Government Contracts Archive » October, 2012

Government Contracts - October, 2012

186 articles

• SimplexGrinnell's Del. Worker Classification Suit Tossed
• CDC Must Rethink Snubbing Low Offer For $78M Data Contract
• Fla. Kills $20M Contract In Education Website Row
• VA Wrongly DQ'ed Small Biz From Fertilizer Contract: GAO
• Kaplan Escapes Ex-Worker's FCA Retaliation Suit
• Gov't Contractors Attack Political Donation Ban At Hearing
• Calif. Civic Center Builder Must Face Subcontractor's Suit
• Ex-Orthofix Sales Manager Pleads Guilty To Medicare Fraud
• Contractor Loses Bid To Add Claims In Navy Cleanup Suit
• Grand Jury Indicts SBA, DOD Contractor For $7M Fraud
• Look Before You Leap Into A Securities Litigation Trap
• Ex-FBI Agent Pleads Not Guilty To $54M Contract Probe Scheme
• Oncology Centers Say Fla.'s Inaction Voids State FCA Claims
• US Intervenes In FCA Suit Over Faked Contractor Tests
• BAE Rigged Bid, Overbilled On Contract, Whistleblowers Say
• Novartis Inks $20M Deal To End Texas Medicaid Fraud Suit
• 7 Tips For Avoiding False Claims Act Whistleblower Suits
• Corporate Profits Don't Amount To DOJ's Gain Under FCA
• Mass. AG Backs ACLU Over Victims' Services In 1st Circ.
• Watchdog Group Sends Congress Defense Bill Wish List
• DOD Begins Criminal Probe Of Contractor's USA Today 'Smears'
• Air Force's $1.4B Contract Extension Bars Small Biz: Suit
• 5th Circ. Nixes La. Gov't Class In Centennial Wireless Suit
• Omeros Can't Exclude NIH Testimony From Ex-CFO's FCA Suit
• Maxim Sues DOJ For Details Of $121M FCA Settlement
• Ignorance Is Not Bliss: 'Sham Affidavit' In 9th Circ.
• Cos. Seek To Skirt Iraq's $10B Suit Over Oil-For-Food Scheme
• Proposed DOD Reforms Could Attract Top Engineers: Report
• Novartis Given Reprieve In Elidel FCA Suit
• Humana FCA Claims Weren't Public Knowledge, Relator Says
• IG Slams Army Corps' $71M Accord Over DynCorp Afghan Base
• Romney Could Give Health Cos. Raked By Probes Willing Ear
• Election Threatens McCaskill's Contractor Oversight Pulpit
• Boeing Buys PE-Backed Defense Contractor To Boost Global Biz
• US Moves To Boot Relator From Time Card Fraud FCA Suit
• How To Survive An OFCCP Compliance Review
• BofA Employees Could Be Pulled Into $1B Mortgage Fraud Suit
• Watchdog Group Criticizes DOD Service Contracting
• Boehringer Pays $95M To Settle FCA Suit Over Drug Marketing
• NJ Senate Votes To Permanently DQ Fraudulent Contractors
• HMA Ducks Whistleblower Claim It Performed Needless Surgery
• Supreme Wins Protest Of $10B Military Food Contract
• NY Hospital Pays $7M To Settle Medicaid Billing Suit
• Bayer Can't Escape Employee's FCA Retaliation Suit
• When Retaining Overpayments Leads To FCA Liability
• Ex-Pa. Lawmaker Found Competent For Bribery Trial
• Ex-KBR Worker Admits To Taking Afghan Trucking Co. Bribes
• GSA's Doc Deletion In LabCorp Protest Could Spur Sanctions
• Post-Election Period Holds Little Relief For Contractors
• $1B BofA Mortgage Suit May Usher Broad Crackdown On Banks
• GOP Lawmakers Seek HHS Spending Docs On ACA Campaign
• SRA Protests FDIC's Nonrenewal Of $341M Contract
• House Reps. Call Out DOD For Issuing Chinese-Made Boots
• Feds Sue BofA Over Alleged $1B Mortgage Fraud
• NYC Education Dept. Hit With $2M Medicaid False Claims Suit
• Afghanistan Contractors Face Scrutiny After Partying Scandal
• Bankrupt Ala. County Sued Over $4M Inmate Health Care Deal
• GAO Backs Contractor In $100M Army Corps Contract Row
• Contractor Wants 2nd Shot At Texas Utility's Immunity Defense
• Abbott, Other Stent Makers Seek Toss Of Off-Label FCA Suit
• 'Foreign Official' Under FCPA: Regal May Be Legal
• SAIC's Protest Over $89M Tech Support Contract Nixed
• Federal Workers, Contractors Clash Over Contractor Pay Cap
• Whistleblower Suit Against EDMC Should Proceed, Judge Says
• General Dynamics Loses Protest Of SAIC's $150M IT Contract
• Baker Donelson Adds Bradley Arant Duo To Nashville Office
• Guidant Pushes US To Prove FCA Claims Aren't Resolved
• $529M In Sole-Source DOD Awards Found Mostly Justified
• Ex-Omnicare Worker Says Techs OK'd Prescriptions In FCA Suit
• Medicare Appeal Time Limit Not Absolute, High Court Told
• Halfway House Owner Gets 4 Years For $205M Medicare Scam
• Legal Industry Trends: Lawyer Salaries And Job Growth
• Obama, Romney Square Off Over Foreign Policy
• Cargo Co. Overbilled For Humanitarian Food Storage, DOJ Says
• Navy's Green Energy Resolve Brings Chances For Contractors
• Contractor's $136M DOT Fraud Conviction Is Sound, DOJ Says
• Ex-FBI Agent Indicted For Obstructing $54M Contracts Probe
• Omnicare Whistleblower Can't Revive Tainted Drugs Claims
• DynaLantic Appeals Ruling On Minority-Based Contracting
• Ex-NJ Tax Division Officials Get Probation For Misconduct
• Sen. Urges Crackdown On Misleading Power Wheelchair Ads
• A View From Inside The Litigation Finance Market
• Judge Tosses Enviro Suit Over San Diego Naval Complex
• Military Contractor Draws Fire For Afghanistan Partying
• Purported Consultant Cops To School District Kickback Plot
• Ex-Eyak Exec Gets 7 Years In Prison For Bribery, Kickbacks
• Chinese Electronics Carry Steep Risks For Contractors
• Medicare Audit Bill May Usher In Crackdown On Contractors
• Ins And Outs Of Starting A NJ Health Care Facility
• IHS Lacks Standing To Contest BAE Air Force Contract
• Planned Parenthood Renews Bid To Nix Medicaid Billing Case
• Top 5 AIA Changes Gov't Contractors Need To Know
• $5M Union Pacific Derailment Suit Not Timely, Judge Rules
• GOP Furor Over Contractor Layoff Warnings Draws Critics
• Carlyle Drops Out Of Bidding For Port Of Va.
• Hospital Group Backs Reforms To Medicare Fraud Recovery
• Tricare Price Caps Unfair To Pharma Cos., DC Circ. Hears
• A Duty To Update Proposals After Submission Of BAFO?
• OneWest, Soros Accused Of Mortgage Scam In FCA Suit
• Ex-State Dept. Official Charged With Taking Afghan Bribe
• Ex-Purdue Execs Ask DC Circ. To Revisit HHS Ban Case
• GAO Denies SAIC Protest In $700M Lockheed Contract Row
• UVA Whistleblower Nets Award In FCA Suit Over Health Grant
• Cautionary Tales In Recent FCA Decisions
• As DOE Wraps Stimulus Projects, GAO Eyes Cost Management
• Chicago To Audit $1.2B Morgan Stanley Parking Concession
• Soldier's Parents Take KBR Electrocution Case To 3rd Circ.
• Perkins Coie Adds Wiley Rein Government Contracts Pro
• GOP Sens. Want Report On $77M CMS Anti-Fraud Program
• Fed. Circ. Kills La. Firms' Claim To Public Land Mineral Rights
• CVS Pays $5M To End Whistleblower's Medicare Fraud Claims
• Forgery Claims Can't Sink Army Transport Contract Bid
• KDH, Curtis End IP, Contract Suit Over Navy Sonar System
• Lockheed Execs Dodge Derivative Suit Over Info Systems Biz
• Nixon Peabody Sued Over $35M Bond In Bell Corruption Case
• African States Flex Muscles In Natural Resource Dealings
• Air Force Base Engineer Admits To Taking Bribes
• Texas Proposes ACA-Ordered Medicare, Medicaid Provider Regs
• Lawmaker Probes Obama's WARN Act Guidance To Contractors
• Ship Repair Co. Fights Navy's $4.6M Damages Bill
• Senator Demands More Info On VA Conference Spending
• Dimon Says JPMorgan Could Face FHA Insurance Suit
• 'Faulty' Jail Construction Warrants No Coverage, Insurer Says
• Exec Denies Bribes For NJ Port Terminal, Road Contracts
• Mexico's Crackdown On Corruption In Gov't Contracting
• AstraZeneca, Sandoz Dodge $30M Medicaid Fraud Verdicts
• Feds Probing CVS Prescription Refill Practices
• $205M Medicare Fraud Gets Health Care Manager 9 Years
• UK Again Stretches Carlyle Deadline For Chemring Bid
• GAO Backs Orion, Chenega In Army Contract Fight
• White House Order Protects Intelligence Whistleblowers
• Bus Contractor Admits To School District Kickback Scheme
• Financial Penalties Didn't Improve Hospital Care: Study
• NY Dorm Authority Sued Over $40.5M Project Delays
• 6th Circ. Widens FCA Scope To Cover Wage Violations
• Afghan Contract Fraud Puts Troops At Risk Of Bomb Exposure
• Navy Officials, Defense Contractors Sentenced In $6M Fraud
• Feds Defend Medi-Cal Provider Rate Cut Before 9th Circ.
• Reps. Rip State Dept. Over Libyan Embassy Security Measures
• Contractor Gets 1 Year For Iraq Kickback Plot
• OIG Report Faults CMS, Contractor Efforts To Track ID Thefts
• Ex-Client Says Patton Boggs Helped Market Rival Builder
• IG Slams DOD For Single-Bid Contract Failings
• Allscripts Battles For $300M Hospital Records Contract
• Talks On $45B EADS-BAE Merger Fail Ahead Of Deadline
• 5 Tips For Coaching Clients To A Successful Saudi Debut
• Contractor Gets 2 Years For Role In $23M Iraq Kickbacks Plot
• GOP Reps. Slam White House Over WARN Act 'Discrepancy'
• Medicare Fraud Suspects Often Hospitals, Suppliers: GAO
• Pharmacy Group Floats Plan To Save US $100B In Drug Costs
• US Hits Wells Fargo With FHA Mortgage Insurance Fraud Claims
• High Court Nixes Appeal Over KBR Civilian Driver Deaths
• Suspension And Debarment Under 2012 Appropriations Act
• OMB Advises Fed. Agencies On Energy Savings Contracts
• GAO Nixes Okla. St. Protest Of Air Force Munitions Contract
• HHS Must ID Medicare Overpayment Issues, DC Circ. Hears
• 6th Circ. Nixes $83M Fresenius Medicare Fraud Judgment
• Essex Tries To Dodge Army's $3M Fire Damage Claim
• SAIC Loses Bid Protest Over $5B Pentagon IT Contract
• Leveraging Buying Power Could Save Agencies Billions: GAO
• DynaLantic Ruling Could Roll Back Race-Based Contracting
• DOJ Flip-Flop On 'Foreign Official' Baffles FCPA Attys
• Feds Bust 91 In $430M Medicare Fraud Crackdown
• Reopen $500M Pentagon Contract, Tech Co. Urges Fed. Circ.
• Northrop, Others Duck Product Claims In Asbestos MDL
• Davis-Bacon Violations — Yet Another Path To FCA Case
• US Sanctioned Over Lost Docs In CHS Medicare Fraud Suit
• Pax Loses Sanctions Bid In Afghan Contractor Fight
• Senate Slams DHS' Local Intelligence Gathering As Useless
• IBM Prevails In Challenge To HP's $543M VA Contract
• Pfizer, King Can't Shake FCA Suit Over Medicaid Rebates
• Case Study: Elmendorf Support Services V. US
• VA's 'Wasteful' Conference Spending Fells Deputy Chief
• Abbott Labs To Pay $700M In Depakote Criminal Case
• White House Memo Ends Standoff Over Contractor Layoffs
• FCPA Attys Leery As DOJ Drags Feet On Guidance
• US Enlists Contractors In Anti-Trafficking Struggle
• Miami Docs Get 10 Years In $200M Medicare Kickbacks Scheme
• Ex-Navy Contractors To Pay $14M To End CERCLA Suit
• Texas Awards $1B Contract For Houston Beltway Expansion
• La. Court Reinstates Blue Cross HMO State Contract
• Sanofi Gets Reprieve In Amphastar's Lovenox FCA Suit
• Insourcing Ruling Pits Contractor Protests Against The Clock
• ConocoPhillips Shakes Cleanup Suit Over Contractor Work
• Ex-Orthofix Manager Charged In False Medicare Claim Scheme
• Trustee Urges High Court To Question CMS Payment Decisions