In an article for The Government Contractor, Partners David Robbins, Matt Haws, and Jen Lee explained an emerging trend of Government agencies paying increased attention to government contracts cost accounting issues. The article explains two recent enforcement resolutions that exemplify the increased cost and accounting risk and provides key takeaways for practitioners.
When clients face high-stakes matters, complex internal investigations, and strategic transactions, they turn to David, the Co-Chair of Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts and Grants Practice. As an experienced litigator, investigations lawyer, and strategic business counselor, David advises government contractors, grant recipients, and their owners, executives, and investors. He advises clients on civil False Claims Act defense, parallel civil and criminal fraud enforcement proceedings, whistleblower reprisal defense, compliance, strategic corporate transactions, claims, appeals, and more.
Matt represents clients on government contract and grant law issues, including claims, compliance, and investigations. These clients look to Matt to help them navigate complex issues in their relationship with the government, including claims against the government, DCAA audits, Inspector General investigations, mandatory disclosures, False Claims Act litigation, and suspension/debarment proceedings. He also has significant experience litigating disputes between contractors and subcontractors and resolving government contract intellectual property, cost allowability, and business systems disputes.
A former Assistant Director in the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Enforcement, Jen represents public and pre-IPO companies, corporate officers, financial institutions, and asset management firms in high-stakes regulatory investigations, internal investigations, and litigation. Jen brings nearly twenty years of experience as a litigator in the government and the private sector to help clients navigate government scrutiny.
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