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Government Contracts - February, 2012

159 articles

• Contractor Dumped 9/11 Remains In Landfill, DOD Says
• HHS Finds $1B in Home Health Medicare Claims Miss Data
• Contractors Ask 2nd Circ. To Reopen $5B NYC Projects Suit
• DynCorp Subcontractor Sues Steel Co. Over Afghan Well Piping
• Contractor Says It Suffered Retribution After Winning Bid
• Indie Pharmacies Claim CMS Rule Stifles Competition
• Current Trends In Health Care Fraud Enforcement
• Ex-Exec Can't Support FCA Claims, Pfizer Tells 1st Circ.
• Saab Unit Shoots Down Army Camouflage Monopoly Claims
• Bayer, Others Exit Price-Fixing Suit After High Court Win
• OMB Floats Smoother Rules For $600B In US Grants
• Air Force Sets Aside $355M Aircraft Contract After Protest
• Feds Charge Doctor In $375M Medicare Fraud
• Lawmakers Mull Wasteful Spending Revealed In GAO Report
• Case Study: US V. SG Interests And Gunnison Energy
• US Needs New Acquisition Tactics For IT Contracts: Report
• Army Contractor Ordered To Pay Up In Bagram Bribe Case
• Mylan Ends Calif. Drug Price Inflation Claims For $57M
• Transport Co. Lost $14M Army Deal Over Bribe Request: Suit
• 2012 Defense Act Could Weaken Contractors' IP Rights
• Where Is The Corporate Integrity Agreement?
• Countrywide Inflated Home Values: Whistleblower Suit
• Flagstar To Pay Up To $133M For Approving Bad Loans
• Survey Shows Rising Tensions Between Contractors, Government
• Chicago Sewer Contractor Admits To Lying To FBI
• WellCare's $137M Medicaid Fraud Payout Clears Last Hurdle
• CORRECTED: Feds To Pay Whistleblower $5.2M More In Verizon Case
• Army Lowballed Workload Estimate In Bid Request: GAO
• Part C Insurers Could Face Mandatory Fraud Reporting
• La. Mayor Loses Bid For Mistrial In Bribery Case
• Nixon Peabody Lands Ex-Pillsbury Gov't Contracts Pro
• Flawed Timekeeping Caused US To Overpay Lockheed: Suit
• A Lack Of Comprehensive Guidance In CMS User Guide
• 7th Circ. Overturns Trash Co. Boss' Bid-Rigging Conviction
• In-Sourcing Afghan Police Training Wasn't An Option: GAO
• Wife Of Ex-Army Major Gets 6 Years For Iraq Bribes
• Ex-Unilab Atty Can Pursue FCA Claims, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Hospital Administrator Cops To $116M Medicare Scam
• DOD Whistleblower Investigations Get Short Shrift: GAO
• Are Those Real? Counterfeit Concerns For Contractors
• The Pitfalls Of Paperless Discovery
• 11th Circ. Revives $69M Fraud Suit Against Medco
• Agencies Eye 2% Foreign Tax To Fund 9/11 Health Care
• Ex-Army Major's Wife Gets Probation For Role In Bribe Plot
• Kuwaiti Co. Claims Feds Cooked Evidence In Contract Row
• Insurer Aims To Duck Coverage Of Omeros FCA Suit
• Case Study: Bunk V. Birkart
• DOD Shelled Out $1B For Possibly Unnecessary IT, Report Says
• Dental Center Co. Seeks Sale To Root Out Fraud Claims
• PG&E Holds On To $89M Award In Nuclear Waste Removal Suit
• Coast Guard's Witness Destroyed Evidence: Contractor
• Rotech Sues VA Over Home Oxygen Contract
• Boeing Escapes Supreme Court Review Of Chopper Crash Case
• 'Buy American' And Solar Devices — DOD Clarification
• Huron, Empire Can't Duck $50M St. Vincent FCA Suit
• Lockheed Challenges Northrop's $638M CANES Win
• GAO Scraps Utility's Protest Of $278M Privatization Contract
• GAO Kills General Dynamics' Protest Of $244M IBM Task Order
• Contractor Can Be Sued In La. Under Iraqi Law: 5th Circ.
• Increasing Access To Innovative Biomedical Technology
• Law School, Meet Litigation PR ...
• Belgian Co. Avoids Up To $100M In FCA Bid-Rigging Fines
• Delays, Overruns Plague FAA Acquisitions Procedures: GAO
• Alleged Gangster Sentenced In $100M Medicare Fraud Case
• Jury Convicts 4 In $29M Medicaid Billing Scheme
• Lawmakers Introduce 2 Bills To Boost US-Made Goods
• Facilitating The Federal Transition To The Cloud
• Ex-Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Faces Yet Another Charge
• Judge Guts Forced-Retirement Suit Against Booz Allen Execs
• GAO Favors Protesters In Row Over $92M Medicare Contract
• House GOP Slams Troop Reductions In DOD Budget
• DOJ Settles 1st Case Over Bid Rigging At Natural Gas Auctions
• Lockheed Execs Duck Claims In Shareholder Action
• ITT Systems Wins Protest Of Army's Award To Lockheed
• New SBA Size Limits Open Contracts To Over 8K Businesses
• Citi Closes Door On DOJ's Reckless-Mortgage Suit For $158M
• Gov't In-Sourcing: Where Can Contractors Turn?
• HHS, DOJ Recoup Record $4.1B From Health Fraud In FY 2011
• Ill. Contractors Scammed Minority Set-Asides: Feds
• ASBCA Puts Auditor's Exec Pay Calculation Methods In Peril
• USAID Will Probe Contractors To Keep Cash From Terrorists
• CMS Floats 60-Day Medicare Overpayment Refund Rule
• McKesson Can't Duck FCA Suit Over Alleged Kickbacks
• DOD Defends Military Budget Cuts At Senate Hearing
• Bradley Arant Snags 4 Attys For Ala.
• IBM Can't Depose Gov. In $1.4B Contract Case: Ind. High Court
• Pentagon's 2013 Budget Shuffles Contracting Priorities
• Contractor, Insurers Sued For $13M Over Electric Project
• 1st Circ. Keeps Builder's Puerto Rico Contracts Suit Alive
• Former DOJ Atty To Lead Bass Berry's DC Office
• RI Hospital Puts Up $5M To End False Claims Allegations
• US, 4 States Join CVS Caremark Insurance Fraud Action
• Alliant Can't Keep $733M Army Plant Contract From BAE
• Case Study: Chapman Law Firm V. US
• McKenna Long Nabs Top Government Contracts Spot
• SAIC Faces Investor Action Over CityTime Kickbacks
• GSA Revives Guidance For Building Contract Pay Process
• Law360 Ranks Largest Government Contracts Practice Groups
• VA Sued Over Bidding For Lucrative Cemetery Project
• St. Paul Sues Fellow Insurer For Help In $20M Contractor Suits
• KBR Says US Withholding Docs In $100M FCA Suit
• Whistleblower Settles Blackstone FCA Kickback Claims
• Expanding Agency Debarment And Suspension Authority
• Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 2
• IRS Settles With Worker Suspended Over Contractor Claim
• Espada Accuses Gov't Of Misconduct In Record Seizure
• GAO Denies Harris' Protest Of $57M IT Order Award
• Bill Would Require DOD To Use US-Made Steel
• Case Study: Fisher V. Halliburton
• Ill. Woman Gets 2 Years For Gov't Internet Subsidy Scam
• Contractors Oppose DOL's 7% Disabled Work Force Rule
• GSA Details Security Roles For Cloud Computing Acquisitions
• Gov't Go-Between Sues HP For $10M Over Loss Of Income
• Drug Co. Dava Pays $11M To End Medicaid Rebate Suit
• Federal Agencies Fail To Mull Equipment Leases Over Buys
• Halliburton, KBR Want Firefighter Wage Suit Thrown Out
• Lawmakers Question Practicality Of Waste Storage Plan
• Qui Tam Trends In 2011, Predictions For 2012
• GSA Picks Trump Organization For $200M Renovation
• Raytheon Exec Fined For Not Producing Reprimand Letter
• Feds Worried Over Espada Atty's Conflicts Of Interest
• Fraud Hurts US Efforts To Contract With Veterans: GAO
• US Tries To Kill Sikorsky's Defense In $79M Overbilling Fight
• Hospitals Will Pay DOJ $12M To End Medicare Fraud Claims
• Subcontractor Escapes Aquilent Suit Over VA Services
• GAO Kills Honeywell Protest Of $43M Army Vehicle Contract
• $4B NY Event Center Project May Hinge On Slot Revenues
• 1st Circ. Revives Big Dig Relator's Retaliation Suit
• GAO Denies STG's Protest Over $56M Army Task Order
• SAIC Loses Challenge To $60M Air Force Intel Contract
• US Lodges $6M Contract Suit Against PE Firm L Capital
• Assessing DCAA's Access To Internal Audits
• Fed. Circ. Throws Out Contractor's Land Taking Suit
• Jailing Of Detroit Bridge Co.'s Billionaire Owner Upheld
• DOD Should Weigh Reforms For Small Contractors: Panel
• USDA Won't Impose New Labor Provisions On Contractors
• Obama Appoints New White House Procurement Head
• Cooley Gains Int'l Corporate Specialist From Winston & Strawn
• Who's A Federal Contractor? You Just Might Be
• Appropriations Act Will Shake Up Contractor Suspensions
• Businessman Loses Bid For New Judge In Kickback Case
• Quest Asks 2nd Circ. To Bar Ex-Atty From Kickback Suit
• GAO Scraps Protests Over $73M Medicare Auditing Contract
• Army's Management Of Arlington Still Needs Work: GAO
• Ex-Soldier Admits To Recruitment Bonus Scam
• Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 1
• PenAir Didn't Deserve USPS Contract, DC Circ. Hears
• Bill Aims To Boost Contract Work For Small Businesses
• DOD Must Toughen Oversight Of Weapon Costs Reports: GAO
• LA Sues Northern Trust Over $95M Pension Fund Losses
• US Highlights KBR Kickbacks In $41M Contract Fight
• GAO Rejects Booz Allen Protest Of $1.8B Navy Contract
• Denver Commuter Rail Project Gets $80M Funding Influx
• Case Study: Railway Logistics V. US
• 15 Cos. Line Up For $3.6B LaGuardia Terminal Project
• Judge Halts Dallas' Waste Disposal Ordinance
• FCA Haul Topped $8.8B In Past 3 Years, Holder Says
• House To Subpoena VA Docs Over Off-Contract Drug Buys
• The Importance Of Legal Audits