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Government Contracts - June, 2012

192 articles

• Goodrich Subcontractor Settles Ex-Engineer's FCA Claims
• New Contractor Hiring Regs Could Push Away Small Businesses
• DOD Finalizes Policy For One-Bid Procurements
• VA Moves To Biennial Checks Of Contractors' Veteran Statuses
• NJ Town Official Admits Laundering Bribe To Mayor
• Ex-Hospital CEO Gets 2 Years For Scamming Medicaid Funds
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Open Up New Frontiers
• Wiley Rein Picks Up White Collar Veteran From Akerman
• NJ Business Owner Admits To School Contract Bid-Rigging
• White House Threatens To Veto Defense Appropriations Bill
• Small Biz Contractors Take Aim At Prison Work Program
• Dissecting The Supreme Court Ruling On Health Care Reform
• 9th Circ. Tosses Ariz. Contractor's Reverse Bias Suit
• Judge Orders Ill. DOT To Pony Up $2M In Contractor Back Pay
• Mistakes Don't Equal Medicare Fraud, Hospitals Tell Senate
• DOJ Scores Guilty Plea In $63M Medicare Fraud
• Mo. AG May Have Procurement Conflict Of Interest: Report
• Health Care Ruling Brings Contract, Grant Opportunities
• High Court Limits On Medicaid Expansion May Be Moot
• Health Care Ruling Is Mixed Blessing For Insurers
• ACA Ruling To Spark More Investment In New Care Models
• Salazar V. Ramah — A Victory For Government Contractors
• State Laggards Face Health Exchange Dilemma
• Biosimilars Dodge Bullet As High Court Upholds ACA
• With ACA Affirmed, Employers Must Prepare For 2014
• High Court Upholds Health Care Law Under Taxing Powers
• Duane Morris Faces Malpractice Suit Over FCA Case Fees
• Air Force Needs $1B To Extend Disputed Tech Contract
• DOD Aims To Improve Tracking Of Late Contract Payments
• Home Solutions Exec Says He Bribed New Orleans Official
• $200M Medicare Schemer Gets 5-Year Sentence, $13M Fine
• PSEG Wrests $4B Long Island Contract From National Grid
• Aetna Wins Halt Of Ohio Medicaid Contracts
• 11th Circ. Shoots Down $300M Ammo Fraudster's Appeal
• Feds Net 10th Guilty Plea In $1B Army Bribery Scheme
• 2nd Rebuke Further Erodes DCAA's Contractor Pay Policy
• Contractors Sue NYC For $60M Over Bungled Garage Project
• Kaiser Slams Relator In Medicare Advantage FCA Suit
• DC Circ.'s Reinterpretation Of Original Source Rule
• Army Sgt. Convicted For Role In Kuwait Kickback Scheme
• DCMA Ups Withholding On Lockheed F-35 Contract To 5%
• Ex-Detroit Mayor's Friend Gets Mistrial In Bid-Rigging Case
• Fla. Judge Blocks Law Targeting Cos. With Cuba Ties
• Mich. Not A Gov't Entity In Bridge Deal, 6th Circ. Says
• 6th Circ. Nixes Hospital Management Co.'s FCA Retrial
• ABB Unit Baldor To Pay $2M To End DOL Hiring Probe
• Sequestration: What Government Contractors Need To Know
• Planned Parenthood Topples $200M False Claims Suit
• Senator Questions FAA Plans To Renew Raytheon Contract
• Supreme Court Remands Tribal Group-HHS Contract Row
• HHS Calls NY Medicaid Fraud Unit Understaffed, Undertrained
• SAIC Protests Loss Of $4.6B Defense Computing Contract
• Justices Skip NYC Pay-To-Play Law, Encouraging Imitators
• McKenna Long Hires Senate Armed Services Expert
• Iran's Appeal Of Asset Seizure Stays Out Of Supreme Court
• High Court Will Consider Medicare Repayment Deadlines
• Dangerous Cyber Waters: You're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat
• Army Contractor Intrepid Escapes Exec Poaching Suit
• Yucca Mountain Funding Is Tapped Out, DOJ Tells DC Circ.
• GAO Criticizes DOD Efforts To Beef Up Acquisition Staff
• GCs Name Law Firms With Top Shelf Brands
• DOE Says Nuclear Agency Mismanaged Workers' Comp
• Judge Sets March 2013 Retrial For Ex-NY Sen. Espada
• GAO Nixes White House Security System Bid Protest
• DOD Aims To Negotiate Lower Rates On Service Contracts
• NJ Hospital To Pay $9M For Improper Medicare Billing
• Whistleblowers Say Merck Falsified Mumps Vaccine Data
• SIGAR Probes Afghan Taxes On Contractor Aid
• Rural/Metro Pays $5.4M To Settle Ambulance FCA Suit
• EPA Conflict Of Interest Biased Navistar Dealings, Group Says
• 5th Circ. Says Wartime Law Allows Colonel's Bribery Charges
• GAO Nixes Nova's Protest Of Air Force Contract
• Small Biz Group Sues Air Force For Rockwell Contract Docs
• Propaganda Contractor In Hot Water Over USA Today Smears
• Holland & Knight Didn't Give Enough Bang For The Buck: Suit
• J&J Can't Get New Trial Over $1.2B Ark. Risperdal Fine
• Air Force Ordered To Pay Phone Contractor's Atty Fees
• HHS Hands Out $129M In Community Health Center Grants
• GAO Knocks Federal Property Management, Calls For Fix
• $1B Army Bribery Probe Nets 9th Guilty Plea
• NJ Communication Union Loses Appeal Over Contract Awards
• Your Competitor Bribes The Government: What Do You Do?
• Block Buy Deals Can Slash DOD Costs, Agency Reports
• Huron Lambasts FCA Claims Over $50M St. Vincent's Bill
• Enviros Want NRC To Stall Reactor Licensing Decisions
• Labor Deal Comes At Crucial Time For $5B Tappan Zee Project
• Army Seeks New Video Games For Virtual Training
• Sprint Says $300M FCA Suit Misapplies Tax Law
• Complying With New Conflict-Of-Interest Policy Regs
• High Court Says Gov't Can't Skip Out On Payment Promises
• US Defends Pharmacy Price Caps For Vets To DC Circ.
• Most Execs Unconcerned About D&O Suits, Survey Finds
• Novartis, Others Win $400M In HHS Vaccine Center Contracts
• General Dynamics Loses Bid Protest For $51M Army Contract
• HHS Plans New Guidance For Disclosing Fraud, Kickbacks
• Gentiva Says Investors Can't Back Up Medicare Fraud Claims
• Scruggs Leaks Can't Save State Farm From Katrina FCA Suit
• Boeing Launches $260M Suit Over Space Vehicle Contracts
• DC Circ. Deals Another Blow To Rumsfeld Torture Suits
• DOD Amends War Zone Regs For Private Security Contractors
• Medicare Overpaid $209M For Diabetes Test Supplies: Report
• Nossaman Aids Caltrans In Closing $1.1B Parkway Project
• ATP Sues US For $70M Over Deepwater Drilling Delays
• Iraqi Nationals Can't Revive L-3 Wage Suit In 9th Circ.
• Thompson Hine Adds Gov't Contracts Partner From K&L Gates
• Online Posts Shouldn't Sink Katrina Scam Case, Feds Say
• US-UK Defense Trade Treaty: Procedures For Contractors
• Softer Gov't Contractor Suspension Rule Boosts Reform Bill
• NJ Assembly Panel Backs Iran Sanctions Measure
• Pentagon Looks To Boost Insourcing For Jobs It Can Do Itself
• Fed. Circ. Says DOE Doesn't Owe Entergy Waste Disposal Costs
• Sens. Grill White House On $20M Health Reform PR Campaign
• Inside The DOD's Cybersecurity Info-Sharing Program
• FAR Removes Public Disclosures From Sole-Source Contracts
• Senators Blast Medicaid's Anti-Fraud Spending
• Panetta Presses Senate To Allow DOD Energy Investments
• Pfizer Battles 2nd FCA Suit Over Antifungal Drug Promotions
• GSA Explores Costs Of Ditching Sole Contractor ID System
• PPG Says Wartime Mandates Require US To Share Enviro Costs
• Verbal Pact For $89M Airport Security Contract Won't Fly: Court
• Ariz. County Says Ogletree Billed Atty Hours For Grads
• Contractor Sues Army For Withholding Fuel Tank Contract Docs
• Case Study: US V. Milovanovic
• Sierra Opens New Fight Over Nixed $355M Aircraft Contract
• Contractors Should Pay For Frivolous Protests, Professor Says
• Levin Urges Quicker Action On Looming Defense Cuts
• Panel OKs Bill To Align Calif. False Claims Law With US Law
• Whistleblowers Score $14M Of $64M Accenture FCA Deal
• HHS Backs Bar On Medicare Claim Reviews In 9th Circ.
• Bus Contractor Cops To School District Kickback Scheme
• 9 Ways Defense Contractors Can Prepare For Budget Cuts
• OFPP To Revamp Guidelines On 'Value Engineering' Savings
• InDyne Loss Shows IP Risks For Gov't Software Developers
• DOJ Asks 5th Circ. To Revive KBR Kickback Case
• Contractors Back Bill Keeping Medicare Quality Control As Is
• NJ High Court Will Weigh In On Prison Defect Suit
• Small Biz Group Claims DOD Is Shielding HP Contract Docs
• GAO Rejects ITT Contract Protest Of Infared Defense System
• High Court Turns Down DHL Contractors' FCA Suit
• Case Study: Davis V. District Of Columbia
• Va. Court Shrinks $14M Trade Secrets Award To IT Firm
• GSA Will Drop More Than 8,000 Product Contracts
• DC Circ. Strikes NRC 60-Year Nuclear Waste Storage Rule
• Ohio Drops Aetna, Meridian Medicaid Deals, Adds 2 Others
• GAO Junks Protest From Jilted NASA Contract Bidder
• Lawmakers Slam CMS Over Anti-Fraud Results
• FCA Litigation — Score 2 For Defendants, 1 For Relators
• Wackenhut-Firefighter OT Suit Heading To Arbitration
• Role Of Contracts, Ownership In AISLIC Trial And Beyond
• GAO Scrutinizes Anti-Fraud Efforts In Medicare, Medicaid
• Automatic Budget Cuts Would Cost 1M Jobs, Study Says
• OneBeacon Calls Foul In $11M Stadium Scam Coverage Row
• Petrobras, W&T, Others Face FCA Suit Over Waste Dumping
• Navy Touts Progress In Lockheed Combat Ship Buy
• Orthofix To Pay $42M To End Kickback, Medicare Fraud Claims
• UnitedHealth Unit Got $115M In CMS Overpayments, Audit Says
• Revising The Tucker Act: Changes For The Better?
• GAO, KPMG Say CIA Botched Contract Award to Deloitte
• Lawmakers Train Fire On VA's Drug Acquisition Practices
• USAID Must Boost Oversight Of Afghan Spending, Reps. Hear
• Senate Panel Urges Pentagon To Utilize Reverse Auctions
• More Aggressive But Slower DCAA Can Cost Contractors
• How Recent Developments May Impact SDVOSB Processes
• Optical Co. SSG Can't Shake Ex-Employee's FCA Suit
• Nonprofit Research Grants Cost Taxpayers, Contractors Say
• Sens. Slam DOL's Efforts To Boost Contractors' Vet Hires
• CVS Caremark Can't Escape FCA Suit Over Insurance Fraud
• Judge Trims Suit Alleging Faulty Rolls-Royce Engines
• Expanding DCAA Access To Contractor Records
• Romney Hires Health Exchange Adviser As Transition Chief
• Navy Power Plant Subcontractor Seeks $1.4M From Insurer
• Ex-Army Captain Dodges Prison Term For Iraqi Bribes
• 6th Circ. Affirms Ex-Ohio Judge's Conviction In Bribery Probe
• 11th Circ. Backs Clear Channel In Advertising Contract Suit
• Supreme Court Won't Review Blackwater Manslaughter Charges
• Judge Trims $421M Medicaid Kickback Suit Against Organon
• Iraqi Nationals Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Wage Suit Against L-3
• $4B NY Convention Center Deal Falls Through
• Stepping Up Gov't Pursuit Of Suspension And Debarment
• Kmart Says Drug-Pricing FCA Suit Built On False Premise
• Jury Convicts 5 In $205M Medicare Fraud, Kickback Scheme
• Military Must Improve Inventory On Emergency Buys, GAO Says
• Rise In Whistleblower Protections Inspires New Firm Practices
• DC Circ. Backs HHS Financial Test For Equipment Suppliers
• Defense Contractor Pays $18M To End False Claims Act Suit
• COFC Won't Delay Start Of Air Force Refueling Contract
• Ariz. Hospice Blasts DOJ After $3.7M Medicare Fraud Deal
• DOE Given 6 Months To Justify $750M Nuclear Waste Fees
• NY Senate OKs Bill Allowing Criminal Checks On Contractors
• Judge Upholds PharmAthene-SIGA Smallpox Drug Profit Share
• DOD Weapons Upkeep Contract Oversight Lacking, GAO Says
• Removing Product Liability, Mass Tort Cases To Fed Court