Cost Recovery and Accounting Disputes

Williams Mullen lawyers have successfully counseled and used the contract disputes process on all aspects of recovering and accounting for costs under the rules governing federal government contracts and contractors. Such contracts present a host of challenging rules that guide and often operate to limit judgment recovery. Williams Mullen’s government contracts lawyers have experience litigating cost, price and profit related issues on behalf of government contractors before the administrative Boards of Contract Appeals and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

Williams Mullen lawyers have successfully counseled and used the contract disputes process on all aspects of recovering and accounting for costs under the rules governing federal government contracts and contractors. Such contracts present a host of challenging rules that guide and often operate to limit judgment recovery. Williams Mullen’s government contracts lawyers have experience litigating cost, price and profit related issues on behalf of government contractors before the administrative Boards of Contract Appeals and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Our experience working with clients includes the following:

• Responding to DCAA audit reports.
• Establishing pricing of REAs or claims filed under the Contract Disputes Act.
• Applying Part 31 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations.
• Defending price reasonableness and defective pricing under the Truth in Negotiation Act.
• Resolving complex accounting issues involving executive compensation, employee benefits, overhead issues and dealing with challenges to a contractor’s cost accounting system.
• Litigating disputes arising under the Contract’s Limitation of Cost and Limitation of Funds Clauses; the Prompt Payment Act; suspension of progress payments; setoffs; payments pursuant to the Judgment Fund; and, the Anti-deficiency Act.