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Evaluation Backup Gets Hard Look

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 09.20.05

Rebuffing the agency's attempt to insulate the evaluations of the first-line evaluators from scrutiny, the Court of Federal Claims in Beta Analytics Int'l, Inc. v. U.S. (Sept. 6, 2005), reviewed the narratives and scoring and found that they didn't add up, to the protester's prejudice. The court held that it could not focus only on the top-level award decision documentation when the findings there were built on the lower-level scorings.

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Client Alert | 5 min read | 10.22.25

Sixth Circuit Reaffirms Privilege Protections During Internal Investigations

On October 3, 2025, the Sixth Circuit reaffirmed that the attorney-client privilege and the work-product doctrine protections apply to materials created during attorney-led internal investigations. In re FirstEnergy Corp., No. 24-3654 (6th Cir. Oct. 3, 2025)....