May 07, 2024
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday refused to allow a former senior Small Business Administration official to testify in a pending False Claims Act trial over an alleged scheme to defraud a veterans' contracting program, saying the proposed testimony covered an irrelevant issue.
April 09, 2024
A defendant in a long-running False Claims Act suit was found in contempt but dodged penalties in D.C. federal court on Tuesday as a trial over an alleged scheme to falsely procure government construction contracts meant for disabled veterans is set to begin next month.
December 21, 2022
Law360 reviews seven of the highest-profile government contracts-related cases from 2022, including a circuit court decision calling into question a long-held principle of procurement law and another establishing jurisdiction for challenges of prototype deals.
July 20, 2022
A D.C. federal judge has dismissed claims against two insurance companies and a broker in an unusual False Claims Act suit seeking to hold them liable for alleged misrepresentations by a company they bonded for U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs construction contracts.
March 15, 2021
An insurance industry trade group has urged a D.C. federal judge to toss False Claims Act allegations against insurers who bonded construction firms accused of lying about being veteran-owned, saying that finding the insurers liable would "upend" the surety industry.
February 26, 2021
A federal lawsuit alleging a conspiracy to falsely procure government construction contracts meant for disabled veterans was cut down in size when a D.C. federal judge dismissed claims against one of the approximately dozen defendants over insufficiently detailed allegations.
July 16, 2020
Mediation was unsuccessful in an unusual whistleblower case attempting to also hold insurers liable for alleged contractor fraud, and the case should proceed in court, the parties told a Washington, D.C., federal court.
July 03, 2019
A dispute over a $10 billion contract that takes its name from a prominent sci-fi universe is the highest-profile pending government contracts case, but attorneys are also awaiting decisions in a range of other important suits involving issues such as key False Claims Act clauses and when prototype deals can be litigated.
January 01, 2019
A U.S. Supreme Court case involving statutes of limitations on False Claims Act allegations, one of a number of important FCA issues the high court may soon tackle, will join a high-profile challenge to a $10 billion U.S. Department of Defense cloud deal as one of several prominent cases for government contractors to watch in 2019.