Federal Circuit Reverses COFC Decision Dismissing Claim Challenging the Legality of the FAR’s Cost Accounting Regulations

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in The Boeing Co. v. United States, No. 2019-2148 (Aug. 10, 2020), recently reversed the US Court of Federal Claims’ decision dismissing a contractor’s challenge to Federal Acquisition Regulation’s provisions that limit a contractor’s ability to offset cost impacts stemming from multiple cost accounting practice changes.

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About Thomas Lemmer

Thomas A. Lemmer routinely counsels and litigates for clients on US federal contract formation, contract administration and dispute resolution. Tom also counsels clients on global procurement issues, with the assistance of Dentons’ offices worldwide, including employment issues, how to do business in a given country, how to do business with the US government and risk assessments.

About Steven Masiello

Steven M. Masiello is the chair of the US Government Contracts practice and a leader of the firm's Global Government Contracts and Procurement group. Masiello serves as lead counsel in complex government contract matters across numerous industry segments concerning state, federal, and foreign military funded transactions in the US courts, agency boards and under domestic and international alternative dispute resolution procedures.

About Gale Monahan

Gale Monahan is a partner in the Firm’s Government Contracts practice where he focuses on government contracts counseling, litigation and internal and government investigations. Gale's counseling practice focuses primarily on cost and pricing, the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), termination, business systems, domestic preference, and international government contracting issues.