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ASBCA Clarifies SOL on Interest Claims Under the Prompt Payment Act

Client Alert | 1 min read | 05.23.16

In Public Warehousing Co. (May 2, 2016), the Board held the CDA statute of limitations on a contractor’s claim for interest penalties under the Prompt Payment Act does not accrue until the government makes the underlying payment. Rejecting the government’s argument that the interest claim should accrue as soon as government fails to make the underlying payment, the Board held that, under the PPA, “the events that fix the government's alleged liability and allow a claim for interest penalties to be asserted do not occur until the government pays the underlying invoice without paying the interest penalty due.”

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Client Alert | 6 min read | 09.11.25

U.S. Department of Commerce Partially Relaxes Export Controls on Syria

On August 28, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule that modifies the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to reduce the number of export control restrictions on Syria, in alignment with Executive Order 14312, Providing For The Revocation of Syria Sanctions. The key adjustments made by this rule include the addition of new or expanded license exception eligibility for exports and reexports to Syria (which significantly broadens the number of items that can be exported or reexported to Syria) and the adoption of more permissive license review policies for exports and reexports to Syria....