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Government Contracts - September, 2012

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• Calif.'s Expanded Whistleblower Rights Pave Way For More Suits
• Healthpoint Settles $90M Medicaid Fraud Suit Over Xenaderm
• Hawker's $763M FCA Claims Not Dischargeable, Relators Say
• Judge Preserves Supremacy Clause Attack On Medicaid Cuts
• US Joins Qui Tam FCA Suit Over Hanford Time Card Fraud
• House Approves Expanded Federal Whistleblower Protections
• Court Security Contractor Pays $1.9M To Settle DOJ Suit
• The 5 Questions That Really Matter In A Bid Protest
• Entergy Sues US Over Breached Nuclear Waste Contract
• Withdrawal Of $26M Quest FCA Suit Blocked By Judge
• Texas Lawmakers Weigh Bidding Requirement For Legal Work
• SEC Gets Tough On Muni Conflicts With $12M Goldman Fine
• Whistleblowers Behind Texas' High Fraud Settlement Recovery
• NY Audit Rips Litigation-Prone Elevator Co. On Repairs
• 6th Circ. Upholds Medicare Fraudster's 10-Year Sentence
• FCA Suit Alleging Omnicare Medicare Kickbacks Trimmed
• Want A Government Contract? Fight Human Trafficking
• Goldman Paying $12M To End Landmark SEC Pay-To-Play Case
• Robotics Contractor Settles FCA Suit Over Army Billing
• Chinese National Convicted Of Defense Trade Secrets Theft
• DHS Falls Behind Schedule On $1B In IT Contracts
• Hospitals Point Finger At CMS For 'Upcoding' Problems
• Spectrum, InGenesis Must Arbitrate $30M Army Contract Fight
• Tools For Handling Mortgage-Based FCA Claims
• Postal Service Says Antitrust Exemption Dooms Tying Suit
• DOJ Ordered To Explain Prosecutors' Conflict In Kickback Case
• White House Targets Contractors With Anti-Trafficking Order
• GSA's $1.4B E-Travel Contract Award Upheld By GAO
• Hospitals Face Tougher Fraud Scrutiny Amid Shift To E-Records
• TSA To Pay $245M For New Airport Security Scanners
• King & Spalding Lures Health Care Pro From HHS
• Verizon Protest Upends $1.6B Federal Wireless Contract
• FCA Suit Over Rolls-Royce Aircraft Parts Falls Flat
• Texas AG Tells Enviro Agency It Can't Recoup $62M In Grants
• Turkey To Sell Off Gas Grid As Euro Pipelines Advance
• Determining The Allowability Of Legal Fees Under FAR
• Detroit Bridge Co. Must Follow City Zoning Laws: 6th Circ.
• Hawaiian Co. Sues Air Force Over In-Sourced Contract
• Firm Tells 4th Circ. Its $2M Insurance Claim Was Timely
• Home Care Exec Cops To Part In Record $374M Medicare Fraud
• LabCorp Says VA Slammed Door On Its $32M Contract Bid
• Raytheon Can't Duck $3M Suit Over Military Aircraft Contract
• Office Of Special Counsel, Army Resolve USERRA Case
• Health Care Pro Joins Edwards Wildman From DOJ
• Regions Settles FCA Suit Over Alleged $2.4M TARP Fraud
• Making AFAs Work By Leveraging Project Management
• Alcatel-Lucent Unit Reaches $4M Deal To Quash FCA Suit
• Contractors Object To Pentagon Policy On Overhead Costs
• Ex-Detroit Mayor Loses Bid For New Venue As Trial Begins
• Fed. Circ. Awards Fees For Gov't Contract Claim Negotiation
• Student Loan Agencies Claim Immunity From Qui Tam FCA Suit
• 6-Month Budget Deal Leaves Gov't Contracts Up In The Air
• Construction Unions Say University Of Del. Violates Wage Laws
• Stryker Pays $1.5M To End Investors' Kickback, FCA Suits
• Pentagon Says Sequestration Impacts Will Linger For Years
• Texas Doc Pleads Not Guilty To New Medicare Fraud Charges
• National Guardsmen To Soldier On With KBR Toxin Suit
• Congressman Floats Agencywide IT Acquisition Reform
• Obama Admin's Welfare Waiver Rule Snubbed By House
• Bulletproof Vest Maker Reaches $3.6M Deal In FCA Suit
• Man Who Lied For $16M In Military Contracts Heads To Prison
• When Must Gov't Preserve Docs In An FCA Case?
• HUD Escapes Suit Over Soured Million-Dollar Subcontract
• Politics Delay Senate Vote On 6-Month Stopgap Budget
• House Bill Would Give Contractors Whistleblower Protections
• SunCal Limited To $1M Potential Award In Alameda Dispute
• Public Health Pro Rejoins Ropes & Gray From Harvard
• HCA Fined $16.5M Over Whistleblower FCA Kickback Claims
• Itochu Settles False Claims Suit Over Faulty Body Armor
• Compass Pays $18M After Overcharging On NY School Lunches
• Judge Shields DLA Piper Docs In Lockheed Securities Row
• White House Reports Rise In Contractor Suspensions
• OMB's Sequestration Report Keeps Contractors Guessing
• Quorum Health Seeks KO In Ex-Exec's FCA Retaliation Suit
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Army Captain's Bribery Conviction
• DSE Says Lost Evidence Nixes Defective Grenade FCA Suit
• MoFo Boosts Beijing Practice With Ex-Orrick FCPA Pro
• DOD Says Budget Uncertainty Slows Audit Preparations
• DOE Nuke Fuel Contracts Could Cost Billions, GAO Warns
• Former NJ Transportation Official Cops To Bribery Charge
• Judge Pares Claims in Peco FCA Suit Over Naval Vessels
• Williams Mullen Hires Watt Tieder Government Contracts Trio
• Hospital Accuses US Of Ignoring Past Ruling In FCA Case
• Judge Tosses FCA Suit Over Purdue's OxyContin
• Big Teams Don't Mean Big Conflict-Of-Interest Problems
• BAE-EADS Merger Would Test Toughened CFIUS Laws
• DHL Again Skirts Contractors' Fuel Surcharge FCA Suit
• Obama Cautions Hill Over 'Deeply Destructive' Budget Cuts
• US Can't Strike Exhibit In Sikorsky Aircraft Contract Row
• Ex-Schools Chief Sentenced To 11 Years For Taking Bribes
• CMS Auditors Immune To Medicare Suits, 3rd Circ. Says
• Ex-Army Corps Worker Gets 6 Years In $20M Bribery Scheme
• A Primer On Alternative Fee Arrangements
• Argentine Bribery Whistleblower Seeks $100M From Siemens
• SIGAR Says Generals Need Contractor Suspension Powers
• House Passes Stopgap Bill To Fund Government For 6 Months
• McKesson Investor Targets Execs Over Drug Price-Rigging
• NJ Contractor Gets Probation For School Contracts Fraud
• Bill Banning Fraudulent Contractors Clears NJ Senate Panel
• House Panel Moves To Block HHS Welfare Waiver Rule
• CityTime Kickback Trial Postponed For Pile Of New Evidence
• 6th Circ. Junks Pharmacy's Express Scripts Contract Fight
• Pa. Traffic Court Judge Faces Fraud Charge Over Park Funds
• Contractors And Campaign Contributions: The Latest Case
• DOD Must Improve Contract Planning, Lawmakers Told
• Obama May Veto GOP Bill Aiming To Stop Defense Cuts
• GAO Rebuffs J5 Systems' Protest Of $40M Navy Contract
• GSA Tries To Recover From Conference Spending Scandal
• EADS Mulling BAE Merger To Form Aerospace, Defense Titan
• 6th Circ. Upholds Navy Subcontractor's $3M Jury Award
• The Stay As A Challenge To Enforcing Int'l Arbitral Award
• House Mulls Quick-Fix Spending Bill To Buy 6 More Months
• Defense Contractors Warn Senate Of Budget-Driven Layoffs
• 9th Circ. Backs HHS Bar On Medicare Claim Reviews
• SBA Looks To Raise Size Standards For 11 Industries
• Medicare Medical Equipment Bidding Flawed, Panel Hears
• Defense Co. Can't Sue Over End Of Air Force Contract
• Ex-Pharmacy Directors Hit UHS, Drugmakers With FCA Suit
• DARPA's Cyberwarfare 'Plan X' Draws Big Contractor Response
• Worker Told To Pay For Stalling FCA Suit Over Faulty Grenades
• Contractors Face Pressure As OFCCP Seeks Big Pay Bias Deal
• Feds Back Army Captain's 3-Year Bribery Term In 2nd Circ.
• Records For $475M In Afghan Army Fuel Buys Destroyed
• NJ Mayor Charged With Taking Bribes For Parking Project
• Ex-Army Engineer Cops To $4M In Iraqi Contract Bribes
• DOD, NASA Look To Standardize Contractor Evaluations
• Cuomo Asks Feds For $2.9B Loan To Replace Tappan Zee
• White House Misses Sequestration Report Deadline
• Aetna Sues Jacksonville Over Contract Award Process
• Sen. Grassley Questions SEC Security Contract Award
• Extending DCAA's Audit Powers To Work Papers
• Ex-FEMA Worker Avoids Jail In $100M Katrina Contract Scam
• Recent Rulings Back OFCCP's Deep-Digging Audits
• Ex-Army Corps Worker Wants 3-Year Sentence In Bribery Case
• GAO Welfare Ruling Adds Congress To Agency Rulemaking Mix
• GAO Snuffs Challenge To $36M Navy Engineering Contract
• 2nd Circ. OKs $41M Award In Military Food Contract Row
• Feds Join $11M Medicare Fraud Case Against Fla. Hospice
• Judge Nixes $7.8M Orthofix Medicare Fraud Plea
• KBR Asks Fed. Circ. To Award Full $41M For Iraq Food Contract
• Universal Health Relators Win $1.4M Piece Of FCA Deal
• Age Of The Whistleblower: Incentives And Protections
• No Good-Faith Duty Until Contract Signing, Fed Circ. Says
• Navistar Drops Protest To Humvee Successor Contract
• Cornell Must Pay $2M In AIDS Research Case: 2nd Circ.
• Fed. Circ. Won't Review $159M Nuclear Fuel Storage Ruling
• OFCCP's Regulatory Agenda Has Contractors Seething
• K&L Gates Adds Ex-Dickstein Gov't Contracts Partner
• In Wake Of Scandal, GSA Names New Public Buildings Head
• Ex-DOE Director's Widow Cops To $1.3M Fraud Scheme
• Bayer Beats FCA Suit Over Off-Label Yaz Marketing
• SAIC Says Spinoff Will Help To Quash Conflicts Of Interest
• US Sanctioned For Trashing CHS Medicaid Fraud Docs
• Xerox Unit Faces Probe Over Texas Medicaid Braces Work
• Case Study: US V. BNP Paribas
• Thoma Bravo's $1B Deltek Buyout Cheats Investors, Suit Says
• FHWA Floats Revision Of Highway Project Procurement Rules
• GSK Whistleblowers Slam 'Excessive' $30M Fee Request