Government Contracts Archive » April, 2012

Government Contracts - April, 2012

202 articles

• High Court Won't Hear $14M S&L Crisis Case Against US
• Judge Axes Protest Over Army Survey Contract Award
• WellCare's $138M Medicaid Fraud Payout Gets Judge's OK
• GSA Gets Off Easy In $4M Leaky Building Lease Suit
• Iraq Contract Schemers' Appeal Chances Help Win Bail
• KBR Wins $11.8M From US In Iraq Contract Fight
• Calif. Won't Give Funds To Cities Banning Project Labor Deals
• Texas Nurse Denied Bail In Record $375M Medicare Fraud
• House Pushes Back Against Pentagon Weapons Program Cuts
• Contractor Pleads Guilty To Katrina-Related Kickbacks
• LGS Can't Claim Fees From Army, Despite Corrective Action
• HHS Has Final Say On Medicare Device Coverage: 4th Circ.
• Judge Nixes Computer Exec's FCA Suit Over Non-US Sales
• Statutory Noncompliance Doesn't Always Violate The FCA
• Marines Find Savings After Canning $3B Assault Vehicle Plan
• Former Naval Engineer Indicted In $10M Bribery Case
• Dialysis Co. Says Prior Deal Bars Some FCA Claims
• McKesson Pays $190M To End Drug Price Inflation Claims
• NJ Mayor Charged With Attempted Extortion
• NY High Court Says DHL Delivery FCA Suit Preempted
• Space Contractors Urge Congress To Ease Satellite Exports
• US Subcontractor Wants Insurer To Cover Iraqi Casualties
• 13 States Want In On $90M Medicaid Suit Against Healthpoint
• Schweizer's Impact On FCA Settlements
• Operationalizing Law Department Performance Metrics
• Military Defends Buys Of Untested Missile Defense Systems
• Texas Medical Supply Firm Owners Admit Medicare Kickbacks
• Vanguard To Get $40M From CMS In $3B Medicare Settlement
• House Panel Chair Grills CMS On Anti-Fraud Contractors
• Miami Schemers Get Prison, $40M Penalty For Medicare Fraud
• Imaging Firm Pays $1.5M To Settle FCA Medicare Suit
• Senators Urge DOD To Lift Cap On Civilian Workforce
• Subcontractor Says It's Owed $17M For Army Base Work
• House Passes Bill To Boost Federal Spending Transparency
• US Lawmakers Skewer Minn. Over $30M Medicaid 'Gift'
• DOD Must Speed Up Contracts For Urgent Needs: GAO
• US Owes $3M For Tugboat Worker's Injury, Contractor Says
• Tech Co. Atty Faces Sanctions For Patent Discovery Delays
• Senate OKs $500K Conference Spending Cap Amid GSA Scandal
• Cyber Threats Escalating At Federal Agencies, GAO Says
• Citi Units Burned Buyer In $348M Metal Co. Deal, Suit Says
• DOT Offers Calif. Highway Projects Up To $764M In Loans
• Agility Says $160M Owed Under Contract Blocked By Gov't
• White House Seeks To Cap Contractor Pay After New Raise
• Cigna Snags Mont. State Employee Health Plan Contract
• Bovis Lend Lease Cops To Fraud, Agrees To $56M In Fines
• Medicare's Anti-Fraud Efforts Draw Fire From GOP Senators
• DynCorp Must Give Up Docs In Colombian Drug Spraying Row
• A Bitter Pill: Personal Liability For Health Care Execs
• Alliant Settles FCA Claims Over Faulty Flares For $37M
• KBR Defense Nixed In $100M FCA Suit Over Iraq Contract
• Split Fed. Circ. Tosses Iraq Contract Claim As Premature
• Disaster Relief Contractor Escapes Part Of $38M FCA Suit
• Ex-Univ. of Miami Employee Drops Medicaid FCA Suit
• Concurrency Blamed For Overruns In $124B Missile Program
• Recruiters Got Kickbacks In $45M Medicare Scam, US Says
• Lawmakers Rush To Pen Oversight Bills After GSA Scandal
• DC Circ. Reinstates FCA Suit By Printer Oce's GSA Liason
• Contractors Overload Agencies By Reporting Smallest Frauds
• Ex-Corps Official, Son To Cop To $1B Contract Scheme
• Nuke Groups Ask DC Circ. To Nix DOE's $750M Yucca Fee
• Sex Shouldn't Erase Hospital VP's Bribery Sentence, US Says
• Defense Bill Would Limit Commercial Buys, Contractors Say
• 3rd Circ. Sets New Standard For Fee Recovery From US
• Walgreen To Put Up $8M To End New Customer Payoff Claims
• FCA Suit Against School Operator Survives Minus New Claims
• Seeking $40M Payback, SBA Asks To Take Over Venture Firm
• Deciphering The Alphabet Soup — FAPIIS, CPARS And PPIRS
• White House Security Contractor Seeks Ch. 11 Protection
• Feds To Liquidate PE Unit For Small Biz Lending Breach
• Naval Subcontractor Admits To Lying To FBI About Kickbacks
• NY Medicaid Audit Finds $42M In Improper Payments
• USAF Tries To Scuttle Labor Groups' Insourcing Challenge
• Legal Foreign National Sues Maine For Health Coverage
• Patient Recruiter Admits Role In $5.5M Medicare Fraud
• NY AG Test-Drives False Claims Act With $300M Sprint Suit
• Lawmakers Amend Cybersecurity Bills With Votes On Horizon
• SAIC Hit With Securities Suit Over Alleged Kickbacks
• Contractor Cops To Kickbacks Scam In $1B Army Corps Scandal
• New GSA Whistleblower Policy Already Working, Sens. Hear
• OFCCP Hiring Rules Draw Contractors' Ire
• $60M Medicare Anti-Fraud Program Sees Limited Results
• Streamlined Nuke Lab Oversight Could Cut Costs, Scientists Say
• Rising Star: Crowell & Moring's Amy Laderberg O'Sullivan
• NY Hospitals Pay $2.3M Over Medicaid Drug Overbilling
• Court Affirms Water Co. Didn't Cheat Atty On Laredo Deal
• US Expects $42B In Savings From Medicare Competitive Bidding
• Banking On Fraud: Using FCA To Target Financial Industry
• Docket Diving: Strategic Uses Of Online Docket Info
• BAE, 2 Cos. Join Forces To Bid For US Satellite Contract
• Booz Allen Texas Office Back In Running For US Contracts
• DynCorp Loses $165M Colombian Anti-Narcotics Contract
• State, DOD Resist Suspension Rule In Contract Reform Bill
• Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Daniel Graham
• Hospital Groups Rip CMS' Proposed Overpayment Rule
• GSA Official Excused From Hearing, Told To Hire Atty
• Sierra Wants Access To Probe Of Nixed $355M Air Force Deal
• Calif. Housing Authority Can Move Ahead On $33M RICO Suit
• Judge Won't Lift Contractor Political Donation Ban
• Key GSA Exec Takes The Fifth In Vegas Party Probe
• Contractor Strikes $2M Deal In FCA Case Over Fake Goods
• Fed. Circ. Trims Entergy's $106M Nuclear Waste Award
• DOE Says Cleanup Co. Got $50M More For Contracts To Parents
• Medical Supply Co. Can't Shake FCA, Retaliation Suit
• Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Daniel Chudd
• Learning From Omeros' FCA Suit
• 3rd Circ. Backs Ex-Army Officers' Bid-Rigging Convictions
• U. Of Kansas Wins Inventor Credit For NIH Cancer Drug
• 4th Circ. Revives $5M Navy Procurement Dispute
• Universal Health Snags 1% Of $3B Medicare Settlement
• Faegre Baker Adds Former Evansville Mayor As Counsel
• Fla. Pediatricians Ran Phony Billing Scheme, Suit Says
• Contractors Oppose Defense Bill's No-Bid Research Provision
• AmMed Pays US, Tenn. $18M To Settle Medicare Fraud Suit
• Rising Star: Vorys Sater's Michael Bronson
• Expanding The Scope Of WTO Gov't Procurement Agreement
• Espadas Fight Use of Credit Card Info In Corruption Case
• Employee Says Fla. Hospital Defrauded Medicare, Medicaid
• Lawmakers Accuse White House Of 'Fibbing' About GSA Costs
• US Sets Deadline For Contractor 'Do Not Pay' System
• CMS Settles With Hospital Chains Over Low Medicare Payments
• Obama Won't Order Ban On Anti-Gay Bias By Contractors
• NY Legislature Floats Bills To Punish Call Center Outsourcing
• US Calls For J&J Exec's Testimony In FCA Kickbacks Case
• GAO Sustains $10B Criminal Justice Contract Protest
• DOD Deems Army Branch's Sole-Source Pacts Mostly Justified
• Tweaking SBIR To Attract VC Investment
• How To Interpret ACO Rule — CMS Clarification
• USAID Contractor Exec Stole $1M In HIV, Health Funds: Feds
• Blue Cross, United Missed $11M In Fake Health Charges: NY
• GAO Upholds DOE's Award Of $123M Cleanup Project
• Takeda Sales Manager Urges 4th Circ. To Save FCA Case
• J&J Fined $1.2B In Ark.'s Risperdal Marketing Suit
• Contractor Pleads Guilty In $23M Iraq Kickback Scheme
• US Fights Dimora Release Over Alleged Gambling, Drinking
• Gilead Ducks Reinstatement, Back Pay Claims In FCA Suit
• 6 Steps To Compliance With DOD's Business Systems Rule
• Beyond Conventional Wisdom: 4 Tips For New Lawyers
• J&J Unit Loses In Ark.'s Risperdal Marketing Suit
• Abbott Hit With Shareholder Suit Over Depakote Marketing
• White House Says Streamlined Prize Rules Spur Innovation
• 1st Circ. Lets Feds Join Arguments In Pfizer FCA Suit
• GAO, Courts Give Agencies More Flexibility In OCI Rulings
• EPIC Urges 4th Circ. To Bar Gov't Access To Work Emails
• Feds Dispute Christie's Reason For Axing $12B Hudson Tunnel
• Navy Grounds Northrop Grumman Drone Program After Crashes
• Tenet To Cough Up $43M For Overbilling Medicare
• ERISA Claims Revived In Booz Allen Contract Units Row
• Audit Sees Contract Oversight Breakdown At SUNY Downstate
• GSA Spending Scandal Takes Out Another Top Official
• Covington Snags Crowell & Moring Government Contracts Pro
• Why Do Good Contractors Get In Trouble?
• Beware Bid-Rigging At Natural Gas Auctions
• DOD's Contractor Inventory Falls Short Again, GAO Finds
• DHS Backs Off Ultimatum In Border Surveillance Bids
• Sunoco Pays $2.2M To End Tank Leak Payment Row
• DC Seeks An End To 10-Year FCA Whistleblower Battle
• Whistleblower Pushes For New Look At Abbott Stent Case
• Raytheon Defeats DCAA's $25M Pension Costs Case
• 2nd Circ. Says Health Provider Can't Sue On Patients' Behalf
• GSA Scandal Intensifies With Video Of Singing Spendthrift
• Businessman Convicted Of $136M DOT Contracts Fraud
• Air Force Wrong To Disqualify HP From Contract, Judge Says
• Contractor Says NYC's Enviro Delays Bled It Of $32M
• 2 Cases Remanded To State Court From GSK Avandia MDL
• Lessons From Omnicare Antitrust Litigation
• Contractor Design Leaked In Border Surveillance Procurement
• State Dept.'s $1B Solicitation For Drones Draws 64 Bidders
• Blue Cross Says Neb. Health Contract Award Was Tainted
• $2.6M HUBZone Fraudster Gets A Year Behind Bars
• Law Firm Loses Coverage Fight In 'Untimely' Malpractice Claim
• Dealing With The Gov't — Don't Be Left Holding The Bag
• Predictive Coding — Cost Savings If Investment Is Made
• San Juan Off The Hook In Pay Phone Antitrust Suit
• NY AG Charges 4 Over $155M Black Market HIV Drug Scam
• GAO Questions Pentagon's Clean-Energy Funding Strategy
• US Strikes $7.5M Deal With Grand Central Tunnel Contractors
• Feds Examining KGL's Alleged Dealings In Iran, Report Says
• House Dems Push Obama To Outlaw LGBT Bias In Contracting
• 10th Circ. Nixes Claims That EMC Sold Faulty Products To US
• Internal Report Shows KBR Knew Of Toxin Risk, Soldiers Say
• Perkins Coie Adds 2 To DC Government Contracts Practice
• USDA Rule To Boost Gov't Purchases Of Biobased Products
• Navy Sued After Yanking $35M Contract From Supplier
• Boeing, Brek Duck Ex-Auditor's C-17 False Claims Suit
• Cancer Clinics To Pay $3.8M To Put FCA Claims Into Remission
• Frivolous Spending Spree Exposes GSA Contracting Woes
• Medicare Saves $124M Through Settlement Reporting Rules
• DC Circ. Defers To USPS In PenAir Contract Dispute
• VA Ponders Update To Health Care Acquisition Rule
• Akzo Nobel Escapes $421M Medicaid Kickback Suit
• Ex-NY Hospital VP's Testimony Spurs $2B FCA Revival Bid
• Metal Importer Agrees To Pay $6M In DOD Flare Case
• Las Vegas Spending Scandal Leads GSA Chief To Step Down
• Feds Seek To Weigh In On Pfizer Exec's 1st Circ. FCA Appeal
• Verizon Persuades Judge To Alter Tone In $93M FCA Case
• Pentagon's F-35 Cost Reaches $1.5T Amid Deep Budget Cuts
• BNY Mellon Dodges Calif. FCA Claims In Forex Pricing Suit
• 'Late' Bid For DIA Contract Was On Time, Judge Rules
• Ex-Fluor Manager Admits To Thievery At Iraqi Base
• 4th Circ. Says $45M Tuomey FCA Ruling Flouts Constitution
• A Penalty For Sounding False FCA Alarm