July 14, 2023
This year has already been an impactful one for government contracting lawyers, with the highest-profile False Claims Act decision in years, another decision that has raised questions about the constitutionality of whistleblower FCA cases, and COVID-19-related rulings on the president's procurement authority. Here, Law360 looks at the top court rulings on government contracts so far in 2023.
January 12, 2023
A Sixth Circuit panel on Thursday upheld but narrowed a court's block on the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, agreeing to stop the policy from being enforced against Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee but not all contractors within their borders.
January 05, 2022
The Sixth Circuit refused to stay an injunction blocking the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors from going into effect, pending appeal, ruling Wednesday that the federal government hadn't shown that it would be irreparably harmed by the injunction in the meantime and that its key arguments are unlikely to prevail.
January 03, 2022
Courts are poised to weigh in on several significant issues for government contractors in 2022, including the legality of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and the required pleading standard for False Claims Act cases. Here are five cases for government contractors to watch in the new year.
December 20, 2021
The Eleventh Circuit has refused to stay a nationwide injunction blocking the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors from going into effect, pending appeal, saying the federal government hadn't shown that it would be harmed by the injunction in the meantime.