1. Home
  2. |Insights
  3. |The Federal Circuit Confirms Proper SCA Price Adjustments

The Federal Circuit Confirms Proper SCA Price Adjustments

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 08.24.06

The Federal Circuit, in Lear Siegler Services, Inc. v. Rumsfeld (July 28, 2006), reverses the ASBCA and confirms that the Service Contract Act Price Adjustments clause, FAR 52.222-43, entitles the contractor to an adjustment for its increased cost of providing health and welfare benefits specified in a collective bargaining agreement, even though the benefits themselves did not change.

Insights

Client Alert | 4 min read | 07.27.26

WARNING: California’s Listing of Microplastics as a Candidate Chemical May Result in Unexpected, and Imminent, Compliance Obligations Under AB 1200 (California Safer Food Packaging and Cookware Act)

On June 18, 2026, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) added microplastics to the list of Candidate Chemicals maintained under the state’s Safer Consumer Products (SCP) regulations.  The listing of microplastics, which becomes effective on October 1, 2026, is the first step in the SCP regulatory process, which could lead to restrictions on products that contain or release microplastics. ...