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Government Contracts - August, 2012

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• El Paso Officials Accused Of Trading Contracts For Bribes
• With New Rules In Limbo, OFCCP Ramps Up Vet Hiring Push
• $17M Indian Substance Abuse Grant Was Misused, Feds Say
• 4 Firms Feared Most By In-House Counsel
• DOJ Hits For-Profit School With FCA Suit Over Job Stats
• Lawmakers At Odds With Minn. Over $30M Medicaid Payment
• US Sanctioned Over Destroyed Coast Guard Contract Docs
• Northrop Keeps $2M Suit Over Army Software In Fed. Court
• GAO Pans Air Force's Sole Sourcing Of Food Contracts
• Insurer Sues Plews Shadley Over FCA Sanctions Coverage
• Chevron Faces Indemnity Claim In Navy Subcontractor Suit
• Judge Douses $130M Firefighting Helicopter Contract Bid Protest
• US Owes $1M For Clay Used To Fix Katrina Levees
• Army Sgt. Pleads Guilty In Iraqi Contract Scheme
• Omnicare Skirts FCA Suit Over Anti-Psychotics Prescriptions
• US Escapes $72M Suit Over Failed Oil Projects
• Suit Over $1B Boeing Partnership Is Legit, Aircraft Co. Says
• US Can't Nix $8M Suit Over Damaged Afghanistan Vehicles
• NJ City's Repaving Project Blunder Ruined Contractor: Suit
• A Step Toward Securing Contractor Information Systems
• DCAA's Focus On Internal Audits Could Incite Legal Battles
• US Allowed 2nd Delay In $874M Postal Service Contract Row
• GSA Should Have Weighed Price In IT Vendor Pick, GAO Says
• Injunction Lifted In Fight Over Afghan Contractor Deal
• GAO Again Tells DOJ To Nix Smart Card ID Contract
• Ex-El Paso Officials Get Prison For Health Insurance Bribes
• Greenberg Traurig Corporate Finance Pro Heads To Dykema
• Ex-Mayor Gets 22 Years In La. Bribery Case
• L-3 Beats Ex-Pilot's FCA Suit Over Plane Defects
• Army Contractor IBG, Exec End Trade Secrets Row
• Feds Drop Suit Over Alleged UMS Medicare Kickbacks
• Case Study: Hooper V. Lockheed Martin
• Kirkland Reps Thoma Bravo In $1B Buy Of Software Co. Deltek
• GAO Backs Philips' Protest Of VA Imaging System Contract
• Claims Court Can Rule On Sunk $27M Army Deal: Fed. Circ.
• After CityTime Scandal, SAIC Consents To Gov't Monitoring
• Bloomberg Vetoes Affordable Housing Disclosure Bill
• Omnicare Settles FCA Kickback Suit Over $25M Acquisition
• Hospital Chain Puts Up $16M To End Skid Row Kickbacks Case
• Ex-El Paso Official Cops To $100M Kickback Scheme
• Defense Contractors Deny Bribing Navy Officials For $6M Deals
• Judge Rejects New Charges Against Ex-NY Sen.
• What's Making Attorneys Flee Their Firms?
• NIST Computer Security Guidance: Impact On Contractors
• Health Plan Forks Over $322M To End Calif. Medicaid Probe
• Insurers Can't Duck Defending PVC Maker In Nevada's Suit
• Buggy New Database Leaves Contractor Info Up In The Air
• Consultant Gets 7 Years For Katrina Home Grant Bribes
• Contractor's Rival Ran Away With $6M DOD Contract: Suit
• Proposed Rule Would Set Contractor Data Security Standards
• 2nd Circ. Balks At Notion Of Attys Whistleblowing On Clients
• Software Co. Dodges Claims It Filched $7.2M USPS Contract
• Injunctive Relief In Performance Review Challenges?
• Medicare Recruiter Gets 5 Years For $205M Fraud
• VA Seeks To Ax Vet Contractor That Farmed Out All Its Work
• DOE Manager's Hiring Efforts Didn't Break Rules: Report
• King & Spalding Hires Ex-WellCare GC In Washington
• Security Co., 3 Others Indicted Over $54M Bribery Scheme
• $2M Tribal Group, HHS Contract Suit Remanded By Fed. Circ.
• Ex-Miss. Official, Relatives Cop To $1.2M Katrina Kickbacks
• Feds Jump Into Gallup Whistleblower's $10M FCA Suit
• Judge Reverses Consolidation Of Bayer FCA Suits
• Measuring Damages In FCA Fraudulent Inducement Cases
• Shoe Insert Maker Sued Over Whistleblower's Ouster
• SBA Issues Rule To Update Contractors' Small Biz Status
• Treasury Aims To Promote Fair Hiring Among Contractors
• Crane Co. Ratchets Down $32M Asbestos Verdict
• Former Ohio Official To Appeal 10-Year Bribery Sentence
• Twin Cities Want $150M FCA Fair Housing Suit Tossed
• How Affiliate Employees Impact HUBZone Eligibility
• Texas Ruling Could Weaken FCA's Statute Of Limitations
• DC Office Market Faces Steep Election-Year Drop-Off
• Protest Over $35M Navy Contract Withdrawal Quashed
• Suit Dropped After US Axes $16.5M Amazon Kindle Contract
• St. John's Settles Contract Suit Over Army Eye Research Deal
• Be As Green As You Can Be: Army Corps' RFP For Renewables
• Changing Landscape Of Same-Sex Couples' Inheritance Rights
• Solar Could Win Big In Army's $7B Energy Buy
• Ex-GSA Manager Charged With Blocking Contracting Probe
• Ex-Ill. Campaign Aide, Others Deny HHS Bribery Scheme
• US Joins FCA Suit Over Orthotics Co. Billing
• Bill Bolstering Calif. False Claims Law Heads To Gov.
• Baltimore Can Seek Damages Over Unisys Tax System Deal
• Slamming Aetna Execs, Judge Tosses Medicaid Contract Suit
• FCA's 1st-To-File Bar — When Is An Action 'Pending'?
• GAO Sides With Housing Agencies In HUD Funding Protest
• Jury Awards Fresenius $95M Tax Break Due To FCA Settlement
• Judge Won't Revive $2B FCA Suit Against Beth Israel
• La. Denies United's Protest Of Blue Cross Health Contract
• Judge Frees Military Simulators From Race-Based Contracts Law
• Unveiled: A New Enforcement Method In GSK Settlement
• Calif. Law Drains Value From Redevelopment Bonds: Insurer
• DOD Could Improve Energy Focus In Acquisitions, Report Says
• US Joins FCA Suit Over Off-Label Vein Treatments
• Wyo. Farmer Can't Shake FCA Suit Over Milk Exports
• Hospital Can't Depose Government Officials In FCA Suit
• What Contractors Can Learn From Indiana V. IBM
• Omnicare Beats Contaminated-Drug FCA Suit
• Ex-Auditor Gets 10 Years For Aiding Ohio Bribery Scheme
• NASA Contractor Asks 11th Circ. To Reinstate IP Case
• 4th Circ. Clears Alpharma Of Ex-Sales Rep's Retaliation Claim
• Break-In Forces DOE To Rethink Security For Nuke Labs
• Evonik, Others Want Out Of FCA Defective Diaper, Tampon Suit
• Fed. Circ. Kills Challenge To $230M Army Health Contract
• United Blasts La. For Tapping Blue Cross For Health Contract
• Insurer Tries To Sink Shipbuilder's FCA Coverage Claim
• Ex-Detroit Mayor Can't Ditch Atty On Eve of Corruption Trial
• J&J Unit Escapes FCA Case Over Alleged Procrit Kickbacks
• Something For Everyone In Veridyne V. US
• GAO Rebuffs Sigmatech's Protest Of $192M Army Contract
• Discovery Can Proceed In Suit Over $94M Prison Contract
• Bricker White Collar Ace Jumps To McDonald Hopkins
• Looming Budget Cuts Threaten FAA's Air Traffic Overhaul
• Planned Parenthood Can't Ditch Medicaid Billing Case
• Ambulance Co. Ran Medicare Billing Scam, Whistleblower Says
• DOE Can't Get Judge To Revisit $4M Entergy Settlement
• $200M Prison Halal Food Program Withstands Ex-Inmate's Suit
• False Estimates, False Underbidding Lead To False Claims
• Rx For Electronic Prescribers: New CMS Hardship Exemptions
• HCA Defends ER Billing Practices Ahead Of NY Times Expose
• Defense Cos. Sue Over Air Force Contract's End
• Blue Cross Targets Scranton Over $2M In Unpaid Bills
• Defense Contractors Face Rising Wave Of Retaliation Claims
• Contractor Cops To $1.27M Iraqi Reconstruction Fraud
• US Seeks Win In $100M FCA Suit Over KBR Iraq Contract
• Cuomo Balks At Tripled Tolls For New $5B Tappan Zee Bridge
• Protecting Small Business Status In Letters Of Intent
• Federal Law Preempts DHL's Calif. False Claims Suit: Judge
• Judge Approves SBA Takeover Of Venture Capital Firm
• Fed. Circ. Mulls Reviving Northrop's Software Contract Case
• Fed. Circ. Backs NetStar Win In ICE Bid Protest Against Alon
• Orthofix Bribed Doctors To Use Surgical Services, Suit Says
• DOD, Others Seek To Clarify Small-Biz Contracting Rules
• Texas Court Nixes Builder's $20M Win In Houston Port Fight
• Washington Presses NRC, DOE Not To Curb Yucca Review
• Severing Affiliation With A Suspended Contractor
• Northrop Grumman To Exit $1B FCA Suit Over Satellite System
• Judge Pares Washington Whistleblower's Retaliation Suit
• Fed. Circ. Mulls CRA's Protest Of $230M Army Contract
• Reps. Seek Audit Of Tricare Mail-Order Drug Program
• House Dem Proposes Stricter Wartime Contract Oversight
• Hospital Accused Of Billing Medicare For Substandard Labs
• The DCAA's Expanding Role In FCA Cases
• Developers Sue NYC Over Failed $215M Water Park Project
• DOE Contractor Wants Subcontract Row Over Bullying Nixed
• NJ Court Backs Toss Of Pay-To-Play Petition Suit
• Prosecutors Say SF Clinics Overbilled Medicaid
• Vague $5M Settlement Orders Not Appealable, 11th Circ. Says
• Medicare Contractors Overpaid $1.6M For Cancer Drug: OIG
• Sens. Float Contract Ban For UTC Unit After $75M Plea
• The Growing Backlash Against LPTA Source Selection
• Calif. False Claims Suit Against Kmart May Head East
• DOJ Probes HCA On Medical Necessity Of Heart Surgeries
• DOE Urges Fed. Circ. To Reinstate Unavoidable Delay Defense
• LA Demands FCA Defense Costs From AIG Affiliate
• State Dept. Bungled $450M London Embassy Award, GAO Says
• EDMC Board Responsible For Recruiting Misdeeds: Shareholder
• 6th Circ. Kills Ohio Limits On Medicaid Docs' Political Support
• US Opens Up Military Land For Green Energy Projects
• COFC In-Sourcing Cases: Standing Issues Remain
• Ill. Contractors Take Wage Law Fight To High Court
• DOD, State Lag In War Zone Contract Reforms, GAO Says
• NASA Invests $1B To Build The First Commercial Spaceships
• DC Circ. Says Order Forcing NRC Yucca Review Likely
• NJ Lawmaker Accused Of Writing Bad Checks
• Certifying Compliance Doesn't Decide FCA Burden, US Says
• Medicare Launches Program To Combat Wheelchair Fraud
• OMB Regulatory Chief Steps Down
• Little V. Shell — Bad News For Gov't Contractors
• Sanofi Accord Brings Idaho Price-Inflation Haul To $23M
• Pa. AG Sues Ryco Over Use Of Foreign Steel In Public Projects
• Mayo Clinic Pays $1M To Settle False Billing Claims Suit
• Airport Contract Spat Is An Antitrust Case, 10th Circ. Hears
• Bill Aims To Halt Weapons Contracts Until DOD Ends Audit
• VA Still Struggles To Verify Vet-Owned Contractors, GAO Says
• Sears Says Kickback, FCA Claims Against Kmart Don't Hold Up
• J&J Settles Risperdal Marketing Claims From DOJ, States
• Underbids Can Count As False Claims, 9th Circ. Says
• Sprint Faces SEC Probe Into Sales Tax Collection
• Philly Says $200M Deficit Voids Firefighters' Award
• Senate Passes Bill To Curb Improper Government Payments
• Fed. Circ. Overrules CFC Award To Air Force Contractor
• DLA Piper Hires Blank Rome Gov't Relations Ace In Philly
• $605B Defense Appropriations Bill Leaves Senate Committee
• Lawmakers Seek To Deny Medicaid Payments To IRS Debtors
• Ex-County Officials Plead Guilty In Kickback Scandal
• Pa. Court Backs Public Release Of Union Grievances
• Sens. Want Detailed Cost-Benefit Studies For New Regs
• OMB's Take On Sequestration Brings Contractors Little Relief
• Pa. Hospital Network Bests Medicare Fraud Suit In 3rd Circ.
• Contractor MTS Strikes $8M Deal To Quash Federal Probe
• States Struggle To Prep Medicaid Expansion, GAO Says
• Contractor Cops To Stealing Katrina Home Repair Money
• Judge Slashes Claims In FCA Case Over Asian Tech Imports
• Federal Employees Can Bring Qui Tam Suit, 5th Circ. Rules
• UBS Can't Halt Calif. Arbitration Over $175M In ARS
• Government Expands Probe Into GSA Scandal