DOCTRINE OF SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING
In government contracting claims, the contractor may argue the government had superior knowledge as to key facts and failed to share its superior knowledge with the contractor, which ultimately cost the contractor more money/time. “Under the doctrine of superior knowledge, the Government has ‘an...
QUICK NOTE: CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS
It is common for construction contracts to include a choice-of-law provision or language. This is language that says the contract is to governed under the laws of the state of Florida (by way of example). Pick any jurisdiction. There may be other language in the provision, but the gist is...
NOTICE PROVISIONS IN CONTRACTS MATTER
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT BID PROTEST – ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS REQUIREMENT
The recent decision, Gemini Tech Services, LLC v. U.S., 2025 WL 2080407 (Fed.Cl. 2025), demonstrates the (difficult) standard in protesting a government’s procurement decision, i.e., a bid protest. In this matter, a protestor pursued a post-award bid protest of a government contract to perform certain support services for...
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INSURANCE BROKER CAN BE LIABLE FOR OMISSION OF COVERAGE
Claims against an insurance agent / broker can be actionable in negligence. Such a claim can arise with omitted insurance. “The party seeking to establish that improperly omitted insurance coverage was available must only show that ‘the requested coverage was generally available in the insurance industry...