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Clarifying a significant issue in government contracts litigation against the government, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has held that the so-called "sum certain" requirement ...

Clarifying a significant issue in government contracts litigation against the government, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has held that the so-called “sum certain”...

Court’s analysis revolved around the clear-statement rule, where the Court will require the legislature to clearly state when some limitation in a statute is jurisdictional.