COVID-19 Era Contracting: Protecting Rights and Maximizing Recoveries, Jenner & Block

On October 6, Jenner & Block Partner David B. Robbins, Special Counsel Carla J. Weiss, and Associate Sati Harutyunyan presented a firm-hosted webinar on how contractors can protect their rights and maximize recoveries during the pandemic. The team provided up-to-the-minute guidance on COVID-19 era risks and impacts facing government contractors. They discussed common questions and concerns among contractors as well as best practices for risk mitigation and recovery of costs and schedule delays. Mr. Robbins is co-chair of the firm’s Government Contracts and Grants Practice. He is a former Deputy General Counsel of the US Air Force (acting). His broad skillset focuses on ethics, compliance, counseling, investigations, litigation, transactions, and enforcement for government contractors, grant recipients, and regulated industries. Ms. Weiss represents large and small clients on a range of government contract issues. Her experience includes successful bid protest litigation, internal investigations for defense contractors, and representing contractors and subcontractors in claims litigation against the government. Ms. Harutyunyan focuses her practice on government contracts matters and on commercial disputes. She helps clients who do business with the Federal Government navigate issues across the unique government contracts landscape, including CDA claims, DCAA audits, bid protests, and investigations.

COVID-19 Era Contracting: Protecting Rights and Maximizing Recoveries, Jenner & Block

On October 6, Jenner & Block Partner David B. Robbins, Special Counsel Carla J. Weiss, and Associate Sati Harutyunyan presented a firm-hosted webinar on how contractors can protect their rights and maximize recoveries during the pandemic. The team provided up-to-the-minute guidance on COVID-19 era risks and impacts facing government contractors. They discussed common questions and concerns among contractors as well as best practices for risk mitigation and recovery of costs and schedule delays. Mr. Robbins is co-chair of the firm’s Government Contracts and Grants Practice. He is a former Deputy General Counsel of the US Air Force (acting). His broad skillset focuses on ethics, compliance, counseling, investigations, litigation, transactions, and enforcement for government contractors, grant recipients, and regulated industries. Ms. Weiss represents large and small clients on a range of government contract issues. Her experience includes successful bid protest litigation, internal investigations for defense contractors, and representing contractors and subcontractors in claims litigation against the government. Ms. Harutyunyan focuses her practice on government contracts matters and on commercial disputes. She helps clients who do business with the Federal Government navigate issues across the unique government contracts landscape, including CDA claims, DCAA audits, bid protests, and investigations.

News and Insights

Event

Amanda Shafer Berman to Speak on Energy and Administrative Law at WEN-DC Webinar

As the Supreme Court's new Term begins, Jenner & Block Partner Amanda Shafer Berman will join a Women's Energy Network of Washington, DC (WEN-DC) webinar on how the Court's decisions are shaping the energy sector.

October 14, 2026

Publications

Partner Amanda Shafer Berman Quoted in Bloomberg Law on Senate Permitting Overhaul Bill

Partner Amanda Shafer Berman was quoted in an October 5 Bloomberg Law article, "Permitting Deal Gives Projects Defense Against Litigation Delays," on the Senate's new permitting overhaul package and its expected impact on litigation over federal permitting reversals.

October 2026

Event

Partner John Storino to Speak at Sandpiper Partners' “AI and Outside Counsel Guidelines Roundtable”

On October 8, Partner John Storino will serve as a panelist at the “AI and Outside Counsel Guidelines Roundtable,” hosted by Sandpiper Partners in Chicago.

October 8, 2026

Event

Partner Meghan Greenfield to Speak on Supreme Court Climate Case at Edison Electric Institute's Fall Legal Conference

On Wednesday, October 7, Partner Meghan Greenfield will speak on a panel titled "Boulder County v. Suncor Energy: What the Supreme Court's Climate Case Means for the Energy Industry" at the Edison Electric Institute's Fall Legal Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

October 7, 2026

Publications

The Form Rules Everything: A Seventh Circuit Ruling on ERISA's Substantial Compliance Doctrine

Partner Joseph Torres and Special Counsel Jennifer Beach authored an article for Employee Relations Law Journal examining the Seventh Circuit's decision in Packaging Corp. of America Thrift Plan for Hourly Employees v. Langdon, a ruling that addresses both the standard of review in ERISA interpleader actions and the continued viability of the substantial compliance doctrine for changing plan beneficiaries.

October 5, 2026