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Government Contracts - March, 2013

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• Christie Delivers Pay-To-Play Warning In Birdsall Case
• DOD Is Managing Weapons Costs Better, Report Says
• Senators Urge Action On Delayed Contractor Debarments
• CDW Unit Strikes $6M Deal To End Fee-Dodging Case
• Rising Star: Dickstein Shapiro's Justin Chiarodo
• VA Can't Dodge DaVita's Dialysis Contract Suit
• Q&A With Vinson & Elkins' Michael Charness
• DOJ Drops FCPA Probe Into DynCorp
• Rule 12(e): What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing
• Cloud Computing Contracts Run Into Bottleneck At GSA
• Nixon Peabody Boosts Albany Team As NY Health Field Shifts
• TWIA Firm Nixed Over Phantom Conflict, Appeals Court Told
• Pa. Bill Would Keep Private Lotto Money Out Of Campaigns
• Government Didn't Cause Liquor Store Death, 6th Circ. Says
• Walgreen FCA Suit Over Drug Kickbacks Dropped
• Pharmacies Lose Suit Calling CMS Rule Anti-Competitive
• Pa. Rep. Questions No-Bid Contract To E-Services Provider
• Medicare Asleep On $70M Equipment Overpayments, OIG Says
• Q&A With Foley & Lardner's Frank Murray
• Whisteblower Says Biotech Co. Used Family For US Contracts
• Litigation Support At A Crossroads
• Flimsy FCA Claims Doom Omnicare Securities Suit
• 4th Circ. Shows Expired FCA Claims Can Haunt Contractors
• UC Regents To Pay $1.2M Over Faulty Anesthesia Supervision
• Tenet Healthcare Can't Dodge Doc-Referral Kickback Suit
• Citi Units Skirt Suit Over $348M Metal Co. Deal
• 'Faulty' Jail Construction Warrants No Coverage, 3rd Circ. Says
• Convicted Ex-Detroit Mayor Denied Bond
• Enviros, Cuomo Reach Deal On $3.9B Tappan Zee Replacement
• Allscripts Drops Suit Over $300M NYC Hospitals Contract
• Goodrich To Pay $30M Under EPA Superfund Cleanup Deal
• Q&A With Peckar & Abramson's Frank Rapoport
• Contractor Can't Halt Employee Defections To Rival Academi
• 7 Birdsall Execs Indicted Over Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Acadia Unit Beats Retaliation Suit Over Nurse's FCA Claims
• Doc-Owned Device Cos. Carry Fraud Risk, Inspector Warns
• OMB Tells Agencies To Share Financial Services IT
• Centurylink Loses Cloud Computing Contract Bid Protest
• Rehab Cos. Want Sanctions Against US In FCA Fight
• Bristow Wins $2.4B Deal To Run UK Search And Rescue Ops
• Nova Datacom, President To Plead Guilty In Bid-Rigging Case
• Gov't Contract Disputes Can't Go To Open Court: Pa. Justices
• HHS Wants NY To Refund $27M In Improper Medicaid Claims
• Gentiva Beats Medicare Billing Fraud Securities Suit
• Chinese Engineer Gets 5 Years For Swiping Defense Secrets
• Q&A With McKenna Long's Tom Lemmer
• FCA Allows Treble Damages — 'But Treble What?'
• DC Councilman Hit With $100M Fraud, Bid Rigging Suit
• WR Grace Sues Teledyne Over Chemical-Process Patent
• Sikorsky Prevails In US' $80M Aircraft Contract Suit
• Shaw Whistleblower Wins $3.4M FCA Retaliation Verdict
• Quinn Emanuel Taps DOJ Atty To Lead Health Fraud Group
• Experts Defend Bid Protests Against Agency Backlash
• Frito-Lay Can't Dodge Gender Bias Probe, DOL Says
• BAE Systems Locks Down $780M Army Explosives Contract
• Q&A With Perkins Coie's Rich Clifford
• Judge Scolds Attys For Snubbing Whistleblowers In FCA Suit
• Audit Faults Air Force Compliance On $9B In Contracts
• Post-Deepwater Drilling Regs Didn't Breach DOI Lease: Judge
• ABA Employee Seeks Sanctions In FCA Discovery Fight
• 7th Circ. Overturns $2.7M FCA Award Against Mortgage Firm
• Clinic Wants FCA Suit Tossed After $1.6M Deal Collapses
• Q&A With Thompson Hine's Larry Prosen
• Lance Armstrong's FCA Woes: 3 Lessons For Contractors
• Contractors Bristle At Army's Atty-Client Secrecy Concerns
• DHL Asks 2nd Circ. To Nix Fuel Surcharge Whistleblower Suit
• House Passes $984B Spending Bill To Avert Gov't Shutdown
• Counter-IED Maker Beats Whistleblower FCA Suit In 4th Circ.
• Health Providers Brace For Tougher False Claims Statutes
• Sandy Spending Oversight Bill Gets NJ Legislature's Approval
• Air Force Firewall Contracts Stifle Rivals, McAfee Says
• Q&A With Procopio's Greg Moser
• Sequestration And The Sovereign Acts Doctrine
• 7 Reasons To Do Pro Bono Work
• Senate Passes $984B Gov't Funding Bill To Avoid Shutdown
• Whistleblowers' Firing Claims Tossed In Nuclear Cleanup Row
• BOEM Nets $1.2B In Gulf Of Mexico Oil Block Auction
• Boeing Ducks Part Of Suit Over $1.1B Air Force Bid
• Whistleblower's $47M Army Contract Misconduct Suit Nixed
• General Dynamics, Alliant Duck Machine Gun Glitch Suit
• Lawmakers Slam DOE For Project Overspending
• 5 Tips For Building Bridges With Whistleblower Clients
• Q&A With LeClairRyan's Thomas Coulter
• Contractor Botched $112M Transit Project, Md. Officials Say
• FAA Contractor Off Hook In Worker Privacy Suit
• A Win-Win For Military Bases And Local Governments
• Obama Taps 2 For Court Of Federal Claims Bench
• House Panel Criticizes Too-Strict Veterans Contracting Rules
• NJ Lottery Contract Oversight Bill Heads To Governor
• Contractor Gave War Secrets To Chinese Girlfriend, DOJ Says
• 2nd Circ. Curbs Bivens Claims In Gov't Contract Suits
• Jones Day Lures Atlanta FCA Experts From Nelson Mullins
• Reps. Want Tighter Controls On Medicare Audit Contractors
• Feds Charge Contractors In NJ Employee Kickback Scheme
• Feds Slam KBR's Bid For Help Against Toxic Exposure Suits
• Q&A With Dickstein Shapiro's Rick Conway
• Inside The NDAA's Small Business Provisions
• E&Y, College Co. Escape Whistleblower Suit Over Billions In Aid
• Contractors Fret Over Sequestration's Toll On Gov't Workers
• Cephalon Hit With FCA Suit Over Off-Label Marketing
• HHS Falls Short Of Improper Payment Goals, Watchdog Says
• Officials Must Reveal Gov't Contracts, Texas Legislator Says
• Halliburton, KBR Must Face FCA Suit, 4th Circ. Says
• Pa. Gov. To Take 2nd Stab At Private Lottery Contract
• McKesson-Affiliated Cancer Centers Hit With FCA Suit
• Justices Pass On FCA Suit Over Cozen Founder's Cozy Ties
• Philly Wants Contractor Docs To Outline Sheriff's Office Scam
• Judge Again Axes Ex-Booz Allen Exec's $23M Carlyle Deal Suit
• Q&A With Perkins Coie's Andrew Shipley
• What Litigators Must Know About Va.'s 'Rocket Docket'
• Calif. FCA Ruling Could Impact Federal FCA Cases
• Strategic Sourcing Key To Easing Budget Pain
• NJ Bill Would Exempt Sandy Contracts From 'Prevailing Wage'
• Lawmakers Call On DOD To Stall $428M Air Force Contract
• Medco Sanctioned In Whistleblower Medicare FCA Suit
• HHS Updates State Medicaid FCA Compliance Rules
• 4th Circ. Strips Class Cert. In Pinkerton OT Case
• Q&A With Crowell's David Bodenheimer
• BP Can Bid In Gulf Lease Sale, Despite Contracting Ban
• Learning The Sequestration Tango
• Defense Auditor Struggles With Backlog As Furloughs Loom
• Crowley Keeps $16M Navy Contract Despite Price-Fixing Scam
• C.R. Bard Ducks FCA Suit Over Catheter Kickbacks
• $100M DC Streetlight Contract Award Overturned
• Blackwater Successor Can't Arbitrate Whistleblower FCA Suit
• Q&A With Pillsbury's John Jensen
• 11th Circ. Affirms Ex-Fla. Port Official's Bribery Conviction
• Miami County Sued Over Airport Luggage-Wrapping Contract
• Travelers Must Face 9/11 Memorial Contractor's $1.5M Suit
• Former NJ Mayor Gets 3 Years For Bribery Scheme
• NY Tees Up Tax FCA Suits That May Dwarf Sprint Case
• Fla. House Panel Approves Bill To Beef Up State FCA
• Therapy Cos. Can't Shake Whistleblower's Medicare FCA Suit
• Ex-Pa. Pol, Highway Officials Charged In Pay-To-Play Probe
• US Can't Dodge Fees In $35M Nuclear Cleanup Row
• Skilled Care Providers, Take Note Of Jimmo V. Sebelius
• Q&A With Quarles & Brady's Dave Blackledge
• DOD Budget Cuts To Fuel Contractor M&As, Official Predicts
• Lockheed In Line For Hotel Tax Break Under Md. Bill
• El Paso Fraudster Gets Hearing Over Kickback Forfeiture
• Carolina Casualty Can't Dodge FCA Coverage
• Iraq Rebuilding Chief Pushes New Wartime Contracts Agency
• Ex-Army Engineer Gets 13 Years For Iraqi Contract Bribes
• Diagnostic Co. Can't Punt Kickback, FCA Claims, Feds Say
• Q&A With Bilzin Sumberg's Al Dotson
• Why You Should Talk To Your Suspension Debarment Official
• DCAA Defends Audit Reforms After Critical Watchdog Report
• Winning A Bid Protest Is A Long Shot, Study Finds
• Uruguay Mulls Up To $500M In Deals To Revamp Railways
• Air Force Defends $428M Sierra Nevada Aircraft Contract
• Ex-Detroit Mayor Convicted In 'Breathtaking' Corruption Case
• NJ Senate Panel Advances Lottery Oversight Legislation
• Q&A With Covington's Alan Pemberton
• Corning To Pay $6M To Settle GSA False Claims Suit
• New Post Empowers Contract Fraud's Biggest Senate Foe
• General Dynamics To Face New Trial Over Fatal Explosion
• Contractors Front $21M To Settle O'Hare Rehab Dispute
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• Beechcraft To Protest $427.5M Air Force Contract
• AshBritt, NJ Lawmakers Clash On Sandy Cleanup Contract
• How To Prep For DCAA Access To Internal Audit Reports
• Wash. High Court Won't Let Insurers Recoup Defense Costs
• Warner Chilcott Misbranded Drugs, FCA Kickback Suit Says
• Q&A With Holland & Knight's David Black
• US Wasted $8B In Iraq Contracts, Inspector General Says
• Adult Day Care Facilities Wasted Tax Dollars: NJ Watchdog
• CIA Contractors Pay $3M To Settle FCA Whistleblower Claims
• Chevron's $2.5M Super PAC Donation Was Illegal, FEC Told
• Sandy Cleanup Fray Prompts Jersey Shore Oversight Bill
• Whistleblower Can Pursue FCA Suit Over Vascular Treatments
• Contractor Pays $19M For Overbilling US On Nuke Cleanup
• Q&A With Nixon Peabody's Vincent Napoleon
• NYC Comptroller Rips $4.4B Overrun In Transit Expansion
• Agency Corrective Action Is No Silver Bullet In Bid Protests
• House Passes $982B Bill To Fund Government, Ease Sequester
• Huron Dodges $50M Whistleblower Suit Over St. Vincent Scam
• Q&A With Arnold & Porter's Paul Pompeo
• DynCorp Dodges Ecuadoreans' Chemical-Exposure Suit
• DOD Must Obey Automatic Stay In $10B Military Food Protest
• Texas Doctors Groups Pay $2.3M To Settle FCA Suit
• AstraZeneca Escapes $100M AWP Suit Over Nexium
• Contractors Found Guilty Of $1M Naval Base Bribery
• Pfizer Beats Medicare Fraud Suit Over Pain Patch Marketing
• Security Firm G4S To Sell US Government Contracts Biz
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's John Chierichella
• OFCCP Nixes Pay Standards For More Open-Ended Approach
• House Floats $982B Spending Bill Amid Sequester
• NYC's FCA No Friend To Private Plaintiffs, Lawyers Say
• McKenna Absorbs Va. Aviation Law Firm, Opens 2 Offices
• Obama Taps Wal-Mart Exec As Budget Chief
• Healthpoint, DFB Settle With Pa. In Skin Ointment FCA Row
• Ocwen Unit Targeted In FCA Probe Over Mortgage Program
• J-M Can't Dodge FCA Suit Over Defective Pipes
• CMS Overpaid Medicare Advantage Plans By $5B, GAO Says
• Texas City Can't Skirt Suit Over $250M Project, Developer Says
• Contractors Get Bellevue Hospital Construction Suit Trimmed
• Q&A With Cooley's Tom Mason
• When Regulatory Noncompliance Becomes FCA Liability
• All Pain, No Gain For Contractors As Sequester Hammer Falls
• Ala. Mayor Found Guilty Of Embezzling FEMA Funds
• Farmers Not Entitled To Central Valley Water, 9th Circ. Says
• P&G, Kimberly-Clark Released From Defective Diaper FCA Suit
• Fried Frank Adds Seasoned Aerospace, Defense Pro
• Real Estate Market To Take Hit From Sequestration
• $8.9M Award For HP Whistleblowers Gets 8th Circ.'s OK
• Q&A With Seyfarth's Joe Dyer
• Ryan International Gets OK For Ch. 7 Conversion
• Watch Out For New Cybersecurity Rules, Defense Contractors