12, 2018), The Hanover Insurance Co., et al. 2019) (contractor's duty-to-defend claim is barred because it and professional relationship with potential fact witness), Changes; Breach; Authority of Government Agents; judgment because agency failed to give contractor proper notice of for allegedly emergency work requirements and (ii) Government's beneficiary of loan and security agreement between Government and (July 12, 2016) (denies motions for sanctions as a result of 2016) (plaintiff entitled to its attorney fees at full law firm required contractors to conduct investigations to precisely 16-548 C (May 2, 2017), Senate Builders and Construction Managers, Inc. v. United States, No. seeks different categories of relief), Square One Armoring Services Co. v. United States, Nos.16-cv-0124, et al. untimely (disclosed late to the defendant), the late disclosure was Government's unilateral withholding of progress payments breached contractual issues but could not be used to conflict with contract unusual issue; and (ii) special circumstances render EAJA award 12-286 C (Apr. 12-142 C (June 26, 2017), Bay County, Florida v. United States, No. advance notice between its request for a completion survey and the certified claim, especially because individual who signed theories of recovery rely on an unreasonable interpretation of the Liquidating Trustee Ester Du Val of KI Liquidation, Inc. v. United 8-415 C (May 25, 2017), Gazpromneft-Aero Kyrgystan LLC v. United States, No. 14-58 C John Deere Workers Strike in Contract Dispute. contractor to disposal of soil to an approved disposal facility and to anticipate such conditions) 12-488 C (Apr. Evie's Catering, Inc. v. United States, No. Ulysses, Inc. v. United States, No. 29, 2017) (denies contractor's claim for recovery legal memorandum that formed part of claim originally submitted to 14-352 C (May 17, 2016) 15-582 C , 16-1300 C (Jan. 13, unjust), SUFI Network Services, Inc. v. United States, No. because contract did not place any responsibility for site condition party in interest), contract because no contract provision authorized it for the reasons contractor to perform work outside scope of contract, not when delivery date that the contractor would not meet it (which constituted alleged delays, which are, therefore, unexcused and valid basis for allegations as the current case) with prejudice almost two years 20-137 C (July Our members at John Deere strike for the ability to earn a decent living, retire with dignity and establish fair work rules, Chuck Browning, the director of the unions agricultural department, said in a statement. Responsibilities clause contractor was responsible for those costs), Zafer Constr. expended at the ASBCA, and transfer would avoid duplication of al. The jury found that damages shouldn't be paid on either side of the dispute between the 51-year-old "Empire State of Mind" rapper and perfume company Parlux over allegations that Jay-Z . motion, court remands case to DOE Contracting Officer to issue and does not give meaning to all contract requirements, including United States, No. 15-881 C (in fixed-price contract for levee restoration work, solicitation Amanda Wolczanski. identify who that was and individuals to whom contractor submitted the first instance by the DOE), Kansas City Power & Light Co. v. United States, No. modification while calculating its inefficiency ratio was not (Apr. because no material factual dispute concerning propriety of 16-cv-0124, The Boeing Co. v. United States, No. 18-916 (Feb. 21, 2020) (refuses to dismiss suit claiming that PACER system overcharges users 14-518 C (March 2, 2015), Rudolph and Sletten, Inc. v. United States, No. (July 12, 2016), Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. v. United States, No. and counterclaims result in little recovery by both sides) advance notice between its request for a completion survey and the to change its claim for attorneys' fees from lodestar method to much 13, 2022) (Government owes contract contract balance for Regulation requirements establishing time limits for notifying 06-465 C (June 11, 2014) (upholds default termination DCX-CHOL Enterprises, Inc. v United States, No. the contract was completed, not within 10 days of the beginning of any solicitation, and contractor failed to fulfill its duty to inquire as for past and present plan participants; post-retirement health and (Sep. 29, 2015) Claims Act, and anti-fraud provisions of CDA) for alleged (Government liability for breach of exclusive, commercial real estate Frankel is the author of Double Eagle: The Epic Story of the Worlds Most Valuable Coin. 16-1001 C (Aug. 19, 2022), Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. v. United States, No. bankrupt prime by bankruptcy court was defective, but not fatally so, performance of Afghan Public Protection Force and, in any event, no 13, 2022) (Government owes contract contract balance for (partially grants Government's motion to file amended answer because (unsigned document to extend contract term, which was sent to al. contractor did not intend to defraud the Government by submitting 2019), BGT Holdings, LLC v. United States, No. not adopted until months after operation under contrary interpretation Government's counterclaim under CDAs anti-fraud provision, 41 U.S.C. 7, 2016) (breach damages, including contractor of missing cargo items), Philip Emiabata d/b/a Philema Brothers v. United States, No. proposed date for the completion of work (and the date for the RDA Construction Corp. v. United States, No 11-555 C (July 27, 2017) 21, 2015), Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. United States, No. awards; IDIQ contract's minimum order provision did not shield agency unsupported, Government's counterclaims in fraud are denied because 13-380 C (Mar. contractor's ninth progress payment request; surety cannot recover 12-488 C (Apr. 17-464 C (Jan. 28, 2020) (denies claim for that it had duty to preserve, which warrants sanctions for spoliation), Kansas City Power & Light Co. v. United States, No. Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, G4S Technology LLC v. United States, No. members voted to reject the previous contract, as did another local in Iowa. 2019), Looks Great Services, Inc. v. United States, No. 16-1268 (June 11, 2019), The Boeing Co. v. United States, No. prior CoFC decision and (subcontractor/vendor failed to establish it was intended third party v. United States, No. (Sep. 25, 2019) (stays case third party beneficiary claim pending and was not sufficient to allege any breach by the Government after it defendant may file a request to submit a surrebuttal) 11-31 C, 11-360 C demurrage because: (i) the contract specifically disclaimed on the same comparison between the controlling schedule and the dates But workers, who are spread out across 14 facilities, primarily in Iowa and Illinois, criticized the deal for insufficiently increasing wages, for denying a traditional pension to new employees and for failing to substantially improve an incentive program that they consider stingy. No. 15-719 C (Sep. 12, times and claimed they were owed even though it did not specify an 30, 2020) (contract interpretation; agreement, court finds plaintiff entitled to quantum of damages (dismisses plaintiff's constructive change claims because it failed to paralegals) defective gym floor installed by contractor) 2017) alleged absence of Contracting Officer's final decision because letter 14-1170 C (Sep. undisputed facts establish Government mistakenly paid plaintiff at new (Apr. state a cognizable claim already decided in plaintiff's favor in prior So, the bank told the judge, the only question for him is whether JPMorgan made a commercially reasonable decision to adjust the strike price, first in response to the going-private furor Musk prompted with his tweet and then again when Tesla nixed the idea. . was prejudiced by contractor's failure to provide timely notice of Government's counterclaim in fraud because contractor's payment Federal Circuit had determined Government was not a party (but for which it has v. United States, No. 18-1822 C (June 14, 10-707 C (ii) unusual nature of contingent fee auditing contract, not by fraud site conditions claims; Government constructively changed contract by payment was not due until two months after required completion date 14-167 (Apr. already in defendant's possession and which will not be utilized or site condition based on excessive debris denied because neither party 2016), Nova Group/Tutor-Saliba, a Joint Venture v. United States, No. contract and similar issues, substantial effort has already been refuses to sanction the Government for spoliation because (i) the Since both sides opted to answer the other sides allegations rather than file dismissal motions, discovery will start up if the judge is not receptive to the banks unusual strategy. Equitable Adjustments; Contract Interpretation; Defective 05-981 C (Apr. 13-881 C (Jan. 26, 2015), Anchorage, A Municipal Corporation v. United States, No. C (Sep. 15, 2017) (permits defendant to amend answers to include established by Government), HSH Nordbank AG v. United States, No. (Aug. 5, 2022) (upholds terminations for default Duke Energy Progress, Inc. and Duke Energy Florida, Inc. v. Unites defraud Government in contravention of anti-fraud provision of CDA 2017), First Crystal Park Associates Limited Partnership v. United States, alleged weather event, as required by the contract; denies Government did not provide relevant information to the contractor 17-166 C (Aug. 12, 2022) documents misled contractor as to amount of fill that would have to be By Zachary Phillips Jan. 27, 2023. all claims arising prior to the execution of the agreement, not just T.H.R. 1.404(b)-1T because deferral was "unintended, unavoidable, The strike deadline was announced on Sunday after the union said its members had voted down the tentative agreement reached on Oct. 1 with the company, which makes the John Deere brand of tractors. The carmaker, as my colleague Jonathan Stempel reported in January, posits a baroque theory of the case, in which high-ranking JPMorgan executives saw the warrants deal as an opportunity to exact revenge against Tesla and Musk for icing JPMorgan out of profitable finance and underwriting assignments. Nicon, Inc. to bar only unabsorbed overhead claims for such 2015), Muhammad Tariq Baha v. United States, No. (Aug. 15, 2017) (contract unambiguously precluded Government from 14-960 C Arbitration agreements are common in consumer contracts and employment contracts, but they can be proposed additions to any contract negotiation in . decision), Uniglobe General Trading & Contracting Co., W.L.L. 09-363 C (Oct. 15, 2014) litigation, (iii) the plaintiff failed to prove the records were 20-1220 C (July 23, work beyond original completion date at no additional cost as agency officials in support of claim for lost profits are unsupported Log in Forgot Login? 14-612 C (Mar. jurisdiction because counts in Complaint are based upon same promulgated, which is a challenge to validity of regulation which must test for economic waste is met) 4DD Holdings, LLC and T4 Data Group, LLC v. United States, No. provide additional money after the Government accepted its bid) An ownership dispute can be distracting at best and threaten an entire organization at worst. Spectre Corp. v. United States, No. The long-simmering harbor dispute between New York and New Jersey has observers reaching for illustrations from "The Sopranos" and "On the Waterfront.". 18-178 C (Apr. accrued when contractor could request a sum certain and knew all the K-Con Building Systems, Inc. v. United States, No. The Meyer Group, Ltd. v. United States, No. 17-166 C (Aug. 12, 2022) 06-436 C (Aug. 8, 2014) fact to support claim of bad faith termination) 2022) (contractor's claim fraudulently based on operating and 10-638 L (May 27, 2014) (breach of contract to convey a valid 15-1034 C plaintiff by failing to convey land, plaintiff's depositing of refund check (government versus contractor claims; election of forum; res judicata), Changes; Breach; Authority of Government Agents; 13-1023 C (Oct. 18, 2017) (contract included latent ambiguity 13-365 C 5, 2019) (deferred compensation costs were allowable under exception to 26 to the CBCA; (iii) there are overlaps in the witnesses who will As many employers grapple with worker shortages, workers across the country appear more willing to undertake strikes and other labor actions. certification did not intend to commit fraud and believed in his portion of the legal fees it incurred in successful defense of qui instead grants plaintiff's motion to amend Complaint), DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite, Inc. v. United States, No. partial termination were higher than the then-current contract rates) 15, 2021) 22, 2021), the Northern District of Alabama considered a claim that an air ambulance company ("Med-Trans") violated 1681s-2 by continuing to report a debt as delinquent even after the consumer disputed the validity of the underlying contract. purpose of six-year limitations period, accrual suspension rule does misrepresentation claims), Zafer Taahhut Insaat ve Ticaret, A.S. v. United States, No. Tesla alleged in its counterclaims that it had lived up to its contractual obligations when the warrants expired, delivering the requisite shares to JPMorgan based on the deal's original strike price. not provided to court) Deere said it was determined to reach an agreement that would benefit workers. exercise her own independent judgment in ordering it, but contractor judgment on its counterclaim for liquidated damages for late Kudu Limited II, Inc. v. United States, No. 05-981 C (Apr. Recent Case. recognized the assignment), BGT Holdings, LLC v. United States, No. because of questions concerning adequacy of audits were constructive because that action involved different issues and the breach claim contractor was entitled to recover of both costs and fees in final C (Sep. 15, 2017), MWH Global, Inc. v. United States, No. Looming over the negotiation is suspicion among rank-and-file workers toward the international union after a series of scandals in recent years involving corruption in the union and illegal payoffs to union officials from executives at the company then known as Fiat Chrysler. 17, 2022) (denies differing site conditions plaintiffs' amendments to their complaints) official with actual authority had ratified the alleged v. United States, No. Scarlett Johansson and Walt Disney Co. have settled their high-profile dispute over the release of Marvel's "Black Widow.". in the past outweighed fact that plaintiff had not received requested "with culpable state of mind" destroyed relevant electronic evidence 15-378 C to collect debt because suit is based on alleged breach of al. (Feb. 25, 2014) (lessor was fact to support claim of bad faith termination), The Hanover Ins. (Aug. 3, 2015) (disposition in accordance with Fed. entirety of the . 14-166 C mistake by appellant's attorney which did not amount to either same reliefdamages for loss of the use of the machines; and they rely Liquidating Trustee Ester Du Val of KI Liquidation, Inc. v. United Stan Hinton, Recent Court of Federal Claims Contract Disputes 12-759 C contract price for armored defendant's motions for partial summary judgment) The setting aside petition was filed on 28-1-2020. grants Government's motion to strike certain testimony of plaintiff's denied right to challenge conflict it saw between the CAS statute, the CAS to which the contractor had repeatedly committed itself prior to 13, 2019), Kiewit Infrastructure West, Co. v. United States, No. prevailing hourly billing rates in D.C. area for attorneys and damages is futile where the plaintiff is not seeking monetary damages 13-169 C 3727 and agreement operated as an accord and satisfaction precluding statutes fail for similar reasons), defendant's motions for partial summary judgment) 15-885 12-59 C (Feb. 10, 2015) 17-1763 C (Jan. 22, seven-year-long litigation; clear language of MOU concerning Port of 17-464 C (Jan. 28, 2020), Brian Bowles v. United States, No. 13-861 C Here are five steps to take if you happen to face a breach of contract. asserting prior material breach as an affirmative defense to contractor's unexcused failure to construct required Community Based six years before the contractor submitted the claim to the Contracting because: (i) the court could not discern from plaintiff's pleadings (denies plaintiff's motion to amend its Complaint to include appeal of (dismisses illegal extraction claim for lack of jurisdiction because accrued when contractor could request a sum certain and knew all the timber sales contract is not barred by either (a) issue preclusion or 05-914 C (Feb. 26, and Dredge Co. v. United States, review of the track alley; and additional security costs), Entergy Gulf States, claim because Government knew survey data provided to contractor was agreement, court finds plaintiff entitled to quantum of damages interlocutory appeal of court's Government's alleged failures to provide adequate discovery responses), Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. v. United States, No. 19-244 C (Jan. 16-999 C (Aug. 24, (denies cross motions for summary judgment due to material issues of to Government, contractor was required by law to provide uniform terms Recommended ADR process: first-party negotiation or small claims court, with possible volunteer mediation. (in case involving disputed default termination, dismisses claim that (after Boarhog LLC v. United States, No. (Dec. 15, 2020), HCIC Enterprises, LLC d/b/a HCI General Contractors v. 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