{"id":121,"date":"2015-06-22T11:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/?p=121"},"modified":"2015-06-22T11:00:27","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T15:00:27","slug":"kingdomware-cert-granted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/2015\/06\/22\/kingdomware-cert-granted\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Grants Certiorari In Case Involving Competitive Bidding by Veteran-Owned Small Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today the Supreme Court <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/orders\/courtorders\/062215zor_2bo2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">granted <\/a>certiorari in <em>Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States<\/em> (14-916), a <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/2015\/04\/22\/vas-restriction-on-competitive-bidding-by-veteran-owned-small-businesses-challenged-before-the-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\">case <\/a>involving competitive bidding by veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Kingdomware seeks reversal of a 2-1 decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that limits the opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses to competitively bid for contracts with the Department of Veterans Affairs (\u201cVA\u201d).\u00a0 Duane Morris LLP filed an <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/04\/Brief-of-Amici-Curiae-National-Veteran-Small-Business-Coalition-et-al.-14-916-Kingdomware.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">amicus brief<\/a> on behalf of a coalition of veteran-owned small businesses in support of Kingdomware.\u00a0 The American Legion also filed an amicus brief in support of Kingdomware.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court\u2019s grant of certiorari puts renewed focus on the VA\u2019s approach to competitive bidding by veteran-owned small businesses.\u00a0 Further background information on the case is available <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/2015\/04\/22\/vas-restriction-on-competitive-bidding-by-veteran-owned-small-businesses-challenged-before-the-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0<em>Luke P. McLoughlin is an associate in the Trial Group in the Philadelphia office of Duane Morris LLP and a member of the firm\u2019s Appellate Practice Group.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States (14-916), a case involving competitive bidding by veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Kingdomware seeks reversal of a 2-1 decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that limits the opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/2015\/06\/22\/kingdomware-cert-granted\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Supreme Court Grants Certiorari In Case Involving Competitive Bidding by Veteran-Owned Small Businesses&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[29,88,80,81,92,56,91,75,89,90],"ppma_author":[241],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-amicus","tag-kingdomware","tag-kristina-caggiano","tag-kristina-caggiano-kelly","tag-luke-p-mcloughlin","tag-robert-byer","tag-sdvosb","tag-supreme-court","tag-veteran","tag-vosb"],"authors":[{"term_id":241,"user_id":80,"is_guest":0,"slug":"lpmcloughlin","display_name":"Luke P. 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