," Government Contracts Breakfast Series, Herndon, VA
(September 18, 2019).
Presenters: Nicole Owren-Wiest, Elizabeth Buehler, Charles Baek, Michael G. Gruden, and Catherine O. Shames.
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"The Government Contract Intellectual Property Workshop," Federal Publication Seminar, Boston, MA and Hilton Head Island, SC
(June 10-12, 2019 and July 24-26, 2019).
Faculty Member: Nicole Owren-Wiest.
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"Accounting, Cost, and Pricing," Crowell & Moring's Ounce of Prevention Seminar (OOPS) 2019, Washington, DC
(May 7, 2019).
Moderator: Nicole Owren-Wiest; Speakers: David Z. Bodenheimer, Charles Baek, and Elizabeth Buehler.
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"Cost and Pricing: What Is New and What Is Coming?" DHG's 24th Annual Government Contracting Conference, Tysons, VA
(May 2, 2019).
Panelist: Nicole Owren-Wiest.
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"The Government Contract Intellectual Property Workshop," Federal Publications Seminars, Arlington, VA
(November 6-8, 2018).
Presenter: Nicole Owren-Wiest.
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"Costs and Pricing: No Contract is Really Final," Government Contracts "101" - Back to Basics, Washington, D.C.
(October 10, 2018).
Presenters: Nicole Owren-Wiest, Skye Mathieson, and Charles Baek.
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"Recent Cost, Compliance and Damages Decisions Involving the DCAA and DCMA, and Related Trends," ABA Section of Public Contract Law - Accounting, Cost & Pricing Committee, Washington, D.C.
(June 12, 2018).
Panelist: Nicole Owren-Wiest.
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"The Government Contract Intellectual Property Workshop," Federal Publications Seminars, Las Vegas, NV
(June 4-6, 2018).
Presenter: Nicole Owren-Wiest.
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"Accounting, Cost & Pricing," OOPS 2018, Crowell & Moring's 34th Annual Ounce of Prevention Seminar, Washington, D.C.
(May 18, 2018).
Presenters: Nicole Owren-Wiest and Elizabeth Buehler.
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"Cost and Pricing: What is new and what is coming?" DHG's 23rd Annual Government Contracting Conference, Tysons, VA
(May 3, 2018).
Presenter: Nicole Owren-Wiest.
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"New for 2018: DoD Issues Commercial Item Final Rule and Guidebook" Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP Webinar
(March 2, 2018).
Presenter: Nicole Owren-Wiest.
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"What Will the New Year Bring: Top Headlines, Headaches, and Developments for Government Contractors to Watch in 2018," Crowell & Moring Webinar
(January 25, 2018).
Presenters: Crowell & Moring Government Contracts Group.
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"National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2018: What You Need to Know," Crowell & Moring Webinar
(December 11, 2017).
Presenters: David B. Robbins, Robert A. Burton, Lorraine M. Campos, John E. McCarthy, Jr., Nicole Owren-Wiest, Laura J. Mitchell Baker, Elizabeth Buehler, and Rosamond Xiang.
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"Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Cybersecurity," PubKGroup's 3rd Annual Year In Review Webinar
(December 7, 2017).
Panelist: Nicole Owren-West and Kate M. Growley.
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"The Government Contract Intellectual Property Workshop," Federal Publication Seminars, San Diego, CA
(November 14-16, 2016).
Presenter: Nicole Owren-Wiest.
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"FUN with the DFARS Season 2," Public Contracting Institute Webinar
(October 19, 2016).
Co-Presenter: Nicole Owren-Wiest.
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"Government Contracts Pricing," DCode42 Teleconference
(September 23, 2016).
Presenter: Nicole Owren-Wiest.
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"GovCon Industry Update," DHG's 21st Annual Government Contracting Update - Navigating the Issues: A Roadmap to Success, Tysons, VA
(May 5, 2016).
Presenter: Nicole Owren-Wiest.
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"3rd Annual Executive Seminar for Government Contractors," Government Update, McLean, VA
(April 28, 2016).
Presenter: Nicole Owren-Wiest.
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"Government Contracts Pricing," DCode42, Washington, D.C.
(April 12, 2016).
Presenter: Nicole Owren-Wiest.
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"The Government Contract Intellectual Property Workshop," Federal Publication Seminars, Washington, D.C.
(March 9-11, 2016).
Presenter: Nicole Owren-Wiest.
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"Intellectual Property Panel," Federal Bar Association North Alabama Chapter: 43rd Annual Symposium on Government Acquisition, Huntsville, AL
(December 2, 2015).
Panelist: Nicole Owren-Wiest.
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"Cost & Pricing: Commercial Pricing and Other Recent Developments," Federal Bar Association North Alabama Chapter: 43rd Annual Symposium on Government Acquisition, Huntsville, AL
(December 2, 2015).
Presenter: Nicole Owren-Wiest.
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"Building Bridges to Succeed in Federal Contracting and Grants," ABA Section of Public Contract Law Fall Educational Program, Charleston, SC
(November 12-13, 2015).
Presenter: Nicole Owren-Wiest.
Publications
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"Is A Federal Shutdown Your Next Holiday Surprise?" Law360
(December 20, 2018).
Authors: J. Chris Haile, Rebecca L. Springer, Robert A. Burton, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Peter Eyre, Stephen J. McBrady, and Trina Fairley Barlow.
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"Government Contract Costs, Pricing & Accounting Report," 2016 Thompson Reuters
(November 1, 2016).
Author: Nicole Owren-Wiest.
Client Alerts & Newsletters
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"Supply Chain Perspectives — Connecting the Dots on Supply Chain Security and Risk Management,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(December 2, 2019).
Contacts: Peter Eyre, Adelicia R. Cliffe, Kate M. Growley, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, Judy Choi, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Paul Freeman, Michael G. Gruden, CIPP/G
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"Expressly Does Not Require Being Expressed: Fed. Circuit Finds Salary Costs for Lobbying are Expressly Unallowable,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(October 22, 2019).
Contacts: Alan W. H. Gourley, Elizabeth Buehler, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Catherine O. Shames
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"In the Land of the Disfavored: FAR Council Issues Proposed Rule on Avoiding Usage of LPTA,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(October 11, 2019).
Contacts: Elizabeth Buehler, Charles Baek, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Catherine O. Shames
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"At Last! Proposed Amendments to the FAR Reflecting Increased MPT, SAT and TINA Thresholds,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(October 10, 2019).
Contacts: Elizabeth Buehler, Charles Baek, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Catherine O. Shames
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"Show Me the Value: DFARS Proposes Rule on Market Research and Value-Based Price Reasonableness Determination,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(October 4, 2019).
Contacts: Elizabeth Buehler, Charles Baek, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Catherine O. Shames
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"Government Charged With Knowledge of Unapproved Subcontractors Listed on Invoices,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(October 2, 2019).
Contacts: Nicole Owren-Wiest, Stephen J. McBrady, Skye Mathieson, Elizabeth Buehler, Michelle D. Coleman, Charles Baek, Catherine O. Shames
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"ASBCA Rejects the Government’s Use of "Prior Material Breach" Affirmative Defense,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(September 24, 2019).
Contacts: Stephen J. McBrady, Skye Mathieson, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Michelle D. Coleman
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"DCAA Materiality Standards for Incurred Cost Audits,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(August 1, 2019).
Contacts: Elizabeth Buehler, Charles Baek, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Catherine O. Shames
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"Here We Go Again: DFARS Changes to the "Only One Offer" Rule,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(July 30, 2019).
Contacts: Elizabeth Buehler, Charles Baek, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Catherine O. Shames
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"Federal Circuit Clarifies When Affirmative Defenses Must Be Submitted as Claims, and When Interest Runs,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(July 17, 2019).
Contacts: Stephen J. McBrady, Nicole Owren-Wiest, J. Chris Haile, Skye Mathieson, Michelle D. Coleman, Charles Baek
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"DCMA Revises Cyber Supply Chain Review: Updated Guidebook Modifies Audit Standards,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(July 16, 2019).
Contacts: Evan D. Wolff, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Maida Oringher Lerner, Kate M. Growley, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, Michael G. Gruden, CIPP/G
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"We've Come to the End of the Road: FY 2018 Report to Congress Says DCAA Backlog is No More,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(July 11, 2019).
Contacts: Nicole Owren-Wiest, Stephen J. McBrady, Elizabeth Buehler, Catherine O. Shames
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"FAR Council Introduces Limits on the Single-Offer Adequate Price Competition Exception,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(July 1, 2019).
Contacts: Elizabeth Buehler, Charles Baek, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Catherine O. Shames
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"Contractor’s Challenge to Cost Accounting Regulation Hits Headwinds,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(June 19, 2019).
Contacts: Elizabeth Buehler, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Catherine O. Shames
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"It’s Time for a Raise! DoD Proposes to Increase CPSR Threshold,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(June 11, 2019).
Contacts: Elizabeth Buehler, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Catherine O. Shames
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"OMB Seeks to Jettison Defense CAS Board and De-Couple CAS and TINA,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(June 7, 2019).
Contacts: Elizabeth Buehler, Charles Baek, Nicole Owren-Wiest
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"Expedited Contract Closeouts – A Fast Track Available to Select Older Contracts,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(May 28, 2019).
Contacts: Elizabeth Buehler, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Catherine O. Shames
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"Take Two: DoD Issues Another Proposed Rule on Performance-Based Payments,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(May 23, 2019).
Contacts: Elizabeth Buehler, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Catherine O. Shames
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"Foreign Governments Join the Commercial Item Party,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(May 20, 2019).
Contacts: Nicole Owren-Wiest, Lorraine M. Campos, Elizabeth Buehler, Catherine O. Shames
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"It All Adds Up: What’s New with DCAA (May 2019),"
Podcast: It All Adds Up
(May 7, 2019).
Contacts: Elizabeth Buehler, Charles Baek, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Michael G. Gruden, CIPP/G, Catherine O. Shames
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"A New Approach to DoD Software Development and Acquisition,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(April 15, 2019).
Contacts: John E. McCarthy Jr., Nicole Owren-Wiest, G. Meredith Parnell
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"CAS Board Begins Statutorily-Mandated CAS/GAAP Conformance,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(March 27, 2019).
Contacts: Elizabeth Buehler, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Catherine O. Shames
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"DCMA’s Cybersecurity Oversight Takes Shape: Revised CPSR Guidebook Outlines DFARS Safeguarding Clause Audit Standards,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(March 6, 2019).
Contacts: Kate M. Growley, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, Evan D. Wolff, Maida Oringher Lerner, Christopher D. Garcia, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Michael G. Gruden, CIPP/G
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"Don’t Sleep on Discovery, It Could Yield Basis for New Claim,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(March 4, 2019).
Contacts: Stephen J. McBrady, Skye Mathieson, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Michelle D. Coleman
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"Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Claims,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(February 28, 2019).
Contacts: Stephen J. McBrady, Skye Mathieson, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Michelle D. Coleman
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"Contractor Business Systems Reviews: A Work in Progress According to GAO Report,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(February 22, 2019).
Contacts: Elizabeth Buehler, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Catherine O. Shames
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"ASBCA Rules that Navy’s Desires Are Not an Option,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(February 13, 2019).
Contacts: Stephen J. McBrady, Skye Mathieson, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Catherine O. Shames
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"CBCA Holds that Contractor is Out on a Limb Seeking Claim Preparation Costs, but Grants T4C Partial Victory,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(February 11, 2019).
Contacts: Stephen J. McBrady, Skye Mathieson, Elizabeth Buehler, Nicole Owren-Wiest
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"Material Misrepresentation Dooms Contract From the Get-Go,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(February 7, 2019).
Contacts: Stephen J. McBrady, Skye Mathieson, Charles Baek, Nicole Owren-Wiest
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"Upping the Cyber Oversight Ante: DoD Deploys DCMA to Audit Contractor Supply Chain Compliance,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(January 28, 2019).
Contacts: Kate M. Growley, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, Evan D. Wolff, Maida Oringher Lerner, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Michael G. Gruden, CIPP/G
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"Better to Ask Permission than Forgiveness: ASBCA Denies Subcontract Payments ,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(January 18, 2019).
Contacts: Catherine O. Shames, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Stephen J. McBrady, Skye Mathieson, Elizabeth Buehler
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"Section 809 Panel Releases Volume 3 Report and Recommendations,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(January 16, 2019).
Contacts: Nicole Owren-Wiest, Robert A. Burton, Elizabeth Buehler, Robert J. Sneckenberg
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"Government Contracts Intellectual Property: Contractors Beware, Stick to Prescribed Technical Data Marking Legends,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(December 21, 2018).
Contacts: Nicole Owren-Wiest, John E. McCarthy Jr., Jonathan M. Baker, M. Yuan Zhou, Christopher D. Garcia
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"Is a Federal Shutdown Your Next Holiday Surprise?,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(December 18, 2018).
Contacts: J. Chris Haile, Peter Eyre, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Trina Fairley Barlow, Stephen J. McBrady, Rebecca L. Springer, Robert A. Burton
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"Fixed-Price or Firm-Fixed-Price? Contractor’s Right to Seek Reimbursement of Legal Costs in Defending Qui Tam Suits,"
False Claims Bullet Points
(November 20, 2018).
Contacts: Charles Baek, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Catherine O. Shames
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"ASBCA Offers Mixed Bag on "Expressly Unallowable" and "Directly Associated" Costs,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(September 20, 2018).
Contacts: Stephen J. McBrady, Skye Mathieson, Charles Baek, Nicole Owren-Wiest
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"Cost Disallowance Claim Accrued When the Government Paid Invoices,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(September 11, 2018).
Contacts: Stephen J. McBrady, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Skye Mathieson, Michelle D. Coleman, Charles Baek
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"DoD Rescinds IR&D "Technical Interchange" Requirement,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(September 4, 2018).
Contacts: Judy Choi, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Payal Nanavati
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"Software Development Under Government-Funded Technology Investment Agreements Is Development "Exclusively at Private Expense" Under Data Rights Clauses,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(August 27, 2018).
Contacts: Nicole Owren-Wiest, John E. McCarthy Jr., Jonathan M. Baker, M. Yuan Zhou, Christopher D. Garcia
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"Court Upholds AAA Injunction Based on Implied-in-Fact Contract,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(August 24, 2018).
Contacts: Nicole Owren-Wiest, Stephen J. McBrady, Monica DiFonzo Sterling, Sarah A. Hill
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"Commercial License Terms May Govern Even Without Contracting Officer Knowledge,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(July 30, 2018).
Contacts: Nicole Owren-Wiest, John E. McCarthy Jr., Jonathan M. Baker, Skye Mathieson, M. Yuan Zhou, Christopher D. Garcia
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"ASBCA Dismisses Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction After Government Claim Rescinded,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(July 9, 2018).
Contacts: Stephen J. McBrady, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Skye Mathieson, Payal Nanavati
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"The End is Near: DCAA Projects End of Incurred Cost Backlog by FY 2018,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(June 11, 2018).
Contacts: Nicole Owren-Wiest, Stephen J. McBrady, Elizabeth Buehler, Charles Baek
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"Hidden in Plain Sight: Where, Oh Where, Have the Compensation Caps Gone?,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(May 29, 2018).
Contacts: Nicole Owren-Wiest, Elizabeth Buehler, Charles Baek
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"DoD Lightens Contractors' Burden on Voluntary Defective Pricing Disclosures,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(May 7, 2018).
Contacts: Nicole Owren-Wiest, David Z. Bodenheimer, Payal Nanavati
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"Noncompliance with Planning "Directive" Renders Subcontract Costs Unreasonable,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(May 2, 2018).
Contacts: Nicole Owren-Wiest, Stephen J. McBrady, Skye Mathieson, Elizabeth Buehler
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"DoD Issues Class Deviations on SAT, MPT, TINA and CAS Thresholds,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(April 27, 2018).
Contacts: Nicole Owren-Wiest, Elizabeth Buehler
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"Under Tecom, COFC Confirms Unallowability of Settlement Costs Arising from Discrimination Lawsuits,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(April 26, 2018).
Contacts: Nicole Owren-Wiest, Stephen J. McBrady, Skye Mathieson, Elizabeth Buehler
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"Webinar on Commercial Item Final Rule and Guidebook,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(March 2, 2018).
Contact: Nicole Owren-Wiest
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"GSA Finalizes Rule Declaring Certain Commercial Supplier Agreement Terms Unenforceable,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(February 26, 2018).
Contacts: John E. McCarthy Jr., Jonathan M. Baker, Lorraine M. Campos, Christopher D. Garcia, Nicole Owren-Wiest
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"Uncle Sam Shows Blockchain Some Love,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(February 14, 2018).
Contacts: Lorraine M. Campos, Nicole Owren-Wiest
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"DoD Final Rule on Commercial Items: DoD Checks the Box for Congress But Still Unnecessarily Burdens Commercial Contractors ,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(February 7, 2018).
Contacts: J. Chris Haile, Lorraine M. Campos, Robert A. Burton, Alan W. H. Gourley, John E. McCarthy Jr., Nicole Owren-Wiest, Elizabeth Buehler, Laura J. Mitchell Baker
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"ASBCA Finds Stock Option Costs Based on Black-Scholes Model Unallowable,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(January 22, 2018).
Contacts: Stephen J. McBrady, Skye Mathieson, Elizabeth Buehler, Nicole Owren-Wiest
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"Federal Government Shutdown: Crowell & Moring Identifies and Answers Common Questions,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(January 19, 2018).
Contacts: Daniel R. Forman, J. Chris Haile, Rebecca L. Springer, Peter Eyre, Trina Fairley Barlow, Stephen J. McBrady, Robert A. Burton, Nicole Owren-Wiest
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"Escobar Erases $350M FCA Verdict Against Nursing Home Co.,"
False Claims Bullet Points
(January 18, 2018).
Contacts: Brian Tully McLaughlin, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Gail D. Zirkelbach
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"Federal Government Shutdown: Crowell & Moring Identifies and Answers Common Questions,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(December 21, 2017).
Contacts: J. Chris Haile, Trina Fairley Barlow, Peter Eyre, Stephen J. McBrady, Nicole Owren-Wiest, Rebecca L. Springer, Daniel R. Forman, Robert A. Burton
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"Third Time’s Not a Charm; Disparate Compensation Evaluation Leaves Navy Stranded,"
Government Contracts Bullet Points
(December 7, 2017).
Contacts: Mark A. Ries, Christian N. Curran, Nicole Owren-Wiest
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