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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...

Article by: Matthew Saliman, Associate The long-running Abu Ghraib litigation has taken another dramatic turn. Just five months after largely affirming a $42 million jury verdict against CACI Premier Technology Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has granted panel rehearing, vacated its prior opinion, and reversed the judgment. The court...

Article by: Nicholas Perry, Associate The Small Business Administration (“SBA”) has proposed massive changes to its size standard system. If implemented, these changes will significantly increase the number of firms that qualify as “small business concerns” by establishing new standards that are, in some cases, more than ten times the currently applicable standards. For...

Firm sharpens its focus on bid protest, claims, litigation, and internal investigations for U.S. government contractors, with an experienced ownership team positioned to lead the practice forward. WASHINGTON, D.C. [August 11, 2026]: Ward & Berry, the boutique law firm known since its 2017 founding as “The Government Contractor’s Law Firm,” today announced that it...

On May 7, 2026, the Defense Acquisition Regulations System proposed amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”) to implement sections of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021. This change seeks to mitigate risks related to beneficial ownership or foreign ownership, control, or influence (“FOCI”). The proposed rule would...

On June 11, 2026, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) published a proposed rule that would revise how individually owned small businesses establish social disadvantage for purposes of the Section 8(a) Business Development Program (the “8(a) Program”), 91 Fed. Reg. 35433 (June 11, 2026). The proposed rule would remove the longstanding rebuttable presumption of...