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Richardson School of Law Supreme Court of the United States U.S. Court of Federal Claims United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces U.S. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals Hawaii Texas Virginia Represented Raytheon Company (Raytheon) in dispute before the Court of Federal Claims, defeating the U.S. Army's claims that information in source/vendor lists for subcontracted parts constituted technical data and that the Government obtained unlimited rights in the information. Represented General Electric Company (GE) in a “reverse” Freedom of Information Act case, successfully preventing the United States Air Force from disclosing unit pricing information contained in two contracts GE negotiated with the Air Force. Advised GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) on securing a US government contract valued at $2.1b for development and production of an adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine as part of Operation Warp Speed. The vaccine was developed in collaboration with Sanofi. Represented Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) in defeating Sierra Nevada Corp.'s bid protest filed at GAO challenging NASA's $2.6b contract award for the development of a new spacecraft capable of replacing the Space Shuttle and transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Represented Space Exploration Technologies Corp. 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