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    Public Contract Law Journal

    Public Contract Law Journal Vol. 54, No. 2

    2024 Arnold & Porter Government Contracts Moot Court Competition Problem

    Victoria Combs, Ethan Syster; Chase Alexander, Bryan Dewan; Sean Hullihan, Kristina Zaslav

    Mar 28, 2025

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    Summary

    • This document was created for the 2024 Arnold & Porter Government Contracts Moot Court Competition.
    • The first issue focuses on whether the contractor's claim was monetary such that the contractor was required to satisfy the CDA's non-jurisdictional but still mandatory sum certain requirement.
    • The second issue focuses on whether the contractor possessed the requisite knowledge to satisfy the FCA's scienter element.
    2024 Arnold & Porter Government Contracts Moot Court Competition Problem
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    This mock Joint Appendix was created for the 2024 Arnold & Porter Government Contracts Moot Court competition. It served as the problem given to students, which they used as a basis to write their appellate briefs. The mock U.S. Court of Federal Claims opinion and all facts are intentionally fictitious.

    This decision was written by Victoria Combs and Ethan Syster as the problem for the 2024 Arnold & Porter Government Contracts Moot Court Competition at The George Washington University Law School.

    Problem: Opinion of the United States Court of Federal Claims

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    Winning Brief of Plaintiff-Appellant, Richmond LLC

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    Winning Brief for Defendant-Appellee, United States

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    Any opinions represented in or implied by this problem are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers.