The Sovereign Acts Doctrine Strikes Back: COVID Costs Are Its Latest Victim
Federal Construction Contracting
JUNE 7, 2022
Oftentimes, contractors find it difficult to differentiate between the government’s acts taken in its sovereign capacity as opposed to those taken in its contractual capacity. The government acts in its sovereign capacity when it takes actions that are general and public in nature and do not target any particular contractor; rather the impact of the government’s action on its contracts is merely incidental to the purpose of a broader governmental objective.
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