Government Contracts Archive » May, 2013

Government Contracts - May, 2013

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• Raytheon Gets $7.6M In Overbilling Claims Tossed As Untimely
• FCPA Powerhouse: Debevoise
• Judge's Alcon Dismissal Ends Drug Kickback Qui Tam Suit
• SSAI, BAE Systems Score $1.5B Army Aviation Contract
• Boston Scientific Unit Can't Duck FCA Claims, DQ Blank Rome
• Nuclear Fuel Co. Says Feds Owe $38M In Unpaid Bills
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Conviction Of Pa. County Commissioners
• Energizer Says Customs Mislabeled Flashlights As Chinese
• 10 Ways Contractors Can Foster E-Verify Compliance
• Baxter Relators Can't Reopen $30M Price Inflation Suit
• FECA Challenge Must Be Heard En Banc, DC Circ. Says
• For-Profit College Co. Can't Duck Whistleblower's FCA Suit
• State Farm Blasts Efforts To Expand Katrina FCA Case
• Top Wireless Cos. Take Over DC Subway Project In $2M Deal
• Schering Says FCA Integrilin Kickbacks Suit Doesn't Stick
• US Right To Deny Contractor Afghan Trucking Job, COFC Says
• White House Renews Call To Cap Contractor Salaries
• IRS Wrongly Refused To Stay Booz Allen Contract: Tax Co.
• US Appeals Raytheon's $60M Win In Pension Dispute
• Ex-Navy Engineer Cops To Heading $20M Kickback Scheme
• Navy Delays $5B Network Contract Until June
• Procurement: The Hidden Path To Maximizing Profits
• FCPA Powerhouse: Davis Polk
• For-Profit School Co. Says US Overreaching In $11B FCA Suit
• Takeaways From The Latest OIG Bulletin
• DOD Plan To Mix Fines, Debarment Could Pose Conflict
• Contractor Jailed In Cuba Can't Sue US, Judge Rules
• Skin Cancer Center Settles Whistleblowers' FCA Suit
• Bankrupt K-V Settles Texas Medicaid Fraud Suit For $3M Claim
• DOD Should Streamline Health Care Contracting, GAO Says
• USDA Dodges Challenge To $13M IT Contract
• Contractors Are Costly Crutch For US Military, CRS Says
• Atty Dodges Sanctions Over Facebook Post On FCA Mediation
• FCPA Powerhouse: Crowell & Moring
• DOD Revisions To Bid Protests Would Limit Chances To Appeal
• TSA Contractor Can't Recoup $5.3M In Taxes, DC Circ. Says
• NY Agency Off The Hook For Extra Post-9/11 Cleanup Costs
• DynCorp Can't Shake Iraqi Subcontractor's $1.2M Claims
• Contractors In Naval Base Bribery Scheme Get 3 Years
• FCPA Powerhouse: Cahill Gordon & Reindel
• Ulysses And The Government Knowledge Defense
• Whistleblower Hits Ascentia With Medicare FCA Suit
• B&L Unit To Pay $34M For Drug Marketing Guilty Plea: DOJ
• F-35 Estimate Falls By $4.5B In Project's 1st Cost Reduction
• Law360 Names 10 FCPA Powerhouse Firms
• La. Grand Jury Probes $197M Medicaid Contract With IT Firm
• GSA Says Strategic Sourcing Saves $300M In Wireless Costs
• Ex-Smith & Nephew Exec Loses Sanctions Bid In FCA Suit
• DOD Needs To Improve Contractor Record Keeping, GAO Says
• Gov't Staffing Contractor Dodges Credit Report Class Action
• IT Co. Can't Shake False Claims Suit Over DOJ Work
• Workplace Agencies Tighten Belts For Sequestration
• DOD Acquisition Reports Show No Major Cost Spikes
• Contractor Pleads Guilty In $31M NASA Kickbacks Scheme
• Air Force Base Bribery Schemers Get Prison Time
• Obama Floats In-Kind Deal In Boeing Aircraft Contract Row
• States Want NRC To Expand Waste Storage Study's Scope
• SIGAR Defends Contractor Tax Report From Afghan Criticism
• Obama Calls For Phased Ending Of War On Terror
• Hertz, Avis Say Chicago Making Them Pay For $800M Project
• Ex-Goldman Banker Settles SEC Pay-To-Play Case
• Daiichi Sankyo Mulls Legal Action Over Ranbaxy Settlements
• Convicted Ex-Detroit Mayor Ousts Lead Attorney
• Brazil To Auction Vast Offshore Oil Field In October
• Security Guards Win Cert. In Meal-Break Wage Suit
• Senators Introduce Bill Limiting Medicare Audits
• Uniform Contracts, Medicare Pilot Program ID'd For Cost Cuts
• COFC Is Siding With Protesters In Late Proposal Disputes
• Debate Rages Over Suspension Of Contractor Affiliates
• House Panel Refuses To Fund New Round Of Base Closures
• Texas Senate Clears Bill Allowing Contractors To Sue State
• Feds Seek $237M False Claims Award Against SC Hospital
• CityCenterDC Sues DOL Over Public Works Wage Order
• DOD Pits VA Health Database Against Contractor Options
• White House Taps Acting GSA Admin For Full-Time Post
• GSK Awarded Up To $200M For Bioterror Drug Program
• Philly Can't Duck NAACP's Airport Ad Placement Suit
• Contracting In A Perfect Storm Of Enforcement Risk: Part 1
• Rehab Co. Can't Use Public Disclosure Bar To Duck FCA Suit
• Kolon Asks 4th Circ. To Ax $920M DuPont Trade Secrets Award
• Dialysis Co. Pays $7.3M To Settle FCA Overbilling Claims
• Whistleblower Takes Takeda FCA Case To Supreme Court
• Reps. Urge Delay Of Medicare Competitive Bidding Program
• Judge Disqualifies Whistleblowers' Attys In Kinetic FCA Suit
• InfoReliance Pulls Suit Over $960M Air Force IT Contract
• Pa. Appeals Court Pares Hospitals' Medicaid Rates Suit
• 6 Ways The ACA May Increase Federal Contractors' Costs
• Va. Decision Casts Doubt On Contractor Teaming Plans
• Fighting Agencies May Be Tougher After High Court Ruling
• NJ Assembly Passes Privatization Standards Bill
• 7 Birdsall Execs Plead Not Guilty In Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Homeland Security Aims To Debar Body Scanner Maker
• Cybersecurity Standards Need Flexibility, NIST Told
• NYU Researchers Charged In Chinese Bribes-For-Secrets Plot
• Agencies Deserve Deference On Jurisdiction, Justices Say
• NYC Sued Over Seniority Changes In School Bus Contracts
• Omnicare Gets FCA Off-Label Prescription Action Trimmed
• DOD's Proposal Checklist: A Useful Tool With Some Risks
• Criminal Probes Await Top Health Cos.: Ex-DOJ Fraud Chief
• Hospitals' Medicaid Rate Suit Nixed By Texas High Court
• GSA, DOD Solicit Advice On Revamping Cybersecurity
• CH2M Can't Get Additional Fees For $2.7B Cleanup, DOE Says
• Rise Of The Machines — Predictive Coding Goes Mainstream
• Medicaid Fraud Units To Get Federal Funds For Data Mining
• Contractors Ask 11th Circ. To Affirm Overturned Suspensions
• KBR Says $500M Iraq Closeout Deal Is Separate Contract
• Apparel Co. Loses $325M Military Uniform Bid Protest
• Whistleblower Wants Jackson Lewis DQ'd In Sun FCA Suit
• US V. MedQuest Is Important For Health Care FCA Cases
• DOD Anti-Counterfeit Rule Raises Safe Harbor Concerns
• House Throws Fiscal Weight Behind VA-DOD Health Database
• VA Wants DaVita's Dialysis Underpayment Suit Trimmed
• DOD Seeks To Extend Foreign Weapons Sales Program
• NYC Judge Runs Over Bloomberg's 'Taxi Of Tomorrow' Plan
• Contractors Ask DC Circ. To Lift Political Donation Ban
• A New Procedural Trend In Qui Tam FCA Cases
• GSA Will Give Contractors Unpaid Minimums, House Says
• Holder Bashes Lawmakers For Harsh Questioning Of DOJ
• Sequester Cuts Will Cause Long-Term Pain, House Dems Say
• 6 Surrender In $15M San Fran School Embezzlement Case
• Obama's 1st Term Rulemaking Rate Soars By Bush's Mark
• GAO Orders Army To Rethink Health System Contract Bid
• TransDigm Puts Up $286M For Fellow Aircraft Parts Maker
• DOD Unveils Proposed Counterfeit Electronics Regulation
• GAO Calls For Climate Change-Ready Infrastructure Projects
• $28.8M Verdict Upheld In Pentagon Oil Contract Suit
• Ex-Pa. County Officials Want Corruption Convictions Axed
• House Subcommittee Passes $73.3B Military Spending Bill
• What Cyberlock Teaches Us About Teaming Agreements
• Yet Another Cliff-Hanging OIG Report
• US Fails To Shield Contractors From $920M In Afghan Taxes
• Pentagon Will Furlough Civilian Workers For 11 Days
• 9th Circ. OKs Revoking Medicare Part D Insurer's Contract
• Navy Owes Costs Of Maintenance Contract Protest, GAO Says
• $223M Medicare Fraud Sweep Nets 89 Across US
• Jones Day Adds Herbert Smith Projects Partner In Sydney
• Convicted Whistleblower Cut Out Of $19M FCA Suit
• Calls For Contractor Debarment Carry Political Appeal
• Firing Didn't Violate Doc's Free Speech Rights, 4th Circ. Finds
• US Ordered To Produce Docs In Lockheed Rocket Cleanup Suit
• CR Bard Pays $48M To Settle FCA, Kickback Claims
• Physicians Seek Supreme Court's Take On $43M Fraud Ruling
• Kaplan Faces FCA Suit Over Playground Construction Wages
• Kmart Allowed To Subpoena FCA Whistleblower's Records
• Alliant Drops $315M On Rifle, Shotgun Giant
• Ranbaxy Pays Record $500M To End Tainted Drug Claims
• Jones Day Adds Gov't Contracts Pro From Dickstein Shapiro
• Aegis, Other Rehab Clinics Want Medicare FCA Suit Trimmed
• Ex-UCLA Prof Cops To DARPA Nanotech Fraud
• Contractor Group Opposes Cybersecurity Research Nonprofit
• State Farm Attacks Post-Katrina Gov't Fraud Verdict
• Ban On Chinese IT Creates Contracting Headaches
• Markey Says BP's Federal Contract Ban Should Stay In Place
• Medco Sanctions Stand In Whistleblowers' $69M Medicare Suit
• Florida College Loses Bid To Toss FCA Suit Over Recruiting
• GAO Sides With Protest Of Nuclear Weapons Security Contract
• 5 Lessons From Recent Small-Business Issues At The GAO
• DOE Breached Oil Field Division Deal With Chevron, CFC Says
• IntraLinks Can't Dodge Shareholder Suit Over FDIC Contract
• Fed. Circ. Rejects General Dynamics' Pension Calculations
• Hospital Billed Medicare $39M In False Claims, Jury Finds
• Contractor Wins Back VA Small Biz Status In $25M Fight
• Dallas, Waste Companies Settle Disposal Ordinance
• OIG Updates Rules On Providers Excluded From Medicare
• NJ Lawmaker Revives Pay Equality Bills Felled By Veto
• Military Base Workers Cop To Trading Business For Bribes
• Gov't Cellphone Contracts Show Sloppiness, Watchdog Says
• Contractors Back Reforms For US Foreign Aid Contracts
• Late Deliveries Doom $2.5M Printing Contract Bids, GAO Says
• AT&T To Pay $18M In Overbilling Row Over Deaf Call Services
• Proposed CAGE Code Rule Raises Policy Concerns
• SBA Opens Door To Larger Contract Set-Asides For Women
• Short-Term Patches Like FAA Fix Let Sequester Dig In Heels
• GOP Pans Labor Nominee Ahead Of Senate Committee Vote
• NY Election Reform Effort Could Yield More Campaign Cops
• Fed. Circ. Won't Let Contractor Pursue Suit On His Co.'s Behalf
• Christie Vetoes Bill To Monitor NJ Lottery Contractor
• DLA Piper Fees Questioned In Pa. Lottery Privatization
• Investment Co. Rips Suit Over Chicago's $563M Garage Lease
• Whistleblowers Say DaVita Abusing Doc Privilege In FCA Case
• Lessons From Philips FCPA Settlement Over Polish Bribes
• Northrop Targets Fraud Claims In $33M Contract Case
• GAO Boots Protest Of $40M Coast Guard Support Contract
• Philly Goes After 11 Contractors Over Sham Minority Efforts
• 11th Circ. Blocks Fla. Law Targeting Cos. With Cuba Ties
• Sanctions Sought Over Medco's 'Inept' Expert In FCA Case
• Birdsall Trustee Convinces Judge To Consider Sale
• 9 Key Parts Of DOD's Better Buying Power 2.0 Initiative
• Ameritrans Unit Hasn't Repaid $20M Loan, US Alleges
• NYC, Citibank Hit With $3M Suit Over Bike-Share Station
• Judge Won't Reconsider Ruling In DOE Uranium Cleanup Fight
• $10M Security Fix For NYC Court Escapes US Spending Cuts
• Adventist Health Pays $14.1M To Settle FCA Kickback Claims
• Best Practices To Lessen Revolving-Door Risk
• DC Circ. Urged To Halt DOE's $750M Nuclear Waste Fees
• Electronic Bid Not A 'Claim' Under FCA, Judge Rules
• GAO Tightens 'Too Close' Rule For Ignored Contract Info
• NYC Judge Rejects Attempt To Dodge Campaign Funding Law
• KBR Challenge To Closeout Of $500M Iraq Contract Kept Alive
• US Accuses Chemed Hospice Units of Medicare Fraud
• Exec Admits Being Bribed For $3.2M Afghanistan Contract
• CMS Proposes Payment Bump For Inpatient Rehab Centers
• NJ Appeals Court Nixes State Lease With Noncompliant Bidder
• LED Maker Hits Contractor With Suit Over False Promises
• Cuomo's Anti-Corruption Bill Isn't Bulletproof
• DOJ's False Claims Suit Against Armstrong Faces Uphill Climb
• US Preserves Most Claims In $150M Slaughterhouse FCA Suit
• Quest Loses Challenge To $250M LabCorp Army Contract
• NASA Signs $424M Russian Deal, Delays Private Space Plan
• FRCP Changes Will Have Major Impact On 3rd-Party Discovery
• Union Accused Of Conspiring To Destroy NJ Contractor
• Medicaid Must Update Improper Payment Estimates, GAO Says
• KBR Defends New Complaint In $500M Iraq Closeout Protest
• Insurer Denied Exit From Military Supplier's Recall Suit
• US Agencies Get Major Update To Cybersecurity Guidelines
• 2 Mont. Hospitals Pay $4M To Settle Medicare Fraud Claims
• Whistleblower's MTA Contract Fraud Suit Kept Alive
• Award Trimmed To $81M In Guardsmen's Toxin Exposure Suit
• Kinetic Wants To DQ Whistleblowers' Attys Over Misused Docs
• TrailBlazer Loses Protest Over $404M Medicare Admin Contract
• Former Alstom Exec Charged Over Foreign Bribery Plot
• Jones Day Adds Former Exelon, Skadden Atty In Chicago
• Cable TV Giants Have Carved Up NYC, Lawyer Group Says
• Air Force Penalized IT Co.'s Success In $960M Bid, COFC Told