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Firm News | 4 min read | 06.24.24

Crowell Earns Top Rankings from Legal 500 United States 2024

Washington – June 24, 2024: Crowell & Moring has been recommended in eight practice areas in the 17th edition of the Legal 500 United States. In addition, partner Daniel Forman, co-chair of the firm’s Government Contracts Group, has been named to the Legal 500’s “Hall of Fame” for Government Contracts.
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Firm News | 3 min read | 02.22.19

Law360 Names Crowell & Moring's Government Contracts Group a "Practice Group of the Year" for the Ninth Consecutive Year

Washington – February 22, 2019: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that its Government Contracts Group has been recognized as one of Law360’s “Practice Groups of the Year” for government contracts. This is the ninth consecutive year that the group has earned this honor.
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Firm News | 4 min read | 02.21.18

Anuj Vohra, Respected Government Contracts Lawyer and Former Federal Trial Attorney, Joins Crowell & Moring

Washington – February 21, 2018: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that Anuj Vohra, a respected government contracts lawyer and former federal trial attorney, has joined as a partner in the firm’s nationally recognized Government Contracts Group. Vohra was most recently special counsel at Covington & Burling LLP. Before Covington, he served as a Trial Attorney in the Commercial Litigation Branch in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division, where he litigated procurement protests and breach of contract actions on behalf of the United States before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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Client Alerts 49 results

Client Alert | 3 min read | 03.06.25

CFC Rejects Government’s “Narrow and Oversimplistic View” of Tucker Act Jurisdiction, Declares Itself “De Facto Forum” for OTA Protests

On February 24, 2025, in Raytheon Company v. United States, Judge Bonilla of the Court of Federal Claims (CFC) submitted the latest—and perhaps most definitive—entry in a growing body of jurisprudence confirming the CFC’s Tucker Act bid protest jurisdiction encompasses challenges to awards made under the Department of Defense’s Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) authority. Upon establishing a framework for considering its ability to review OTA awards, the CFC declared itself “the de facto forum for bid protests involving ‘other transactions’ and ‘other transaction agreements.’” 
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Client Alert | 5 min read | 02.24.25

Administration’s DEI Rollback Efforts Paused by Federal Judge

Late on Friday, a federal judge in Maryland issued a preliminary injunction pausing certain elements of the Trump Administration’s two recent executive orders (“EOs”) addressing “illegal DEI programs.” The two EOs, Exec. Order 14151, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (the “J20 Order”) and Exec. Order 14173, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity (“J21 Order”), contain a number of provisions that, among other things, direct the federal government to dismantle “illegal DEI programs” within federal agencies and federal contractors. Please refer to our prior alert on these EOs for a full breakdown of the provisions in each.
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Client Alert | 2 min read | 02.19.25

District Court Grants Temporary Reprieve to USAID Implementing Partners

On February 13, 2025, Judge Amir Ali of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a temporary restraining order in two combined cases—one filed by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contractors, a second by USAID grant recipients—challenging Executive Order 14169, “Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid,” which paused almost all foreign assistance funding. 
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Webinar | 09.11.24, 12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT

Bid Protests: Common Contractor Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

In this webinar, experienced bid protest practitioners, Amy O’Sullivan, Anuj Vohra, Olivia Lynch, and Cherie Owen discuss some of the most common mistakes contractors make with respect to the bid protest process, and how to avoid them

Webinar | 03.01.22 - 03.03.22, 8:00 AM EST - 12:00 PM EST

Grants & Infrastructure Webinar Series

The federal government awards billions of dollars in grants annually to fund public service, support non-profits, drive research initiatives and fund programs for colleges and universities.  With the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (the “Act”), the Federal Government is poised to launch $1.2 trillion into the economy, providing funding to commercial entities through federal grants over the next 5 years, which will impact the infrastructure of this country for the next generation.  Like government contracts, federal grants have their own myriad of regulatory requirements that each grant recipient must meet and which are flowed down to subrecipients and subcontractors.  
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Webinar | 01.27.22, 7:00 AM EST - 8:00 AM EST

Bid Protest Issues to Watch in 2022

Join us for a webinar discussion of some of the big bid protest issues to watch in the coming year – both at GAO and the Court of Federal Claims. Our discussion will cover the following key areas:
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Blog Posts 3 results

Blog Post | 03.23.20

Administrative Relief for USAID Grant Recipients and Applicants Impacted by COVID-19

Crowell & Moring's Government Contracts Legal Forum

Blog Post | 04.11.18

GAO Implements Changes to Bid Protest Process with New Regulations

Crowell & Moring's Government Contracts Legal Forum

Podcasts 7 results

Podcast | 06.21.24

Special Edition of the Fastest 5 Minutes: Federal Circuit Protest Ruling in Percipient.ai, Inc. v. United States

This special edition covers the Federal Circuit’s June 2024 protest decision in Percipient.ai, Inc. v. United States, and is hosted by Yuan Zhou and Anuj Vohra. Crowell & Moring's "Fastest 5 Minutes" is a biweekly podcast that provides a brief summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments that no government contracts lawyer or executive should be without.
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Podcast | 04.11.24

All Things Protest: Did the Federal Circuit Open Another Jurisdictional Door for Protests?

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, Rob Sneckenberg and Anuj Vohra discuss a recent Federal Circuit decision that may open new doors for prospective protesters.
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Podcast | 05.19.23

All Things Protest: The Federal Circuit Re-Writes the Rules on Standing, Jurisdiction, and Mid-Protest OCI Considerations

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.
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