Aron Beezley Quoted in Law360 on Government Contracts Cases to Watch in 2025

Bradley attorney Aron Beezley was quoted in Law360 on notable government contract cases to watch for in 2025. One of the notable cases Beezley highlighted is MVL USA Inc. v. U.S.

Rather than tackle the PLA rule head-on, MVL USA Inc. and other contractors have challenged the rule as applied, arguing PLA clauses included in contract solicitations are effectively an “unauthorized socioeconomic set-aside” for companies that have signed a PLA, violating the typical federal acquisition requirement of “full and open” competition.

Those arguments are “pretty simple, they're straightforward, and I think they're persuasive,” said Beezley.

“It’s basically that the Competition In Contracting Act, as a default, requires full and open competition unless there's a statutory exception,” Beezley explained. “And here, agencies are effectively applying an exception to CICA that is not a statutory-based exception.”

The full article, “Gov’t Contracts Cases To Watch In 2025,” was published by Law360 on January 1, 2025. (login required)