Episodes
Friday Jun 30, 2023
All Things Protest: Recent Corrective Action and Clarification Wins
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Crowell & Moring’s “All Things Protest” podcast keeps you up to date on major trends in bid protest litigation, key developments in high-profile cases, and best practices in state and federal procurement. In this episode, host Christian Curran and guests Zachary Schroeder and Issac Schabes discuss two rare protest sustains—one from GAO involving a successful challenge to the scope of corrective action, and the other from the Court of Federal Claims finding that the agency abused its discretion in not allowing the protester to fix a minor proposal error through clarifications.
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Friday May 19, 2023
Friday May 19, 2023
Crowell & Moring’s “All Things Protest” podcast keeps you up to date on major trends in bid protest litigation, key developments in high-profile cases, and best practices in state and federal procurement. In this episode, host Rob Sneckenberg and guest Anuj Vohra discuss two recent court decisions discussing when agencies may issue organizational conflict of interest (“OCI”) decisions in response to bid protests, and how reviewing courts will consider them. Rob and Anuj also discuss new law from the Federal Circuit concerning bid protest standing, prejudice, and jurisdiction, as well as evolving considerations for intervenors defending against bid protests.
Materials Discussed in This Episode:
- CACI, Inc.-Fed. v. U.S., No. 2022-1488, 2023 WL 3327090 (Fed. Cir. May 10, 2023)
- Piedmont Propulsion Sys., LLC v. U.S., No. 23-330C, 2023 WL 3441782 (Fed. Cl. May 12, 2023)
- See also FEATURE COMMENT: COFC Pushes Back on GAO Waiver and Cost-Realism Analyses (discussing GAO and Court decisions in VS2 regarding challenges by intervenors)
Tuesday May 09, 2023
FCA’s Knowledge Element Gets Its Day In Court
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tuesday May 09, 2023
In this episode, Jason Crawford, Brian Tully McLaughlin, and Agustin Orozco explore the issues before the Supreme Court in two consolidated cases involving the False Claims Act. The hosts discuss the April 18 oral argument in Schutte/Proctor where the question before the Justices is whether a defendant’s subjective knowledge about whether its conduct was legal is relevant to whether it “knowingly” submitted false claims.
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Let’s Talk FCA: False Claims Act Enforcement Trends
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
In this episode, hosts Michael Shaheen and Jason Crawford discuss the Department of Justice’s recently announced False Claims Act (FCA) recovery statistics for fiscal year 2022. The podcast breaks down last year’s FCA activity—which included a record number of new matters—and considers what the trends could portend for fraud enforcement in the year to come. "Let's Talk FCA" is Crowell & Moring’s podcast covering the latest developments with the False Claims Act.
Tuesday Jul 26, 2022
All Things Protest: When Agency Redactions Backfire
Tuesday Jul 26, 2022
Tuesday Jul 26, 2022
Crowell & Moring’s “All Things Protest” podcast keeps you up to date on major trends in bid protest litigation, key developments in high-profile cases, and best practices in state and federal procurement. In this episode, hosts Christian Curran and Rob Sneckenberg highlight a recent GAO decision in which an agency’s limited record production went a bit too far.
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Tuesday May 17, 2022
Byte-Sized Q&A: What do I need to know about Medium Assessments?
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Crowell & Moring’s “Byte-Sized Q&A” podcast takes the complex world of government contracts cybersecurity and breaks it down into byte-sized pieces. In this episode, Kate Growley overviews Medium Assessments and the importance of them for defense contractors.
Friday Apr 29, 2022
All Things Protest: Continued Pitfalls with Enhanced Debriefings
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Crowell & Moring’s “All Things Protest” podcast keeps you up to date on major trends in bid protest litigation, key developments in high-profile cases, and best practices in state and federal procurement. In this episode, Crowell attorneys Christian Curran and Zachary Schroeder discuss a recent GAO case (K&K Industries, Inc., B-420422; B-420422.2, March 7, 2022) that highlights timeliness traps with enhanced debriefings.
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Monday Mar 28, 2022
All Things Protest: COFC Rejects GAO’s Key Personnel Notification Rule
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Crowell & Moring’s “All Things Protest” podcast keeps you up to date on major trends in bid protest litigation, key developments in high-profile cases, and best practices in state and federal procurement. In this episode, Crowell attorneys discuss their recent “Feature Comment,” published in The Government Contractor, discussing the recent Court of Federal Claims decision rejecting GAO’s key personnel notification rule.
Materials Discussed in This Episode:
- “FEATURE COMMENT: COFC Rejects GAO’s Key Personnel Notification Rule,” The Government Contractor, Vol. 64, No. 8, ¶ 49 (Feb. 23, 2022)
Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
In-House Counsel Perspective on Organizational Conflicts of Interest
Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
Crowell & Moring’s “All Things Protest” podcast keeps you up to date on major trends in bid protest litigation, key developments in high-profile cases, and best practices in state and federal procurement. In this episode, hosts Olivia Lynch and Rob Sneckenberg interview in-house counsel from LMI, Adele Navarrete, about organizational conflicts of interest.
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Crowell & Moring’s “Byte-Sized Q&A” podcast takes the complex world of government contracts cybersecurity and breaks it down into byte-sized pieces. In this episode, Evan Wolff and Chris Hebdon discuss the notable cybersecurity provisions and omissions in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022.