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Government Contracts - November, 2012

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• Filibuster Threat Over, Sens. Move On With Defense Bill
• GSA Supply Contract Phase-Out Gets Pushback From House
• 7th Circ. Lets CBS Fight Asbestos Claims In Federal Court
• Ex-Penn State Prof. Gets 41 Months For $3M Grant Fraud
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 52 Firms
• DOD Audit Finds Oversight Of $49M Bagram Projects Lacking
• Ex-Takeda Contractor Says New Evidence Revives $6B FCA Suit
• Prior Deal Can't Stop Wells Fargo Mortgage Fraud Suit: DOJ
• Digital Media Cos. Spar Over Underground Ad Patent
• SEC Won't Charge Gentiva Over Medicare Reimbursement
• Vet Contracts At Risk After Court Backs VA's Defiance Of GAO
• Catholic Group Lobbies 1st Circ. To Revive Aid Contract
• Haynes And Boone Faces Clawback From Texas Housing Agency
• Senate Drops Biofuel Refinery Restriction From Defense Bill
• CMS Too Lax On E-Records Program, HHS' OIG Cautions
• Post-Election: What's Next For DOD Energy Programs
• Atty Gets Probation For Defrauding NJ Town
• Retaliation Protection Rests On How The Whistle Is Blown
• How Healthy Is Your Law Firm? Time For A Stress Test
• Nixon Peabody May Have Dual Role In Bond Deal, City Says
• BP Suspension Shows No Contractor Is Too Big To Debar
• DOJ Widens Gallup Whistleblower Suit Over Billing Practices
• TSA Wins Rematch Over Kansas City Airport Screening Contract
• Senate Trims Anti-Biofuel Language From Defense Bill
• NASA Workers Press Congress To Probe Data Breach
• Lawmakers Consider 'Smart Cards' To Cut Medicare Fraud
• Va. Grand Jury Seeks Contract Docs From Riverbed Technology
• BP Suspended From US Contracts After $4.5B Deepwater Deal
• FERA Retroactivity Still Controversial Under FCA
• Int'l Paper Wants Atty Fee Agreement Axed In Enviro Suit
• 2nd Obama Term May Cement Contractor Hiring Overhaul
• DaVita Hit With FCA Suit Over Alleged Medicare Violations
• Baylor Hospital Inks Medicare FCA Settlement With DOJ
• Obama Signs Law Enhancing Whistleblower Protection
• $1.7M Suit Can Proceed In Body Armor Cos.' Contract Fight
• Texas AG Blasts Subpoena In $421M FCA Suit
• Gov't Contractors Must Keep An Eye On Pay-To-Play Laws
• Medtronic Says Off-Label Marketing FCA Claims Fall Short
• Texas Lawmakers Eye Gov't Contract Transparency
• Army's Plan To Reopen Enviro Contract Sinks Injunction Bid
• GAO Eyes Filing Fee On Bid Protests
• Pentagon Contracts Aimed At Bolstering Cyberwarfare Defense
• Contractor Says Team Member Improperly Submitted DHS Bids
• Humana Settles Pharmacy's Medicare Payment Suit
• Looming Counterfeits Rule Threatens Higher Contractor Costs
• Open Range Settles With US Over Axed $267M Stimulus Loan
• Fla. Hospitals To Pay $10M In Medicare Overbilling Suit
• Bribery Charges Move Forward Against Ex-Pa. Legislator
• Pa. Receives Only One Bid In Lottery Privatization Plan
• Eisai Says Zurich Policy Covers Off-Label FCA Suit
• FCA Suit Over Defense Contractor's Afghan Work Grows
• Diabetes Test Strip Suppliers Should Expect Audits
• Texas Instruments To Pay $15M Over Radioactive Pollution
• CFPB Must Improve Data Security Systems, Fed Report Says
• Fla. Judge Shoots Down Northrop Engineer's FCA Suit
• Barclays Center Developer To Revamp Nassau Coliseum
• Feds Slam Ex-Mayor's Deposition Bid In $100M Kickback Case
• Hospice Provider Pays $1.3M To End Medicare Fraud Suit
• Sens. Seek To Remove Anti-Biofuel Measure From NDAA
• Highway Contractor Loses Damages Appeal In Texas Court
• Nova Datacom Exec Gets 15 Months For $20M Contract Scheme
• Fed. Law Trumps Choice of Forum Agreements, 5th Circ. Says
• Germany, France Reportedly Agree To Each Own 12% Of EADS
• Judge Won't Revive FCA Medicaid Case Against Allergan, Novo
• US Owes Assistance In Toxic Exposure Suits, KBR Says
• Fed Circ. OKs Boeing Defense Cost Recovery In FCA Case
• GAO Protests Rise As Contractors Jostle For Vanishing Jobs
• Wells Fargo, MIC Can't Duck Veterans Loan Fraud Suit
• KBR Faces $150M False Claims Act Suit Over Soldier Housing
• US Contractor Jailed in Cuba Takes Aim At Those Back Home
• Buffalo News Beats Libel Suit Over False Claims Deal Articles
• Ex-Mayor Admits To Mortgage Crisis Corruption
• Calif. City Lands $54M Settlement With Power Plant Engineers
• GAO Denies General Dynamics' Protest Over Navy Contract
• Fluet Huber Launches National Security Law Practice
• Takeaways From HHS Corporate Integrity Agreement Reports
• Wells Fargo Wants Mortgage Insurance Fraud Case Nixed
• Insurance Broker Gets 11 Years In NJ School Bribery Scheme
• Feds Net 2 Guilty Verdicts In $205M Medicare Fraud Case
• SAIC Nets Partial Win In Protest Over $111M Defense Contract
• FCPA Guidance Offers Wake-Up Call For Contractors
• Pa. Lawmaker Seeks Authority Over Lottery Privatization Bid
• US Cleared To Intervene On Gallup FCA Suit's FEMA Claim
• Construction Co. Demands Sanctions In DOE Cleanup Cost Row
• $77M CMS Anti-Fraud System Still Needs Work, GAO Says
• Relators Face Difficulty Pursuing Safety-Based FCA Suits
• Proposed $15M FCA Settlement Dooms Fla. Biz Group
• Psychiatrist Took Kickbacks From Teva, FCA Suit Says
• Judge Nixes Relator's Follow-On Verizon Overbilling FCA Suit
• AT&T Whistleblower's FCA Suit Should Be Pared, Judge Says
• Senate Slows Down Controversial Cost-Benefit Analysis Bill
• Sanofi Dodges Amphastar's FCA Suit Over Lovenox
• Pfizer Ducks FCA Suit Over Lipitor Marketing Practices
• BAE Systems To Boost Ship-Servicing Business With MHI Buy
• Groups Urge Congress To Lower Cap On Contractor Pay
• US Abandons $100M FCA Suit Over KBR Security Billing
• GOP Lawmaker Subpoenas HHS Docs On ACA Promotion
• Next 4 Years: 11 Things Gov't Contractors Should Expect
• Wyle Loses Suit Over Undisclosed Audit In $235M CAS Buy
• Pentagon To Push Through New Round Of Contracting Reforms
• Obama Defends UN Ambassador And Petraeus In News Briefing
• House GOP Seeks Info From HHS On $69M ACA Data Contract
• House OKs Bill Shifting Contractor Wage Claims To DOL
• El Paso Businessman Can't Shake Indictment In Kickback Case
• Perils Of Global Supply Chain Noncompliance
• Contractor Loss Slams Door On Military Torture Suits
• GAO Report Points To Contracting Impasse With VA
• Senate Greenlights Broader Protections For Whistleblowers
• Medicare Overpaid Nursing Providers $1.5B In 2009: Report
• Tribes' $2M Hospital Suit Not Time-Barred, Fed. Circ. Says
• St. Paul, Insurer End Coverage Suit Over $20M Contract Row
• Ex-Army Major Gets 18 Months In Prison For $6M Bribery Plot
• High Court Asked To Review HHS Test For Equipment Suppliers
• $34B Army Troop Transport Struggles With Weight, CBO Says
• DOE Finds Conflicts Of Interest In Small-Business Grants
• Lockheed Pushes Out Incoming CEO Over Ethics Finding
• Defense Contractor Seeks Gov't Info In Overbilling Case
• Pa. Contractor In $136M DOT Fraud Suit Demands New Trial
• Pa. Lays Out Conditions For State Lottery Privatization
• Obama Says Sequestration Deal Must Include Higher Taxes
• Vets Get Prison Time For Army Recruiting Bonus Scheme
• How The DOJ Is Adapting In The War On Financial Fraud
• Diabetes Test Suppliers Overbilled Medicare, Watchdog Says
• DOD Shoots Down Talk Of Panetta Retirement
• Problems With DOJ's Aggressive View Of Anti-Kickback Law
• Phone Contractor Wins $114M In Appeal Over Air Force Pact
• Shaw Manager Convicted Of Bagging $1.2M On False Records
• 7th Circ. Says Rumsfeld Can't Be Held Liable For Torture
• EADS Offices Raided In $229M German Bribery Probe
• ABA Exec Claims Immunity From Employee's FCA Suit
• Air Force Contractor Avoids Injunction In Trade Secrets Row
• Humana Fights Pharmacy's Medicare Payment Suit
• Boehner Open To Raising Revenue In 'Fiscal Cliff' Talks
• Election Stirs Turnover On Congress' Military Committees
• Okla. Voters Nix Affirmative Action In State Hiring
• Obama Win Means More Of The Same For Gov't Contractors
• Ex-Guidant Rep. Asks 1st Circ. To Revive Pacemaker FCA Suit
• Feds Join Suit Alleging Fluor DOE Contracts Violate FCA
• Ruling Bars Medicare Claim Reviewer Scrutiny, 9th Circ. Told
• KBR Says FCA Suit Over Iraq Electrical Work Lacks Specifics
• GSA Wrongly Cut Security Contract Post-9/11, Fed. Circ. Told
• Job Applicant Sues SOS International Over Consumer Report
• Texas Agency Considers Exclusive Well-Cleanup Contracts
• Investor Sues United Technologies Board Over China Exports
• $13M Superdome Insurance Suit Dismissal Backed By 2nd Circ.
• Raytheon Seeks Exit From $1B FCA Satellite System Suit
• What Obama's Re-Election Means For Health Care Policy
• Obama Win Means Tinkering At the Edges Of Contract Reform
• US Denied Bulk Of Fees In Veridyne Contract Row
• Reed Smith Nabs Cozen Health Care Vet In Philadelphia
• Philly Council OKs Hire-In-City Bill For Contractors
• Ex-Pa. Lawmaker Says Bribery Charges Aren't Specific Enough
• Calif. Resolves Medicaid Contract Fight With Health Net
• Sequestration: A Tale Of Unrequited Patriotism
• Ex-Bayer Salesman Wins Award In FCA Retaliation Suit
• Faulty Referrals Cost Mo. Hospital Network $9M In FCA Case
• Detroit's Ex-Water Head Pleads Guilty In Corruption Case
• National Guardsmen Win $85M In KBR Toxin Suit
• Pfizer Reports $491M Deal With DOJ Over Rapamune Marketing
• 6th Circ. Rules Allison Defendants Can Be Liable Under FERA
• Another Blow To OFCCP's Grab For Health Care Providers
• Group Slams Wackenhut Over Nuke Lab Break-In, Testing Row
• Amco Fights Coverage For Mattress Co. In Ill. FCA Suit
• Weco Exec Pleads Guilty To Shoddy Aircraft Repair
• DOL Ruling Should Block Hospital Affirmative Action Regs
• COFC Lets Hawker Beechcraft's $355M Air Force Contract Stand
• US Asks Court To Revisit $200M Electricity Billing Dispute
• Orthofix Division To Pay $30M To End FCA Kickbacks Suit
• Omeros Pays $4M To End Whistleblower's FCA Suit
• Hospitals Air Contractor Grievances In Medicare Suit
• Takeda Escapes FCA Suit Over Undisclosed Drug Complications
• Liberal Think Tank Wants To Keep $1T In Defense Cuts
• RI Sues Banks, Ex-Baseball Star Over $75M In Biz Loans
• Wells Fargo Says US Mortgage Suit Violates $25B Settlement
• Infoshred Should Get New Shot At VA Contract, GAO Says
• Mapping The Pre-Election Landscape