GAO Ups the Ante on Biased Ground Rules OCIs
Client Alert | 1 min read | 03.15.10
In Energy Systems Group (Feb. 26, 2010), GAO found that the agency had acted reasonably in excluding the protester from the competition because of concerns about a biased ground rules organizational conflict of interest ("OCI") when protester had previously prepared a feasibility study in anticipation of a potential sole-source award upon which the agency relied to develop approximately 80% of the requirements for the competitive procurement at issue. GAO rejected protester's arguments that (i) at the time protester prepared the feasibility study, a competitive procurement was not anticipated and, therefore, the study could not affect an unanticipated competition; (ii) protester was unaware that the feasibility study might be incorporated into the requirements for the competitive procurement; and (iii) the feasibility study was released to all prospective offerors.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into law the most significant update to New York’s consumer protection law in 45 years — the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable Business Practices Act, or FAIR Business Practices Act — expanding the scope of the state’s authority to now challenge unfair and abusive business practices. The measure, backed by New York Attorney General (“AG”) Letitia James and signed on December 19, 2025, amends New York’s General Business Law § 349, giving regulators new tools to protect consumers and promote fair marketplace practices.
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FYI – GAO Finds Key Person “Available” Despite Accepting Employment with a Different Company
