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Alex Hastings advises clients across a broad range of government contracting issues, including advising clients in transactional matters involving government contractors and assisting defense contractors and pharmaceutical companies in securing and performing government contracts.
Mr. Hastings also advises clients concerning best practices in e-discovery. He assists in investigations and litigations that involve complex e-discovery issues and has represented clients in matters involving the U.S. Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission and the United States International Trade Commission.
Mr. Hastings’ government contracts experience includes advising clients regarding new developments in regulatory requirements, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation’s (FAR) anti-human trafficking requirements and the FAR and Bayh-Dole Act’s intellectual property provisions. Mr. Hastings also provides due diligence regulatory advice to clients contemplating the acquisition of government contracting entities or assets.
Mr. Hastings’ e-discovery experience includes advising a wide-array of clients on best practices in information governance and document collection and assisting clients develop effective mobile device and document management policies.
Mr. Hastings also maintains an active pro bono practice and routinely writes on issues related to government contracts and e-discovery.
- Representation of defense and pharmaceutical contractors and private equity firms in the sale and acquisition of government contractors and assets, involving issues relating to compliance concerns, novation, subcontracting, and government reimbursement of costs.
- Representation of pharmaceutical companies regarding the Bayh-Dole Act and intellectual property protections under the FAR, DFARS, and other agency supplements.
- Advise multi-national companies regarding best practices in e-discovery, including international data preservation and collection measures.
- Representation of several contractors in securing favorable outcomes in False Claims Act investigations.
- Advise government contractors regarding various requests for proposals from state and local agencies.
- Advise regarding compliance with supply chain regulations, including the application of the Trade Agreements Act to pharmaceutical and electronic products.
- Advise regarding measures to identify, avoid, and mitigate organizational conflicts of interest.
- Advise government contractors related to FAR, DFARS, and HHSAR requirements, including compliance with the newly-revised anti-human trafficking rule.
- Representation of government contractors in bid protests against federal agencies, including the Defense Health Agency and United States Navy, before the United States Court of Federal Claims and the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
- Representation of pharmaceutical manufacturer in investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice regarding compliance with Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).
- Advise various types of companies concerning an array of document preservation and data privacy issues.
Pro Bono
- Represented federal housing voucher recipients in claim against housing authority for reduction in benefits.
- Represented tenant in efforts to seal landlord/tenant records.
- Represented Arizona death row inmate in post-conviction relief proceedings.
Covington Advises Veritas on Cubic Acquisition
February 8, 2021
WASHINGTON—Covington is advising Veritas Capital on the acquisition of Cubic by Veritas and Evergreen Coast Capital for $2.8 billion. The transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2021. Cubic is a technology-driven provider of integrated solutions that increase situational understanding for transportation, defense C4ISR, and training ...
December 21, 2020
WASHINGTON—Covington is assisting Veritas Capital-backed Gainwell Technologies in its acquisition of HMS for approximately $3.4 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2021. Veritas will look to optimize the HMS solution set across Gainwell and Veritas-backed Cotiviti, Inc. Gainwell will acquire the HMS capabilities focused on the ...
Covington Assists Veritas Capital with Federal IT and Mission Support Services Acquisition
December 8, 2020
WASHINGTON—Covington is assisting Veritas Capital and its portfolio company Peraton with their pending acquisition of the federal IT and mission support services business of Northrop Grumman for $3.4 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2021. Peraton is a trusted provider of highly differentiated space, intelligence, cyber, defense, ...
August 14, 2020, Inside Government Contracts
Last week, President Trump issued an executive order aimed at encouraging the expansion American manufacturing of essential medical products — Executive Order on Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs Are Made in the United States (August 6, 2020) (the “Order”). The Order sets forth an ambitious plan requiring extensive ...
Intellectual Property Considerations for Manufacturers Contracted under the Defense Production Act
April 2, 2020, Covington Alert
On March 18, 2020, the President invoked a portion of the Defense Production Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 4501 et seq., (the “DPA”), in order to address shortages of personal protective equipment and ventilators needed to treat patients affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Covington Assists Veritas Capital with $5 Billion Acquisition of DXC’s Health and Human Services Business
March 10, 2020
WASHINGTON—Covington is assisting Veritas Capital with its acquisition of DXC Technology’s U.S. State and Local Health and Human Services business in a deal valued at $5 billion. The transaction is expected to close no later than December 2020, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. DXC Technology’s U.S. State and Local Health and Human ...
February 11, 2020, Inside Government Contracts
As of February 10, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 40,554 cases of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) have been confirmed globally, with twelve cases confirmed in the United States. The WHO has been issuing situation reports on a daily basis since January 21, and each report in February alone has identified more than...… Continue ...
January 14, 2020, Inside Government Contracts
The Trump Administration has declared this month National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, calling on industry associations, law enforcement, private businesses, and others to work toward ending modern slavery and human trafficking. This proclamation follows the Administration’s efforts to combat human trafficking, which we have previously ...
December 19, 2019, Inside Government Contracts
Late last week, House Democrats passed Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act. This bill would, among other things, permit the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to negotiate lower prices for 250 of the costliest drugs on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries and other consumers. Although this particular legislation ...
October 22, 2019, Inside Government Contracts
A long-standing dispute over the approach to country of origin determinations under the Trade Agreements Act (“TAA”) may soon be resolved, as the Federal Circuit recently heard oral argument in one of two cases presently examining key aspects of this statute. Among other questions presented, the court may decide the standard for determining whether a...… ...
August 7, 2019
WASHINGTON—Covington’s Government Contracts and Communications regulatory practices are representing Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI) in its recently announced deal to acquire SATCOM Technologies, the antenna systems business of General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc., a business unit of General Dynamics. SATCOM Technologies designs, manufactures and ...
Covington Represents Peraton in Solers Acquisition
June 18, 2019
WASHINGTON—Covington is representing Peraton in its recently announced deal to acquire Solers, Inc., a leading provider of software development and systems integration for space situational awareness, satellite ground systems and operations, cybersecurity engineering, and enterprise cloud-based solutions.Covington is handling government contracts, national ...
Covington Represents Alion Science and Technology in $225 Million Sale of its Naval Systems Business Unit
May 23, 2019
WASHINGTON—Covington is representing Alion Science and Technology Corporation in a recently announced deal to sell its Naval Systems Business Unit to Serco Inc. for $225 million. The sale, subject to certain regulatory approvals, is expected to close in the second half of 2019. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Alion delivers advanced engineering, IT and, operational ...
May 3, 2019, Inside Government Contracts
Many entities engaged in federally funded R&D have closely monitored the efforts of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) over the last year as it has studied strategies for maximizing U.S. innovation through government-funded research. Last week, NIST published its findings in NIST Special Publication 1234, Return on Investment Initiative ...
December 5, 2018, Inside Government Contracts
(This article was originally published in Law360 and has been modified for this blog.) Government contractors undergoing an asset transaction know all too well the peculiarity and uncertainty associated with the transfer of a U.S. government contract through the required novation process. In two recent decisions, the Government Accountability Office considered ...
May 22, 2018, Inside Government Contracts
[This article was originally published in Law360.] A steady flow of M&A activity in the government contracts industry continues. Indeed, last year we saw over 100 publicly reported deals involving government contractors, and this pace has continued into 2018. This M&A activity has taken a variety of forms, including a number of “carveout” transactions, where...… ...
April 3, 2018, Inside Government Contracts
GSA recently announced it is supporting an Inspector General investigation into alleged, third-party fraudulent activity in the System for Award Management (“SAM”). The GSA announcement suggests that fraudulent SAM accounts may have been used to divert certain federal payments to unauthorized bank accounts. The announcement does not elaborate on the scope of ...
March 16, 2018, Inside Government Contracts
A generic pharmaceutical distributor, Acetris Health, LLC, has challenged the Final Determination of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“Customs”) that Acetris’ generic prescription drug, Rosuvastatin Calcium Tablets (“Rosuvastatin”), is a product of India, the place where the active pharmaceutical ingredient (“API”) is produced. If successful, the challenge ...
Must I Retain It? A Discussion of the Scope of the Duty to Preserve
February 15, 2017, E-Discovery Webinar
Early Returns from the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Amendments
July 11, 2016, The Masters Conference
June 17, 2016, Covington Alert
In Universal Health Services Inc. v. U.S. ex rel. Escobar, No. 15-7 (Slip. Op. June 16, 2016), a unanimous Supreme Court affirmed the viability of the “implied false certification” theory of False Claims Act liability, at least in certain circumstances. This portion of the ruling was not unexpected given the overwhelming acceptance of implied certification among ...
April 20, 2016, Covington Alert
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) recently announced a significant change in policy that will allow it to purchase drug products that were previously unavailable due to the Trade Agreements Act (“TAA”) because they were manufactured in countries with whom the United States does not have a procurement agreement in place. The VA has issued a ...
Spring 2016, Information Law Journal
November 2, 2015, Covington Alert
Autumn 2015, EDDE Journal
April 13, 2015, Inside Energy & Environment
Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), U.S. Forest Service, Department of Energy, and General Services Administration (“GSA”) released a final solicitation for the Federal Aggregated Solar Procurement Project (“FASPP”). Through the FASPP, these agencies seek to acquire cost-effective solar electricity at nine federal sites located ...
February 2, 2015, Covington E-Alert
January 9, 2015, Inside Government Contracts Blog
Summer 2012, EDDE Journal
Spring 2012, EDDE Journal
2011, 79 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 860