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Scott Lyon

Scott Lyon is vice president and general counsel at Optimos Inc., a government IT services provider.

Can we protest our own contact win?

The answer to that question isn't as simple as it seems as one case recently decided by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims offers a Catch-22 situation for government contractors.

Think your teaming agreement's a contract? Think again

A recent court case has created doubts over whether standard language in teaming agreements are enforceable. Instead they are agreements to agree in the future. So what's a contractor to do?