Labor Agreement Rule Dispute Tossed After Agencies’ Changes (1)

Construction contractors’ protest of the US government’s use of project labor agreements in contract procurements is dismissed for mootness because of changes federal agencies made to those procurements, the US Court of Federal Claims said.

The contractors can’t “demonstrate irreparable harm is likely to befall these specific plaintiffs in the absence of a permanent injunction, and given plaintiffs achieved their requested relief following” the January 2025 removal of PLA requirements, “the Court’s analysis must end here,” said Judge Ryan T. Holte in an order granting the government’s motion to dismiss and denying the contractors’ motions for a permanent injunction.

The ...