This morning the Federal Circuit released one nonprecedential opinion and three nonprecedential orders. The nonprecedential opinion affirms a judgment of the Court of Federal Claims in a government contract case. One of the nonprecedential orders comes in a patent case and denies a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking to direct a district court to vacate its order denying transfer and to transfer the action. Two of the nonprecedential orders are dismissals. Here are the introductions to the opinion and first order, as well as links to the dismissals.
American Medical Equipment, Inc. v. United States (Nonprecedential)
At issue in this appeal are four supply contracts awarded to American Medical Equipment, Inc. (“AME”), Servant Health, LLC (“Servant”), Noble Attorney, LLC (“Noble”), and Transcendence, Inc. (“Transcendence”) (collectively, the “Plaintiffs” or “Appellants”) by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) for nitrile examination gloves during the COVID-19 global pandemic. The VA terminated all the contracts for cause or default. The Plaintiffs challenged the VA’s terminations for default before the Court of Federal Claims, culminating in two actions. See Am. Med. Equip., Inc. v. United States, 160 Fed. Cl. 344, 347 (2022) (“Decision I”); Servant Health, LLC v. United States, 161 Fed. Cl. 210, 214 (2022) (“Decision II”). For the reasons below, we affirm.
In re Sony Group Corp. (Nonprecedential Order)
Sony Group Corporation and Sony Interactive Entertainment, Inc. (collectively, “Sony”) petition for a writ of mandamus directing the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (“EDTX”) to vacate its order denying transfer and to transfer the action to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (“NDCA”). Resonant Systems, Inc. opposes. For the reasons that follow, we deny the petition.