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Government Contracts - December, 2012

144 articles

• Judge Unseals FCA Suit Against Millennium, Schering
• NJ Lawmaker Indicted In $5.3M Fraud Case
• US Says No Brady Violation In $136M Contractor Trial
• 5th Circ. Says US Botched $43M Medicare Fraud Calculation
• Ex-NJ Township Housing Director Cops To Extortion Scheme
• NJ School Bribery Conspirators To Pay $4.3M Restitution
• $3.6B LaGuardia Airport Project Extends Deadline For Bids
• Judge Ends $2B Benefits Action Against Halliburton, Insurers
• State Dept. Must Re-Evaluate Baghdad Embassy Bids, GAO Says
• Act Quickly To Preserve Bid Protest Rights
• DOJ Drops $83M FCA Medicare Case Against Fresenius
• Roofing Contractor Settles False Claims Suit For $3M
• Ex-Princeton Review Owner Puts Up $10M To End FCA Suit
• WakeMed To Pay $8M For Medicare Billing Misconduct
• Indiana Won't Sign Onto $48M Healthpoint FCA Deal
• Senator Floats Legislation To Reduce Bid Protests
• 9th Circ. Revives $45M False Claims Suit Against Honeywell
• Houston Loses Bid To Revive Electricity Overbilling Suit
• Time To Pay, Or Not Pay, The Piper: Fiscal Cliff Part 2
• Expect Increased Whistleblower Cases In 2013
• Judge Trims Subcontractor Suit Over Nuclear Site Cleanup
• Calif. Contractors Must Pay $1.1M For Skimping On Wages
• Sanofi Pays $109M For Fine Dining Kickbacks, Illicit Samples
• Blumenfeld Wins $100M Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Bid
• US Declines To Join FCA Suit Over Chrysler, Fiat Deal
• Job Placement Nonprofit To Pay $1.7M To Settle FCA Suit
• Congress Rolls Back Divisive NDAA Contractor Provisions
• Last-Minute DOJ Hangup Scuttles $1.6M False Claims Deal
• Sequestration And The WARN Act: Fiscal Cliff Part 1
• DOD Plan To Tackle Audit Backlog Shows Promise, GAO Says
• Mistrial Declared In POGO Gov't Worker Payment Case
• Ex-Takeda Contractor Loses Bid To Revive 2 FCA Suits
• NJ Lawmakers Want DOJ Review Before Lottery Contract
• Government Contracts MVP: Gibson Dunn's Karen Manos
• Relators Ask 9th Circ. To Salvage Fannie, Freddie FCA Suit
• Stryker, Others Face FCA Suit Over Pain-Pump Marketing
• Union Sues Pa. Over Lottery Privatization Plans
• Japanese Ink Co. To Pay $45M To Settle Duty-Dodging Claims
• Medicare Fraud Ringleader Faces 30 Years For $63M Scam
• Fed. Circ.'s Opportunity To Clarify 'Duty To Cooperate'
• Recent Surveys Highlight Anti-Corruption Trends
• 5th Circ. Upholds 7-Year Sentence In Dallas Bribery Scheme
• Ex-NJ Mayor Admits To Tax Evasion Via Insurance Bribes
• Fluor's $3.14B Bid Wins Tappan Zee Replacement Job
• Brooklyn Bridge Park Seeks Developer For Residential Project
• Government Contracts MVP: Mayer Brown's Marcia Madsen
• FCA Suit Over L-3's Chopper Maintenance Gets Green Light
• Cliff Notes: The Long, Slow Trudge Toward Sequestration
• NYC Comptroller Rejects Nissan Taxi Deal, Mayor Unfazed
• House Taps New Armed Services Subcommittee Chairs
• Philly Settles With Aramark Over Contracting Violations
• Contractors, Nonprofits Laud Call To Overhaul Foreign Aid
• Lockheed Investors Win Class Cert. In Securities Fight
• Jury Finds El Paso Businessman Guilty In Kickback Case
• GAO Cites Room To Improve Implementing DOD Reform Act
• La. Man Charged With Bribery In $3.2M Afghanistan Contract
• Orthofix To Pay $42M To End DOJ Medicare Fraud Case
• US Home Loses Suit Over Contamination Shutdown Costs
• Government Contracts MVP: Morgan Lewis' Brad Fagg
• Surviving Motions To Dismiss Under Section 1500
• Ogletree Settles Billing Dispute With Ariz. County
• US Targets Vein Treatment's Marketing In FCA Suit
• BAE Systems Wins $400M Contract To Service Navy Aircraft
• NDAA Cybersecurity Amendment Stokes Contractor Data Fears
• NJ Judge Backs $134M Waste-Disposal Contract Award
• Judge Pans DOJ Deal In Natural Gas Antitrust Suit
• NY Hospitals Overpriced Contract Bid By $500M, Suit Says
• Paperwork Errors May Suggest To The Gov't There Is Fraud
• HHS Gets Deference In Medicaid Cut Reviews, 9th Circ. Says
• Continental Fights Bad Faith Claims In FCA Coverage Battle
• Northrop Grumman Ends Copyright Suit Over Faulkner Quote
• J&J Balks At Ark.'s $181M Risperdal Legal Fee Request
• Canada Eyes Fleet Options Beyond F-35s
• Defense Cut Review Needed In Fiscal Cliff Debate: Lawmakers
• Boston Scientific Says 1st-To-File Rule Bars Kickback Suit
• US, La. Construction Co. Settle Katrina Trailer FCA Suit
• NJ Lawmaker Wants Legislature To Have Final Say On Lottery
• Afghan Gov't Still Not Ready To Take Over Rebuilding: DOD
• 2nd Ex-Birdsall Exec Charged In Political Donation Probe
• NRC Eyes Tougher Radioactive Waste Disposal Site Reviews
• Ex-Rep. Endorses Senate NDAA's Wartime Contract Reforms
• Cameroon, Sundance Sign Pact For $10B Mbalam Project
• GSA Awards $318M Contract For LA Federal Court Project
• US Must Give Medicare Info In $726M Heart Implant FCA Suit
• Governors Island Seeks Proposals For Massive Redevelopment
• Open Range DIP Lender, Trustee Spar Over Stimulus Deal
• Lawmakers Turn Focus On Possible ACA Contractor Conflicts
• Contractor Admits Defrauding US, JPMorgan Over Iraq Cop Cars
• Cab Operators Sue NYC Over Plan To Make Nissan Official Taxi
• Implied Fraud Theory Thrives In DC Courts Despite KBR Win
• Blackwater Successor Told To Turn Over Docs In Qui Tam Suit
• McCaskill Urges Army To Hasten Contractor Suspensions
• Lincoln Manufacturing Can't Escape Afghan Well Piping Suit
• Man Who Sold Old Parts To Navy Sentenced To 4 Years
• Canada Considers Dropping Out Of F-35 Program
• Ill. Gov. Must Honor Pay Raises For State Workers, Judge Says
• Despite Kingdomware, Vet-Owned Small Biz Contracts Abound
• Student Loan Agencies Immune From Qui Tam FCA Suit
• Comint Loses Appeal Of $500M DOD Contract In Fed. Circ.
• POGO Illegally Paid Economist For Gov't Work, US Says
• Kaiser Loses Bid To Toss Ex-Worker's False Claims Case
• Customs Backs Open Source Software In US Contracts
• Contract Spending Plunged $20B In 2012, White House Says
• Medicare Contractors Can Assess Overpayments, DC Circ. Hears
• Honeywell Wins $1.9M Award In Night Vision Patent Suit
• 4th Circ. Kills Xe Whistleblowers' False Claims Suit
• McKesson Pays $9.84M To Settle Ky. Drug Price Inflation Suit
• Healthpoint, DFB To Pay $48M To End FCA Drug Suit
• Feds Collect $300M In NJ Civil And Criminal Cases In 2012
• Northrop, CRGT Settle $2.4M Fray Over Army Software License
• France, Germany Sign On To EADS Structural Overhaul
• NJ Dems Critical Of Plan To Privatize Lottery Functions
• Contractors Pay $6M To Quell False Claims Investigation
• Senate NDAA Allows Larger Contract Set-Asides For Women
• DaVita Says Ex-Nurse Fired For Bad Attitude, Not FCA Claims
• USDA Wants To Add More Biobased Products To Preferred List
• Department Of Education Contractor Escapes Bullying Suit
• DOE Gets Claims Trimmed From Uranium Site Cleanup Fight
• Fresenius Can't Bill Medicare For Overfill, Relator Says
• Proposed NDAA Amendment Will Muddy Regulatory Waters
• IFIC, US Fire Win $7M Suit Over Manhattan Bridge Repairs
• Senate Passes $631B Defense Bill With Contractor Pay Cap
• Defense Contractors Sidelined In Fiscal Cliff Debate
• Pa. Judiciary Announces $4M Settlement In Courthouse Row
• NY Fed Contractor Gets Home Confinement For Code Theft
• Army Proposes Contracting Ban For NJ Lawmaker
• Subcontractor Was Cut Out Of $10M Utility Job, Suit Says
• Mass. Hospital Network Accused Of Medcaid Billing Fraud
• FCA Recoveries Hit New $5B High In 2012, DOJ Says
• Pa. Dems Blast Gov.'s Lottery Privatization Plans
• LHC Group Escapes SEC Medicare Probe Unscathed
• 1st Circ. Set To Weigh In On FCA First-To-File Rule
• Senate Advances Defense Bill After Cloture Vote
• KBR Tells 3rd Circ. It's Not Liable For Soldier's Death
• NJ Judge Moves Lockheed Martin Navy Contract Suit To Md.
• CH2M Billing Suit Put On Hold For Tentative Settlement
• Ex-Engineering Exec Cops To Evading NJ Pay-To-Play Rules
• CSC Shareholder Class OK'd In Suit Over NHS Contract
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• Contractor, Travelers Face Suit Over Gov't Construction Delays
• Missing OSHA Info Dooms Contract Bid For Green Army Project
• GAO Denies ERC's Protest Over $385M Space Station Contract
• US Says Nursing Home Co. Scammed Medicare, Tricare
• Disturbing Findings On Atty-Client Privilege In FCA Case