Zariah T. Altman
Areas of Focus
Overview
Zariah helps clients with antitrust investigations, government contracts matters, including bid protests, and other complex and fast-paced disputes.
In her antitrust practice, Zariah provides counsel on a range of issues and agency actions, including investigations into company hiring practices, such as no-poach/non-solicitation. In addition, in the area of government contracts, she advises clients on agency submissions, state and federal regulatory compliance, including FOIA requests, and bid protests.
She received her J.D., cum laude, from Howard University School of Law and served as a senior articles editor for the Howard Law Journal. Zariah worked as a Henry Ramsey Dean’s Fellow for a legal writing professor and as a student attorney in Howard’s Reentry Clinic, where she represented clients with criminal records that were seeking to have their records sealed or to terminate their parole early.
Career & Education
- Vassar College, B.A., 2019
- Howard University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2022
- District of Columbia
Zariah's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.03.25
COFC Holds That Federal PLA Mandate Is Unlawful; Reinterprets Blue and Gold Waiver Rule
In MVL USA, Inc. et al. v. United States, the United States Court of Federal Claims (“COFC”) held that the provisions of FAR 22.505, 52.222-33 and 52.222-34 (collectively, the “PLA mandate”), which required the use of project labor agreements (“PLAs”) on large-scale federal construction projects valued above or at a certain threshold, violated the Competition in Contracting Act (“CICA”). As we previously reported here, former-President Biden issued Executive Order 14063 in February 2022, instructing federal agencies to require construction contractors and subcontractors on projects valued at $35 million or more to “agree, for that project, to negotiate or become a party to” a PLA. A few months later, the FAR Council promulgated a final rule implementing the executive order in FAR 22.505, 52.222-33 and 52.222-34.
Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.18.24
Client Alert | 4 min read | 06.05.24
Contractor’s Copyright Infringement Claims Raise Issues That “Must be Addressed at Trial”
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Zariah's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.03.25
COFC Holds That Federal PLA Mandate Is Unlawful; Reinterprets Blue and Gold Waiver Rule
In MVL USA, Inc. et al. v. United States, the United States Court of Federal Claims (“COFC”) held that the provisions of FAR 22.505, 52.222-33 and 52.222-34 (collectively, the “PLA mandate”), which required the use of project labor agreements (“PLAs”) on large-scale federal construction projects valued above or at a certain threshold, violated the Competition in Contracting Act (“CICA”). As we previously reported here, former-President Biden issued Executive Order 14063 in February 2022, instructing federal agencies to require construction contractors and subcontractors on projects valued at $35 million or more to “agree, for that project, to negotiate or become a party to” a PLA. A few months later, the FAR Council promulgated a final rule implementing the executive order in FAR 22.505, 52.222-33 and 52.222-34.
Client Alert | 2 min read | 06.18.24
Client Alert | 4 min read | 06.05.24
Contractor’s Copyright Infringement Claims Raise Issues That “Must be Addressed at Trial”
