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Aerospace & Defense - June, 2014

228 articles

• Kuwaiti Catering Subcontractor Sues KBR For Over $10M
• Huntington Ingalls Reels In $76M Coast Guard Contract
• Sen. Urges More Oversight On NSA's Backdoor Searches
• 4th Circ. Brings Back Abu Ghraib Contractor Torture Suit
• Obama Taps Former P&G CEO To Reform VA Amid Scandal
• National Guard Official Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud, Bribery
• Raytheon Wins $275M Missile Contract Modification
• DC Circ. Breathes New Life Into Attorney-Client Privilege
• GAO Tosses MDV Protest Over $125M DOD Grocery Contract
• FAA Can't Dodge $45M Deadly Bagram Crash Coverage Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Weil, Dechert, Skadden
• US To Stop Acquiring, Creating Anti-Personnel Landmines
• DC Circ. Says KBR Ruling Got Atty-Client Privilege Wrong
• Lockheed Whistleblower Loses Bid To Revive $400M FCA Suit
• MIT Scores $656M Air Force Contract Modification
• 4 Things Every Law Firm Should Do Upon A Cyberbreach
• Sikorsky Seizes $1.28B USAF Contract For Rescue Helicopters
• German Gov't Sheds Verizon Contract Over US Spying Fears
• White House Seeks $65.8B For Overseas Contingency Budget
• KBR Can Pursue Quest To Recover Private Security Funds
• Greenberg Adds 2nd Gov't Contracts Pro From Squire Patton
• Alcoa To Pay $2.85B To Scoop Up Jet Engine Part Maker
• PhRMA, AHA Urge Supreme Court To Curb FCA Penalties
• VA Loses 2 More Top Officials, Brings In New Adviser
• Raytheon Wins $223M Missile Contract For Navy, USAF, Others
• Armstrong Ruling Is 1st To Reject WSLA Application To FCA
• Kuwait Contractor Sues DOD For Stonewalling Depo Requests
• Senate Confirms 2 Top Pentagon Advisers
• Senate Panel Passes IT Procurement, Cybersecurity Bills
• KBR Subcontractor Asks Texas Court To Revive $8M Suit
• 9th Circ. Again Revives FCA Suit Against Honeywell
• House Will Sue Obama For Executive Failures, Boehner Says
• Holder Pledges US Privacy Rights Bill For EU Citizens
• DOD Procurement Chief To Retire
• Lockheed Wins $1.86B US Air Force Satellite Contract Mod
• House Clears Senate's Intelligence Agency Funding Bill
• Obama Proposes To Reshuffle Pentagon Top Brass
• Quest Contract With VA Tossed For 'Irrational' Pricing
• Honeywell Fights Discovery Order In Body Armor FCA Suit
• Marine Corps Chief Eyes Quick AAV Upgrade Schedule
• DOD Wants To Alert Contractors Of Afghan Tax Requirements
• Microsoft GC Slams 'Unfettered' Data Collection, FISA Court
• BAE Systems Lands Mexican Naval Gun Contract
• Military Telecom Contractor Gets 4 Years For Bribery Plot
• Pushing Back On DCAA Audits: Part 2
• Special Counsel Rips VA For Ignoring Whistleblowers
• Boeing Subcontractor To Cop To $3.5M Insider Info Rap
• DOD Contract Pay Improvements Fall Short, GAO Says
• CACI Lands $27M Weapons System Engineering Contract
• 2nd Circ. Releases Redacted Memo On Drone Attacks
• FCA Suit Can't Base Claims On Public Info: 4th Circ.
• OSI Unit Scores $103M X-Ray Inspection Contract For Iraq
• DOD Expands Set-Asides For Women-Owned Businesses
• When Contractor's Boilerplate Trumps Gov't Contract Terms
• Blackwater Guard Can't Shed Murder Charges In DC Court
• Mass. Sen. Backs Curbs On Commercial Drones In Funding Bill
• Raytheon Scores $392M Missile Contract For Army, Others
• House Inserts NSA Spying Limits Into Defense Spending Bill
• Russia Contesting US Sanctions At WTO, Medvedev Says
• House Passes $570B Defense Bill, Rejects Cuts To A-10
• VA Pushes Forward On Scheduling System Procurement
• Akin Gump, Ex-Execs Beat USAE Claims Of Fraud Conspiracy
• Google, ACLU Urge House To Shut NSA's Spying Backdoors
• Blackwater Case Tests DOJ Authority Over Contractors Abroad
• Russia Could Face Steeper Sanctions Over Ukraine Conflict
• GAO Calls For 20-Year Coast Guard Modernization Plan
• Manatt Phelps Nabs Former DHS Official For DC Office
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Williams Mullen's McCarroll
• Smartphone Forensics: Tips From The E-Discovery Trenches
• Semiconductor Intersil Pays $10M Fine For Export Violations
• UK-Based LLP Partners Now Enjoy More Protections
• CDA Statute Of Limitation Construct Crystallizes Further
• PE Firm Gets ArmorWorks Majority Stake In New Ch. 11 Plan
• Feds Pay $4M To Escape Chubb's Ammo Site CERCLA Suit
• Northrop Grumman Wins $238M Air Force Anti-Missile Deal
• NASA Should Reconsider $112M Peerless Contract, GAO Says
• Blackwater Guards Claim Self Defense In Iraq Shooting Trial
• House Lays Groundwork For VA Reform Push
• Iraq Issues Show Need For Requested Budget, DOD Chiefs Say
• GAO Denies Protest Of $65M Coast Guard Cutter Contracts
• Deals Rumor Mill: Oracle, T-Mobile, GE
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bush Seyferth's Cheryl Bush
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Davis Wright's Kelli Sager
• No Hostile Workplace Claim If Victims Oblivious: 11th Circ.
• Honeywell Cheated Subcontractor On $61M Army Deal: Suit
• DOD Needs To Further Combat Trafficking, Report Shows
• Akin Gump Must Face $120M Libel Suits, Calif. Panel Told
• Blackwater Guards Who Killed Iraqis Saw No Threat, Jury Told
• McCain Blasts Lockheed 'Cronyism' In $400B F-35 Program
• 9th Circ. Denies USAE Bid To Dismiss Securities Suits
• DHS Fared Well Against Sequestration, CSIS Finds
• Gov't Says Minority Contractor Assistance Program Is Legal
• Sen. Introduces Draft Of Cybersecurity Data Sharing Bill
• Heller Ruling May Be Knockout Punch Against Jewel Claims
• UK Official Admits Google, Facebook Snooping, Groups Say
• Still The Fastest Justice Anywhere
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Levine Sullivan's Gayle Sproul
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Proskauer's Monica Shilling
• 7th Circ. Undoes Classified Doc Ruling In Terrorism Case
• Obama LGBT Order May Spur Employers To Revamp Policies
• NARFE Backs Tax Break For Combat-Zone Civilians
• Raytheon Levels $27.4M Suit At DOD Over Disallowed Costs
• GSA Unveils Modernization Plan For Service Awards
• Airbus, Safran To Create Space Launcher Joint Venture
• Calif. Court To Review Secret NSA Phone Surveillance Docs
• Justices Seek SG's Input On KBR War Zone Injury Cases
• Obama Poised To Sign LGBT Anti-Bias Order For Contractors
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe & Johnson's Flanery
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nexsen Pruet's Marguerite Willis
• DOJ Claims Contractor Bilked Pentagon Out Of $3M
• Sens. Urge DOD To Stop Using False Accounting Numbers
• DynCorp Accused Of Falsifying Reports On Afghanistan Work
• EFF Asks High Court To Review Denial Of FBI Phone Tap Docs
• KBR Whistleblower Calls Forced Arbitration 'Unconscionable'
• Camp's Plan To Ditch LIFO A Nightmare For Businesses
• TSA Must Review Denial Of Proposed Security Plans: DC Circ.
• DOD Calls For Procurement Incentives To Beat Overspending
• OPM Finds More Holes In Contracted Background Checks
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sterne Kessler's Eldora Ellison
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ogletree Deakins' Melissa Bailey
• Disclosing Export Violations Won't Give You A Free Pass
• Contractor Blasts FCA Claims In Shoddy-Truck Suit
• Gov't Settles Mine Detection Patent Dispute For $10.2M
• Seyfarth Shaw Grabs Corporate Partner From Norton Rose
• Judge Will Allow Most Evidence In Blackwater Shooting Case
• DOL Unveils Rule To Raise Contractor Minimum Wage
• Senate Confirms New Comptroller For Pentagon
• Treasury Urged To Shine Light On Terrorism Insurance Market
• Adopt Value Or Be Left In The Ash Heap Of History
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bryan Cave's Chris Cesare
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gordon & Rees' Leslie Benitez
• The Hidden Costs Of Spreadsheets In Risk Management
• Raytheon Nabs $115.5M Weapon Systems Upgrade Contract
• Space Center Food Concessionaire Can't Escape FCA Suit
• BAE Systems Can't Sink Sex Bias Class Action
• Senate Overwhelmingly Passes VA Health Care Reform Bill
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Etihad, IBM
• Bombardier Misconstruing Congress In Tax Case, Gov't Says
• High Court CERCLA Ruling Dooms Base Pollution Suit: DOJ
• IBM, Epic Partner For $11B DOD E-Record System Bid
• Navy Wants Biofuels As Part Of $3.5B Fuel Buy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gardere's Kim Yelkin
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Proskauer's Margaret Dale
• 1st Circ. Affirms Raytheon Win In Beryllium Class Action
• FAA Lets BP Use Drones To Monitor Alaska Oilfield
• House Panel Rejects Bid To Save Air Force A-10 Fleet
• GAO Rejects Protest Of $94M US Navy Carrier Contract
• House Passes Bill To Improve Veteran Access To Health Care
• B/E Aerospace To Split Into 2 Separate Companies
• Contractors Prepare For Expanding Anti-Counterfeit Crusade
• Lockheed Nabs Contract To Modernize FAS Systems
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thacker Martinsek's Martinsek
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Rutan & Tucker's Kathy Jenson
• House Passes $17.6B NASA 2014 Spending Bill
• Holland & Knight Adds Structured, Aircraft Finance Pro
• House Passes DHS Acquisitions Reforms Bill
• More Than 100K Veterans Affected By VA Delays, Audit Finds
• Canadian Telecom Cos. Release First Transparency Reports
• The Purpose Of Proposed Rule 37(e)
• Cloud Contract Cybersecurity Push Will Likely Be Gradual
• FCA Suits Over 'Worthless Services' On The Rise
• Memo Shows Limits Of FinCEN Counterterrorism Data Sharing
• Feds Get OK To Search Shipping Cos. In $723M FCA Suit
• Lockheed Nabs $122M Modification To F-35 Contract
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Michael Best's Kerryann Minton
• Female Powerbrokers: WhatleyKallas' Edith Kallas
• Don't Let Barko Bite Atty-Client, Work-Product Privileges
• NSA Barred From Shredding AT&T Call Data In Privacy Suit
• Wyle, SAIC Renew Fight For $1.8B NASA Health Contract
• DOD Frustrated By FCA's Impact On Suspension, Debarment
• Lockheed Martin Agrees To Clean Up Virgin Islands Sludge
• 'Onerous' $1.5B Aeroflex Deal Ignites Investor Suit
• Feds Drop Criminal Investigation Of Pa. Defense Contractor
• NASA Taps Sumara Thompson-King For GC Post
• US Ports Are Vulnerable To Cyberthreats, GAO Says
• Lockheed Nabs $452M Air Force Missile Support Contract
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Waller's Katie Stenberg
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Husch Blackwell's Hanaway
• WWII, Forensic History And Righting Environmental Wrongs
• Defense Cos. Struggle to Keep Pace With Tech Sector: Report
• Senate Panel Questions Viability Of NSA Spying Reform Bill
• Fokker To Pay $21M To Settle Sanctions Violation Claims
• Solicitor General Is Wrong On 2 Big FCA Issues In KBR Case
• Sanders, McCain Compromise On VA Reform Legislation
• Obama Chides France For Continuing With Russia Carrier Sale
• Blackwater Guard Can't Duck Murder Charge For Iraqi Deaths
• Keys To Successful Legal Outsourcing
• Kuwaiti Food Contractor Hits NSA With FOIA Suit
• Gov't Contractor Pleads Guilty To Air Force Bribery Scheme
• Lockheed Wins $182M US Navy Launch System Contract
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Brown Rudnick's Louise Verrill
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Duval & Stachenfeld's Terri Adler
• Contractor Groups Oppose New Conflict Of Interest Rule
• NLRB Poised To Ground Complaints On Boeing Contract Vote
• Scientists Indicted For Fraud Over $10M In Gov't Contracts
• Hogan Lovells Tapped As Bahamas Privacy Counsel
• It's Contract Disputes Act Statute Of Limitations Season
• How Bitcoin Will Bring About A Legal Practice Revolution
• DOD Says Rotorcraft Acquisitions Won't Repeat F-35 Errors
• ATK Nabs $112M In US Military Ammo Contracts
• Northrop Lands $9.9B Contract To Update USAF Bomber Fleet
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akerman's Mary Carroll
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hanson Bridgett's Linda Klamm
• DOJ Asks Justices To Reject Potential Landmark FCA Case
• Judge Sides With NSA, But Urges High Court To End Dragnet
• NSA Phone-Surveillance Docs Should Stay Secret, Judge Told
• Raytheon Takes Home $298M USAF Terminals Contract
• Obama Floats $1B Plan To Support European Allies
• GOP Sens. Want Health Coverage For Vets Outside VA System
• How To Control Your Law Firm's Real Estate Costs
• Deals Rumor Mill: DIA France, Kontera, Triton
• Lockheed Wins $915M Contract To Build USAF Space Fence
• 5 Insights From Nationwide Chief Legal Officer Pat Hatler
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fross Zelnick's Barbara Solomon
• Army Wins $50M Contract Dispute After Evidentiary Ruling
• USAE Tells 9th Circ. To Jettison Securities Suits
• Fixing VA Bureacracy Requires More Than Shinseki's Ouster
• GAO Says NASA Wrongly Booted Uncertified JV From Bidding
• Congress May Feel Heat After High Court Punts On Shield Law
• NSA's Use Of Facial Recognition Software On The Rise
• Creative Collaborations: Law Firms And Corporations
• Exelis Nabs $143M Army Communications Systems Contract
• Federal Agencies Need Better Cyberattack Responses: Report
• SAIC Lands Part Of $800M Joint Force Development Contract
• Federal Officer Defense Reinforced For Gov't Contractors
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sugarman Rogers' Chris Netski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Benesch's Megan Mehalko
• B/E Aerospace Spends $470M On 2 Manufacturing Businesses