When Agencies Move Work to the Wrong Contract Vehicle: Ares Enterprise, LLC is a Treat for Government Contracting Nerds

Posted on September 21, 2026
Article by: Tyson Marx, Partner If you follow GAO bid protest decisions the way some people follow sports (*ahem, Mary Pat Buckenmeyer*), you recently were treated to a good one. Ares Enterprise, LLC, B-424548 et al., is one of those decisions that manages to touch just about every hot-button issue in the federal procurement...
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The Anthropic Dispute: What DoW Contractors Need to Know

Posted on September 1, 2026
Article by: Tyson Marx, Partner The dispute between Anthropic and the federal government has dominated government contracting headlines over the past several months. Without getting caught up in the politics of the situation, this blogpost gives contractors who use and rely on Anthropic products like Claude what they need to know to avoid any...
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