Crystal-Ball Jurisprudence Critiqued
Client Alert | 1 min read | 04.17.09
In the ABA's latest edition of the Public Contract Law Journal (Winter 2009), Crowell & Moring's Rick Claybrook suggests in his article, Please Check Your Crystal Ball at the Courtroom Door--A Call for the Judiciary in Bid Protest Actions to Let Agencies Do Their Job, that the CFC and Federal Circuit need to reanalyze their review and use of the prejudice standard in bid protest actions. He suggests that the courts usurp the procuring agency's function when they prognosticate what the agency will do upon remand of an illegal procurement and outlines a more deferential prejudice standard.
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Client Alert | 3 min read | 01.13.26
Colorado Judge Quashes DOJ Gender-Related Care Subpoena
On January 5, 2026, District of Colorado Magistrate Judge Cyrus Chung issued a recommendation that the district court grant a motion to quash a Department of Justice (DOJ) administrative subpoena that sought records about the provision of gender-related care by Children’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s) in In re: Department of Justice Administrative Subpoena No. 25-1431-030, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, No. 1:25-mc-00063. The court concluded that the DOJ had failed to carry its “light” burden, noting that no other courts that had considered the more than 20 similar subpoenas issued by DOJ had ruled in the DOJ’s favor.
Client Alert | 7 min read | 01.13.26
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