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Court Tells Agency To Address Illicit Advantage In Recompetition

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 12.02.05

In Beta Analytics Int'l, Inc. v. U.S. (Nov. 23, 2005), the Court of Federal Claims wrestles with the situation of having found the initial procurement decision to be unlawful but not having stopped the process, which allowed the competitor to take over the job and hire away many of the protestor-incumbent's key employees. The court ordered the Navy (a) not to exercise the option years and (b) to mitigate the unlawful advantage through its evaluation methodology for the reprocurement.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 08.14.26

License to Hack? The White House Greenlights Private-Sector Offensive Cyber Operations

On August 12, 2026, the White House released a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) making a seismic shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy and establishing a framework to authorize private-sector companies to conduct offensive cyber operations — historically strictly prohibited by federal law — against foreign Cyber-Enabled Transnational Criminal Organizations (CE-TCO). It builds on an executive order issued in March 2026 that directed federal agencies to develop plans to combat cybercrimes against Americans....