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Blog To Discuss Ins and Outs of Government Contracts Launched By Crowell & Moring

eric — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:08:22 +0000

The Washington Post reported this morning that the law firm Crowell & Moring has launched a blog: www.governmentcontractslegalforum.com. The blog, as the URL suggests, will focus on the government contracts industry.

As a taste to readers, in their most recent post, Crowell’s government contracts lawyers discuss the Government Accountability Office and “price realism” analysis. Sounds fun. Keep blogging ladies and gentlemen, the world needs to know what “price realism” is and how it is NOT “synonymous with a ‘price reasonableness’ determination.”

Crowell & Moring has more than 400 lawyers representing clients in litigation and arbitration, regulatory, and transactional matters. In addition to its Middle East presence, the firm has offices in Washington D.C., New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County, Anchorage, London, and Brussels.

Foley & Lardner Score Big Contract with NIH

joshua — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:13:20 +0000

The National Institute of Health has awarded a ten year, $208 million contract to Milwaukee based Foley & Lardner. The contract calls for Foley & Lardner to provide intellectual property services in areas such as patents for biotechnology.

Foley & Lardner recently deferred for the second time its incoming IP associates, who will be starting next September. With the new influx of IP work from this contract, we can only hope the firm will reconsider that decision.

Foley & Lardner LLP is an international general practice law firm started in 1842 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It employs 1,000 attorneys and is the 24th largest firm in the United States.

Former Senator Rejoins Hogan & Hartson

Erik Even — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:56:39 +0000

Former Republican Virginia Senator John Warner has rejoined Hogan & Hartson’s Washington, DC office as a partner, 37 years after he left the firm.

Warner, who retired from the Senate after finishing his fifth term last year, will work in the firm’s international practice. Warner will focus on climate change, government contracts, and defense issues.

Warner will not be lobbying for Hogan & Hartson, and the firm says it will strictly adhere to ethics laws.

Warner left the firm as a partner in 1969, when he joined the Department of Defense as undersecretary of the Navy. After serving as secretary of the Navy, Warner pursued elected office. In 1978, he was elected to the Senate, where he spent 30 years on the Senate Armed Services Committee, eventually becoming chairman.

The 82-year-old Warner was once married to actress Elizabeth Taylor. He graduated from the University of Virginia Law School in 1953.