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Government Contracts Claims Litigation and Alternative Fee Arrangements

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 07.19.17

In AFA Considerations For Gov't Contract Claims Litigation, Steve McBrady discusses several hot topics in government contracts litigation, including (1) business objectives driving a renewed focus on claims litigation; (2) financial considerations driving contractor (and law firm) decision-making; (3) key strategy assessments for clients and their outside lawyers to make at the outset; and (4) the emergence of creative, value-based billing structures that put a premium on achieving successful outcomes while sharing financial risk.

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Client Alert | 2 min read | 03.23.26

ACTS Survey Compliance Deadline Temporarily Extended: What Higher Education Institutions Need to Know

On March 13, a Massachusetts federal district court temporarily blocked the Trump Administration from requiring higher education institutions to respond to the Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (“ACTS”) survey — a new data collection effort mandating that institutions disclose detailed admissions information regarding students’ race and sex to the federal government. In Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Department of Education, 1:26-cv-11229 (D. Mass.), the court extended the deadline for institutions to respond to the survey from March 18th to March 25th to allow time to consider the case....