Abstract
This Article discusses a number of important 2020 government contracts decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. As in previous years, appeals involving government contracting issues comprised only a small portion of the Federal Circuit’s docket, the majority of which is consistently intellectual property disputes. Although only comprising a small portion of the docket, the government contracts appeals that the Federal Circuit considered in 2020 covered a wide range of topics. This year-in-review first addresses Federal Circuit decisions across three major issues in government contracts appeals—cost and pricing, contract interpretation, and bid protests—before examining other significant decisions of which procurement practitioners should be aware. The purpose of the Article is not only to keep procurement practitioners “informed of developments in the law but also to [help practitioners] understand how the Federal Circuit decides government contracts appeals and better anticipate where the law may turn next.”
