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Government Contract “Gotchas”: Legal Traps for Government Contractors

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Please join us for the second session in our monthly series covering the latest in government contracting, explaining the “why” and “how” of a particular legal problem, and lessons available from recent case decisions that inform how to navigate.

Please join us for the second session in our <a target="_blank" href="https://govcon.mofo.com/announcements-press/announcing-morrison-foersters-government-contracts-remote-learning-series/">monthly series</a> covering the latest in government contracting, explaining the “why” and “how” of a particular legal problem, and lessons available from recent case decisions that inform how to navigate.In this session, Dan Chudd and Jim Tucker will cover common government contract “gotchas”, and offer practical tips on how to avoid them. Covered areas include:<ul><li>Timeliness traps;</li><li>Key personnel unavailability;</li><li>Former Feds with unequal access to information;</li><li>Truth in Negotiations Act pitfalls; and</li><li>When you have to file a Contract Disputes Act claim to preserve your right to plead a defense.</li></ul>Morrison & Foerster Speakers:Dan Chudd – Partner, Government Contracts PracticeJim Tucker – Associate, Government Contracts Practice<hr>

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Jim Tucker is of counsel in Morrison Foerster’s Government Contracts and Public Procurement Practice Group and is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.Jim’s practice runs the gamut of litigation and counseling in federal procurement matters, with an emphasis on bid protests, Cost Accounting Standards disputes, and small business matters. He has represented both protesters and awardees in scores of protests before the Government Accountability Office, the Court of Federal Claims, and procuring agencies, in acquisitions ranging from small business procurements to multibillion-dollar contracts of global significance. His representative protest matters span the aerospace sector, the Intelligence Community, base operations and logistics, healthcare, nuclear and environmental work, and information technology and software acquisitions. His protests have included both classified and unclassified programs. In addition to prevailing in published decisions, Jim has also secured favorable corrective action on behalf of clients in a wide variety of protests that were resolved without a published decision.Jim’s work also focuses on disputes over cost allowability and compliance with the Cost Accounting Standards, and he has appeared before the Armed Services and Civilian Boards of Contract Appeals, in size and status protests before Small Business Administration (SBA) area offices, and appeals before the SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals. Jim regularly counsels clients on contract interpretation, organizational conflicts of interest, and small business compliance.Jim graduated with high honors from the George Washington University Law School, where he focused his studies on federal procurement law, was a member of the Law Review, and interned with the General Services Administration’s suspension and debarment office. Jim also holds a degree in theology magna cum laude from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and a bachelor’s degree in classical languages and literature summa cum laude from the University of Kentucky, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

James Tucker

Of Counsel

Government Contracts + Public Procurement

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Government Contract “Gotchas”: Legal Traps for Government Contractors

24 Jun 2020 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM EDT