Title: Five Big Federal Contracts Cases to Watch in 2020 | Bloomberg Government
Headings: Five Big Federal Contracts Cases to Watch in 2020
Five Big Federal Contracts Cases to Watch in 2020
1. The JEDI Award
2. Boeing’s Accounting Appeal
3. Cybersecurity Fraud
4. ‘No-Poach’ Agreements
5. Logistics Services Totaling $82 Billion

Content: Boeing also says the claims court erred in concluding it doesn’t have jurisdiction over its claim that the government’s effort to recover the $1 million, despite receiving $1.5 million in aggregate savings from Boeing’s two contract accounting changes, was an unlawful taking. The government says in a Dec. 23 brief that Boeing’s “failure to raise what it considers to be an obvious statutory conflict to the government, prior to entering into the contract, precludes its recovery now.” 3. Cybersecurity Fraud
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc., a missile defense and rocket engine contractor, is facing a False Claims Act suit alleging it failed to comply with federal cybersecurity requirements under DOD and NASA contracts in United States ex rel. Markus v. Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc., E.D. Cal., No. 15-cv-2245. A whistleblower adequately asserted that Aerojet Rocketdyne entered into the contracts despite knowing it didn’t meet minimum cybersecurity standards that the government viewed as critical, the Eastern District of California ruled in May 2019. Discovery will conclude in May 2020. This ruling preceded the July announcement of an $8.6 million settlement of FCA claims accusing Cisco Systems Inc. of concealing security vulnerabilities in video surveillance systems it sold to the federal government.