Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Protest: Intervenor’s Silence Waives Future Protest Grounds
Client Alert | 1 min read | 05.05.21
When is the deadline to file a bid protest, and what actions or inactions can cause potential future protest arguments to be waived? These seemingly simple questions can have surprising answers. In a recent bid protest decision, GAO held that a contract awardee can waive potential protest grounds by failing to raise them when intervening in a competitor’s bid protest of its award. See VS2, LLC, B-418942.4, B-418942.5, Feb. 25, 2021, 2021 CPD ¶ --, 2021 WL 873343. C&M’s Eric Ransom and Rob Sneckenberg explain the VS2 decision and provide useful takeaways for contract awardees in this “Feature Comment” published in The Government Contractor.
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Client Alert | 2 min read | 02.23.26
NYC’s Mayor Mamdani Joins the Wave of Local Consumer Protection Enforcement
While state attorneys general have traditionally led consumer protection enforcement, local governments are increasingly deploying their own powers to prosecute high-stakes affirmative litigation. The results speak for themselves: Los Angeles and Chicago have secured multi-million-dollar judgments and settlements in consumer deception cases over the past decade.
Client Alert | 1 min read | 02.23.26
SCOTUS Tariff Decision: Implications for Retail and E-Commerce
Client Alert | 5 min read | 02.23.26
UK Government Seeks Evidence on Ownership and Control in Financial Sanctions Regulations
Client Alert | 4 min read | 02.20.26
