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Government Contracts - December, 2013

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• Genzyme Puts Up $22M To Settle FCA Claims
• 4th Circ. Revives Belgian DOD Contractor's $24M Penalty
• Vectren Says Calif. City Owes It $6.1M For Contract Breach
• US Intervenes In $150M FCA Suit Against Fla. Hospital
• US Recouped $3.8B From False Claims Settlements In 2013
• Senate Passes $633B Defense Authorization Act
• Navy Says Contract Bribery Scandal Could Widen
• US Touts Progress On Trade, IP Issues With China
• NY Dems Oppose Plan For Student Data Sharing
• Miami Clinic Owner Gets Nearly 20 Years In $7M Fraud Suit
• HHS Should Watch For High-Billing Doctors, Report Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McCarter & English's Pam Moore
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Vorys Sater's Benita Kahn
• A Trap For The Unwary Subcontractor
• NJ Doc Admits Taking Bribes In Lab Referral Scheme
• Minn. City's Suit Over Casino Revenue Deal Kept Alive
• OMB Amends Rules For $600B In Annual Grant Spending
• A Panorama Of Fraud And Abuse Under ACA
• Delays Threaten FAA's $40B Air Traffic Control Overhaul
• Big Pharma At Crossroads After GSK Payment Reforms
• CORRECTED: Judge Mulls Damages Offset In FCA Suit Over Ex-Im Loans
• Budget Deal No Cure For Sequester Blues, DOD Says
• Texas Ex-Mayor Gets 3 1/2 Years In $100M Kickback Scandal
• BAE Systems Nabs $171M Support Contract For Navy Missiles
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Novak Druce's Pat Rogowski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: White And Williams' Joan Rosoff
• Tips For US Defense Contractors Entering The EU Market
• Naval Law Enforcement Officer Admits To Corruption Rap
• Developer Gets 2 1/2 Years For Stealing Hurricane Funds
• Mobile Doctors CEO Denies Medicare Fraud Charges
• Allergan Hit With FCA Kickback Suit Over Eye Drugs
• Japanese Subcontractor Wants $2M For Finished DOD Work
• Senate Passes Bipartisan Budget Deal
• DOL Sued Over Contractor Union Rights Poster Rule
• Adventist Health Settles Whistleblowers' ER Billing Claims
• US Settles FCA Suit Over Boots Sold To GSA
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ober Kaler's Barbara Werther
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dechert's Cathy Botticelli
• GSA Multiple Award Schedule Contracting: Lessons From 2013
• Consultant Co. Hits El Paso With Software Copyright Suit
• DOD Contractors Fined $1M In Invoice Fraud Case
• FPS Isn't Properly Training Contract Guards, GAO Report Says
• Claims Pared In Contractor's Night-Vision IP Row
• IRS Vendors Owe $589M In Federal Tax Debts, Watchdog Says
• 2013's Game-Changing Health Rulings
• Robbins Geller Says Boeing Slinging 'Mud' In Sanctions Row
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Locke Lord's Denise Hanna
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morrison & Foerster's Anna White
• Senate Confirms Paul Weiss Atty As Homeland Security Chief
• Cole Scott Dodges DQ In College False Claims Suit
• US Owes $152M For Contract Violations, IT Co. Says
• UK Court Allows Gulf Keystone To Sue Litigation Funders
• Gov't Sees Outlier Among Off-Label Cases Under FCA
• GAO Denies JAM's Protest Over $20M Marines Contract
• WM, Covanta Beat Injunction Denial In NJ Gov. Contract Row
• Air Force Gives Lockheed $200M To Build GPS Satellites
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnold & Porter's Maureen Jeffreys
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish's Ann Cathcart Chaplin
• Suspension, Debarment And Fraud Response: 2013 In Review
• SpaceX, Not Bezos, Awarded Kennedy Center Launchpad
• Lockheed's $73M Counterclaims Struck From Fighter Jet Row
• Defense Bill Would Block Retirement Of A-10 Aircraft
• Singapore Mulls Buying In-Development F-35Bs From US
• NJ Mayor's Associate Pleads Guilty In Corruption Case
• Innoculate Yourself Against FCA Whistleblowers
• COFC Won't Block 'Arbitrary' Park Service Ski Tour Picks
• Senate Confirms Ex-SAIC Exec As Air Force Secretary
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Elizabeth Noe
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bartlit's Rebecca Weinstein Bacon
• 5 Steps To A Successful Cross-Examination
• House Passes Bipartisan, 2-Year Budget Deal
• NCIS Agent To Plead Guilty To Role In Navy Bribery Scheme
• Fla. Court Affirms CSX Railroad Crossing Indemnity Win
• Democrats Urge Obama To Delay Keystone XL Enviro Review
• GAO Nixes Suspended Shipping Co.'s Navy Contract Protest
• Top 10 Legal Issues For Health Providers In 2013
• Patient Recruiters Get Prison Time For $48M Medicare Fraud
• Pa. Auditor Blasts DLA Piper's Lottery Privatization Work
• Congress Moves Closer To Medicare Doc Pay Reform
• Sen. Wants Protection For 'Traditional' Marriage Support
• Chase, Citi Beat FCA Suit Over Fannie, Freddie Payments
• 4th Circ. Revives Purdue Pharma OxyContin FCA Row
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: White And Williams' Patti Santelle
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Debora De Hoyos
• Pentagon Says Shipper Fudged Weights To Pad $723M Bill
• NASA Says Google Execs Got $5.3M DOD Fuel Discount
• House Panel OKs 'Doc Fix' As Clock Ticks On SGR Repeal
• Contractors Will Swallow Pay Cut For More Budget Stability
• Hospital Shouldn't Be Sanctioned In FCA Kickback Suit: Judge
• Defense Contractor Reaches Ch. 11 In Wake Of BAE Suit
• DC Transit Agency Beats $100M Bid-Rigging Suit
• Air Force Says Modernization Could Be Cut By Half
• Sebelius Says Rocky ACA Launch Warrants Contracting Probe
• A Formidable Tool For Forum Selection Clause Enforcement
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morrison Cohen's Danielle Lesser
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Liner Grode's Angela Agrusa
• 365K Have Joined ACA Health Plans Since Launch, HHS Says
• A Call For Clarification Of SBA, FAR Recertification Rules
• Ex-Detroit Mayor Convicted Of Corruption Owes City $4.5M
• Congressional Negotiators Agree To 2-Year Budget Deal
• Navy Expands Review Of Port Contracts In Wake of Scandals
• PAE Wins GAO Protest Over $1B Iraq Life Support Contract
• HCA Escapes Whistleblower Suit Over Medicare Billing
• Government Contracts MVP: Covington's Robert Nichols
• No Preemption For 'Worthless' Policies, 3rd Circ. Hears
• Ariz. Wants High Court Review of Medicaid Abortion Law
• Northrop To Pay Feds $11M In Stock Options Billing Fight
• Justices Asked To Revive FCA Suit Over St. Paul Contracts
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akin Gump's Kerry Berchem
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Locke Lord's Cynthia Bast
• Pharmacy Wholesalers Escape Drug-Inflation FCA Suit
• BAE Wins Share Of $220M Army Missile Defense Contract
• Government Contracts MVP: Hogan Lovells' Michael Mason
• Nuclear Cleanup Contractor Used Shell Subcontracts: DOJ
• Congress Prepares Last-Ditch Attempt At Defense Policy Bill
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Mary Murphy
• Ex-NASA Contractor Loses Retrial Bid In Iran Satellite Case
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnold & Porter's Veronica Rendon
• Arnold & Porter Snags Former Air Force GC For DC Office
• How FRCP E-Discovery Amendments Could Affect You
• 1st Circ. Ends Takeda FCA Suit But Limits Scope Of Ruling
• US Got Off Easy In $72M Drilling Case, Fed. Circ. Told
• FCA Report Author Backs Proposed Reforms Over Objections
• Ex-State Dept. Worker, Husband Sentenced For $53M Fraud
• Government Contracts MVP: Dickstein's Richard Conway
• Ex-Atty Gets Probation For Role In $10M Kickback Scheme
• US Asks Court To Junk Medical Device Co.'s Contract Suit
• Va. Wind Research Facility Sails Over Regulatory Hurdle
• Contractor Says Insurer Must Cover Kickback Defense Costs
• NYC Ends Disabilities Suit With Deal To Make Cabs Accessible
• Federal Cybersecurity Spending To Hit $11B By 2018: Report
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Debevoise's Peggy Davenport
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Reed Smith's Dusty Kirk
• Health Care Tech: A Year-End Review
• DOD Hopes To Save $1B With High-Level Staff Cuts
• Tampa Airport Taps Texas Firm For $496M Upgrade Contract
• Raytheon Among Protesters Challenging $22B DHS Contract
• GAO Denies Protest Of DOD Food Service Contract Process
• GAO Tells NASA To Reevaluate SRA International Proposal
• White House Ups Cap On Contractor Salary Contributions
• US Accuses Russian Diplomats Of $1.5M Medicaid Scam
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Chadbourne's Lori Hoberman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: O'Melveny's Carla Christofferson
• Federal Contracts Alter Usual Rules For Commercial Leases
• Navy Yard Victim's Family Sues Navy Over Wrongful Death
• DOE's IT Chief Says Gov't Contracting Could Use Makeover
• DOD Proposes Addition To Counterfeit Parts Testing Rule
• Navy Contractor Gets 3 Years For $10M Kickback Scheme
• DOD Picks 7 Cos. For $4B Anti-WMD Research Contract
• Miami Patient Recruiter Gets 9 Years Over $48M Fraud
• SEC's Courtroom Cred Slips As Trial Losses Mount
• New Tech Threats Spur Research Efforts, DOD Official Says
• Kaiser Evades Transport Contractor's FCA Suit
• OFCCP Under Fire For Hospital Audits, Disability Hiring Rule
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Lisa Sotto
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hogan Lovells' Emily Yinger
• Thoughts On DOD Rules For Cybersecurity, Supply Chain Risk
• US Objects To Edwin Watts Auction Over Contract Concerns
• Air Force Awards Northrop Grumman $81M For Modernization
• Ex-Gov't Contractor Sales Rep Pleads Guilty In $33M Fraud
• 2 KBR Cases Illuminate Kickback Risks For Contractors
• Raytheon Scores $98M For Army Electronic Warfare Software
• GAO Won't Reconsider Protest Of Booz Allen's IRS Contract
• UK Backs BP In Challenge To Federal Contracting Ban
• Forum Selection Clauses To Be Enforced, High Court Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: K&L Gates' Janice Hartman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: JAMS' Kimberly Taylor
• CVS Caremark Puts Up $4M To End FCA Suit
• Leidos Nets $47M In Army Base Emergency-Response Work
• 4 Little-Noticed FCA Rulings Attys Need To Know
• BAE Nets $28M Contract For Navy Missile Decoy Systems
• GSA Aims To Save $155M With Strategic Office Supply Buys
• AAR Acquires Cargo Loading System Assets From German Co.
• ITI Seeks Toss Of TechAmerica Employee Poaching Suit
• Texas Physical Therapy Clinics Reach $4.3M FCA Deal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: DLA Piper's Tara Lee
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jones Day's Lizanne Thomas
• After The Flood: Cleaning Up From Gov't Shutdown 2013