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The Anti-Terrorism Act: The Next Wave of Contractor on the Battlefield Litigation?

Stability Ops Magazine

In this article, Alex Sarria, Alejandra Montenegro Almonte, and Laura Ferguson discuss how a recently filed lawsuit in the District of Columbia federal court may subject stability operations contractors to a new wave of litigation under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). "Until now, plaintiffs' attorneys have pursued few, if any, ATA lawsuits against government contractors," the authors wrote. "Given the threat posed by lawsuits like Cabrera, every government contractor operating in a high-risk environment should strongly consider building an internal ATA compliance program."