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Government Contracts - February, 2013

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• Lockheed Gets $10M FCA Suit Trimmed, Ducks Sanctions Bid
• Military Maintenance Will Take Sequestration's First Hit
• Ex-BofA Exec Says She's Scapegoat In $1B Fraud Suit
• Beechcraft Loses Out On $428M Afghan Aircraft Contract
• Senate Fails In Last-Ditch Efforts To Avoid Sequestration
• KBR Employee's FCA Suit Over Iraq Electrical Work Tossed
• CMS Escapes DME Bidding Dispute Despite Judge's Rebuke
• Q&A With Covington's Robert Nichols
• 6 Areas Often Underestimated In Law Firm Mergers
• GAO Nixes Protests Over $373M Medicare Contract
• Lawmakers Slam DOD, VA For Calling Off $4B Database Plan
• DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Natural Gas Bidding In Jeopardy
• KBR, Halliburton Victorious In Toxic Burn Pit MDL
• Ex-LA Coliseum Officials Can't Shake Kickback Claims
• Fight Over Chicago's $563M Garage Lease To Move Ahead
• GOP Reps. Attack CMS Over Fraud-Fighting Efforts
• Q&A With DLA Piper's Fernand Lavallee
• Reid Introduces Bill To Head Off $85B Sequestration Cuts
• What Sequestration Of Gov't Contracts Will Look Like
• Doc Says Providers Are Misreading FCA In Kickbacks Case
• Raytheon Escapes $1B FCA Satellite System Suit
• Raytheon Escapes $17M Overbilling Claim On Missile Contract
• AmerisourceBergen Faces FCA Suit Over Kickback Scheme
• Judge Axes $500M FCA Suit Over Public Info-Based Claims
• Obama's Cybersecurity Order Could Squeeze Contractors
• Senate Confirms Hagel As Secretary Of Defense
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Anne Perry
• Another Stab At Limiting Pass-Through Subcontracting
• Shine Might Be Off Alt Fee Arrangements, GC Survey Shows
• In-House Teams Expand To Keep Pace With More Suits, Probes
• GCs Rate Fixed Fees Best Bang For Their Buck
• BAE Says Whistleblowers' Fraud Suit Lacks Specifics
• Budget Cuts Will Require New Defense Strategy, Analysts Say
• Travelers Escapes $1.8M KBR Pollution Defense Claim
• Enema Maker Claims Rival Defamed Its Product To VA
• NJ Requests Services For Sandy Insurance Mediation Program
• US, Rancher Resolve FCA Suit Over Milk Exports
• Tappan Zee Rebuild Gains Steam But Lawsuit Threat Remains
• DOD Slows Contract Payments To Save For Sequester
• Navy Contractor Campbell Ewald Dodges TCPA Suit
• CORRECTED: Whistleblowers Want Medco's Counsel-Advice Defense Blocked
• Q&A With Morgan Lewis' Brad Fagg
• Same FCA Question — Different Answers
• Providence Unfairly Denied Medi-Cal Payments, Suit Says
• Drone Contractor Says PE Firm Poached Info, Employees
• FEC Asks DC Circ. To Back Contractor Political-Donation Ban
• DOJ Joins Whistleblower Suit Against Lance Armstrong
• NJ Lawmakers Call For Speedier Emergency Contracting
• Pentagon Grounds F-35 Fleet After Crack Found In Engine
• Feds Drop Gun-Buying Case Against Ex-Blackwater Execs
• Warner Chilcott Falsely Promoted Drugs, FCA Suit Says
• Philly Wants Docs In Suit Over Sheriff's Office Fraud
• Brokers Bungled Coverage For $140M NY Project, Suit Says
• Q&A With Akin Gump's Scott Heimberg
• J&J Reveals Gov't Probes Of Hip Implant, Surgical Mesh
• Merck, Pa. Reach $8.25M Settlement Over Vioxx Disclosures
• Senate Armed Services Subcommittees Gain New Leaders
• USAID Denied Nexant Fair Shot At $14M Contract, GAO Says
• Ryan International's Sale to AJet Gets Judge's OK
• Peckar Taps McKenna Long Atty To Helm P3 Team In Philly
• Medco Funneled Kickbacks To Nonprofits, Exec Says
• Q&A With Reed Smith's Lorraine Campos
• Protest Over $1.4B Air Force Contract Extension Tossed
• Ex-New Orleans Mayor Denies Corruption Charges
• Maryland AG Hits GSK With Avandia False Claims Suit
• UPS Worker Defends FCA Claims In Shipping Overcharge Suit
• Medicare Heavily Overpaid For Infusion Drugs, Report Says
• US Can Collect From Bankrupt Contractors, 5th Circ. Finds
• Lockheed Pays $19M To End Investors' Info Systems Biz Suit
• NJ Assembly Panel Clears Measure Giving It Subpoena Power
• How To Respond To Government Contract Delays And Changes
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Joe West
• Adventist Health Can't Dodge FCA Claim Of ER Overbilling
• Justices Won't Review Ex-Army Officer's Bribery Indictment
• With Congress Out, Contractors Count Down To Sequestration
• 3 Sentenced In $100M El Paso Health Plan Kickback Case
• Fed. Circ. Revives Northrop's $2.7M Software Contract Suit
• Pillsbury Adds Ex-Crowell & Moring Health Partner In DC
• Camelot Agrees To Extend Pa. Lotto Privatization Bid
• High Court Won't Review HHS Test For Equipment Suppliers
• Firehouse Contract Exempt From Wage Law: NY High Court
• 10 Ways To Maximize Success Of Gov't Contract Claims
• Q&A With Jones Day's Pete Garvin
• GAO Removes Interagency Contracting From High-Risk List
• Contractor's Overrun Suit To Get Texas High Court Review
• Feds Erred In Disqualifying Veteran Contractor, Judge Says
• Lexmark Challenges Xerox's $23M Ky. Printing Contract
• USPS Purchaser Pleads Guilty To Taking Bribes
• Q&A With Latham & Watkins' Kyle Jefcoat
• GCs Name 43 Best-Of-The-Best Attys
• GCs Name Cream Of The Crop Litigators
• GSK Wants Out Of HIV Drug Kickback Suit
• 2nd Circ. Tosses Gatt's NY Radio Bid-Rigging Suit
• Sequester Threat Inflames Contractor WARN Woes, House Told
• Contractor Suspension Overhaul Could Tie Agencies' Hands
• Bill Opening More Projects To Labor Deals Heads To NJ Gov.
• Senate Dems Press Obama To Ban Gay Bias By Contractors
• Senate Dems Propose $110B Sequester Replacement Bill
• Pa. Lotto Privatization Is Unconstitutional, AG Says
• 9th Circ. Reinstates Kaplan FCA Suit Over Fake Enrollments
• The Devil Is In 'Where To Disclose' Supply Chain Details
• Miami's $512M Airport Project Could Hit Turbulence
• Hospital's Medicare Woes Signal Shift In Feds' FCA Tactics
• Drug Industry Warns Against Medicare Part D Rebates
• Bad Paint Ruined $40M USAF Job, Container Co. Says
• Upsher, Forest Ink $11M Drug Price Inflation Settlement
• Ex-Birdsall Employee Cops To Political Donation Scheme
• Contractor Gets 30 Months For Smuggling Afghan Bribes
• GAO Nixes Protest Over VA Home Oxygen Supply Contract
• JPML Combines 9 Plavix Injury, FCA Actions In NJ
• 7 Resolutions For Legal Industry Marketing In 2013
• $25B Foreclosure Deal Can't Save Wells Fargo From FCA Suit
• High Marks For Departing SBA Chief But Challenges Remain
• Senate Panel Advances Hagel Nomination Despite Opposition
• Formosa Can't Shake FCA Suit Over Defective Pipes
• Pa. House Passes Bill Promoting Greener State Buildings
• Ex-RI Mayor Gets 2 Years For Contract-Bidding Scheme
• Edwards Wildman Lands IT, FCPA Ace As Partner In Conn.
• 3rd Circ. Blocks Convicted Ex-NJ Mayor's Retrial Request
• Louis Berger Loses Protest Over $50M Jordan Aid Contract
• Gov't Can Depose Guidant Workers In $726M FCA Suit: Judge
• ABA Backs Uniform Ethics Rules For Fed, Contractor Workers
• $1.6B Medicaid Cuts Crippled Nursing Home Biz, Suit Says
• NJIT Improperly Awarded Telecom Contract, Suit Claims
• Fla. Doctor To Pay $26M Settlement In False Claims Case
• ABA Asks Congress To Repeal Civil War-Era Venue Statute
• Karen Mills To Step Down As Head Of SBA
• Scrapped Vet Health Database Highlights Contracting Woes
• Feds Recover $4.2B In Health Care Overpayments In 2012
• Hospital's $8M Medicare Deal OK'd To Avoid Criminal Fallout
• Ex-Newark Official Gets 1 Year For Extortion Scheme
• Nicor Says FCA Billing Claims Belong Before State Agency
• Ex-Mayor Again Pleads Not Guilty In $100M Kickback Case
• Law360 Government Contracts Editorial Advisory Board
• Whistleblowers Win $29M Verdict In Nursing Home FCA Suit
• Army Ducks $2M Damages In 'HooAH!' Energy Bar Skirmish
• Gentiva Board Escapes Medicare Fraud Derivative Suit
• US Lost $30B Through Flawed Coal Leases, NRDC Claims
• Ready Or Not, Final Compliance Guidelines Are Here
• NIST Update Looks To Plug Feds' Cybersecurity Holes
• No Space For Partner Egos In Law Firm Of The Future
• Contractors Can't Halt Cincinnati Bidding Rules For Now
• Dems Say GOP Too Extreme In Blocking Hagel Vote
• Job Training Co. Ripped Off Military Spouses, Suit Claims
• Construction Co. Settles DOT Workers' Comp False Claims Suit
• Preparing Your Witness To Be A Performer
• Pentagon Research Agency Rehires Ex-Logos Tech Exec
• New Contractor Audit Access Won't Lead To 'Fishing': DCAA
• Whistleblower Urges Revival Of $2B Beth Israel FCA Suit
• Calif. City Can't Use Debt Cap To Dodge Suit Over $35M Deal
• Don't Let KBR Skate On Army Food Kickbacks, Fed. Circ. Told
• Pa. High Court Declines Appeal In Gentex Trade Secrets Suit
• NJ Lawmaker Wants Treasurer Subpoenaed Over AshBritt Deal
• US Pays Maine Yankee $82M In Nuclear Fuel Storage Row
• GSK Accused Of Ripping Off La. Medicaid Programs
• GAO Nixes Protest Over $330M Medicare Services Contract
• NJ Dems Accuse Christie Of $100M No-Bid Cleanup Contract
• Iraq's $10B Suit Over Oil-For-Food Scheme Nixed
• Pentagon, VA Call Off Interagency Health Database
• Protections For Private-Sector Whistleblowers Pass Pa. House
• Rolls-Royce Whistleblower Loses Bid To Revive FCA Suit
• Relators Didn't Uncover Bankruptcy Trustee's Fraud: Judge
• Texas Must Recalculate Medicaid Rate, State High Court Told
• EMR Adoption May Be Riskier Than Expected
• Gov't Contracting Slump Could Spark PE Feeding Frenzy
• Obama Urges Tax Reform, Spending Cuts To Delay Sequester
• GAO Blocks AT&T Protest Over Marine Networking Pact
• Fed. Circ. Urged To Rekindle Fire Chopper Bid Protest
• Ex-BAE Manager Files FCA Suit Over Retaliation
• How To Offset The Risk Of Gov't Nonpayment
• HHS Approves Fla. Medicaid Waiver For Long-Term Care
• Slaughterhouse Owners Blast FCA Suit Over Beef Recall
• Pa. Transit Authority Sued Over Maintenance Contract Breach
• Contracting Reforms May Hinge On Obama Cabinet Turnover
• Calif. Clinic Can't Duck HHS $15M Medicaid Overcharge Suit
• DynCorp's Afghan Air Travel Contract Upheld At CFC
• Sanofi, BMS Sued By W.Va. AG Over Plavix Marketing
• Raytheon Sues US Over $90M Radar Contract Audit
• Protecting Attorney-Client Privilege: Learn From Halifax
• Calif. Water Groups Sue After $400M Desalination Plant Nixed
• Judge Won't Rethink FCA Ruling Over Trustee's Kickbacks
• Md. Sets Stage For Bidders On Disputed $800M Casino Project
• General Dynamics Deserves Navy Contract, GAO Finds
• US On Hook For $35M In Sacramento Nuclear Waste Cleanup
• Greenberg Traurig Lands Federal Prosecutor In Chicago
• Eisai Beats Whistleblower's Off-Label Marketing FCA Suit
• Houston Can't Dodge $5M Suit Over Unpaid Software Bill
• 1st Amendment Can't Help Whistleblowing Principal: 7th Circ.
• Trying To Reconcile FAR Disclosure Rules With FOIA
• J&J Ordered To Pay $181M In Attys' Fees In Risperdal Suit