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Government Contracts - June, 2014

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• Kuwaiti Catering Subcontractor Sues KBR For Over $10M
• Huntington Ingalls Reels In $76M Coast Guard Contract
• 9th Circ. Says Judge Misread Medicaid Act In Row Over Cuts
• 4th Circ. Brings Back Abu Ghraib Contractor Torture Suit
• Government Says Novartis Can't Escape FCA Kickback Suit
• Whistleblower Protections Win Approval From Pa. Legislature
• National Guard Official Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud, Bribery
• Raytheon Wins $275M Missile Contract Modification
• DC Circ. Breathes New Life Into Attorney-Client Privilege
• Lance Armstrong Can't Duck FCA Suit Over USPS Sponsorship
• GAO Tosses MDV Protest Over $125M DOD Grocery Contract
• FAA Can't Dodge $45M Deadly Bagram Crash Coverage Suit
• DOJ Joins FCA Suit Over 60-Day Overpayment Rule
• US To Stop Acquiring, Creating Anti-Personnel Landmines
• DC Circ. Says KBR Ruling Got Atty-Client Privilege Wrong
• Lockheed Whistleblower Loses Bid To Revive $400M FCA Suit
• MIT Scores $656M Air Force Contract Modification
• 4 Things Every Law Firm Should Do Upon A Cyberbreach
• Sikorsky Seizes $1.28B USAF Contract For Rescue Helicopters
• A Look At HHS' Newly Proposed Exclusion Rule: Part 2
• Surviving FCA Claims In Novartis Kickback Row To Stay Put
• White House Seeks $65.8B For Overseas Contingency Budget
• Gentiva Escapes Some Claims In Home Health FCA Suit
• KBR Can Pursue Quest To Recover Private Security Funds
• CORRECTED: Omnicare Seals End To Insurer's FCA Suit
• Greenberg Adds 2nd Gov't Contracts Pro From Squire Patton
• PhRMA, AHA Urge Supreme Court To Curb FCA Penalties
• VA Loses 2 More Top Officials, Brings In New Adviser
• Raytheon Wins $223M Missile Contract For Navy, USAF, Others
• Venable Snags Patton Boggs' Employment Co-Chair
• A Look At HHS' Newly Proposed Exclusion Rule: Part 1
• 5 Things To Know About FDA Response To Off-Label Petition
• Armstrong Ruling Is 1st To Reject WSLA Application To FCA
• Kuwait Contractor Sues DOD For Stonewalling Depo Requests
• SUNY Trustees Approve $240M Hospital Sale
• Senate Confirms 2 Top Pentagon Advisers
• Senate Panel Passes IT Procurement, Cybersecurity Bills
• 9 Takeaways From Enforcers On Medicare Fraud Priorities
• KBR Subcontractor Asks Texas Court To Revive $8M Suit
• DOJ Signs On To $124M Omnicare FCA Kickback Settlement
• 9th Circ. Again Revives FCA Suit Against Honeywell
• DOD Procurement Chief To Retire
• Lockheed Wins $1.86B US Air Force Satellite Contract Mod
• Quest Contract With VA Tossed For 'Irrational' Pricing
• 11th Circ. Puts Reinsurer On Hook For City-Contractor Row
• Honeywell Fights Discovery Order In Body Armor FCA Suit
• Marine Corps Chief Eyes Quick AAV Upgrade Schedule
• Tenet, HMA Can't Duck Feds' FCA Kickback Suit
• DOD Wants To Alert Contractors Of Afghan Tax Requirements
• Ex-Mylan VP Says He Was Axed Over Cephalon Whistleblowing
• BAE Systems Lands Mexican Naval Gun Contract
• 4th Circ. Nominee Defends Record As Senate OKs 4 Judges
• Medicare Supplier's Contract Breach Suit Gets Trimmed
• Two Whistleblowers Cut Out Of $193M Endo Settlement
• Calif. Co. Sues Fla. DOT For Reneging On Gov't Contract
• Military Telecom Contractor Gets 4 Years For Bribery Plot
• Pushing Back On DCAA Audits: Part 2
• Boeing Subcontractor To Cop To $3.5M Insider Info Rap
• DOD Contract Pay Improvements Fall Short, GAO Says
• CACI Lands $27M Weapons System Engineering Contract
• High Court Snubs Whistleblower Claim To $38M For Doc Fraud
• FCA Suit Can't Base Claims On Public Info: 4th Circ.
• Kaiser Pares Down Medicare Advantage FCA Suit
• OSI Unit Scores $103M X-Ray Inspection Contract For Iraq
• Taxpayers Lose Appeal Of Chicago's $1.2B Parking Deal
• New Challenges To Pay Confidentiality Policies
• DOD Expands Set-Asides For Women-Owned Businesses
• When Contractor's Boilerplate Trumps Gov't Contract Terms
• CalPERS Insurance Shorted Doctors, Class Tells Calif. Panel
• Blackwater Guard Can't Shed Murder Charges In DC Court
• 9th Circ. Extends Billing Period For Gov't Contracts
• Fed. Circ. Orders DOE To Pay $53M In Nuclear Cleanup Fight
• Raytheon Scores $392M Missile Contract For Army, Others
• $136M Contract Fraudster Urges No Restitution For Gov't
• Fla. AG Clarifies When Cos. Must Make Records Public
• House Passes $570B Defense Bill, Rejects Cuts To A-10
• VA Pushes Forward On Scheduling System Procurement
• Supplemental Medical Review Contractors Are Ones To Watch
• French Probe Didn't Start Clock On Armstrong FCA Suit: Judge
• NJ Diagnostic Firm Owner Arrested In Medicaid Kickback Plot
• NJ Man Accused Of Stealing $3.5M Via Sham Law Firm
• 11th Circ. Upholds 20-Year Payroll-Tax Conviction
• 3rd Circ. Decision Deepens Split On Crucial FCA Rule
• Whistleblower Says Citi Continues Reckless Mortgage Lending
• GSA Wants HR's Slant On New Employee-Training Contract
• Blackwater Case Tests DOJ Authority Over Contractors Abroad
• Senate Judiciary Committee Advances 13 Judge Nominees
• GAO Calls For 20-Year Coast Guard Modernization Plan
• New Trial Ordered In KBR Breach Suit Over Fla. Airport
• Manatt Phelps Nabs Former DHS Official For DC Office
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Williams Mullen's McCarroll
• Smartphone Forensics: Tips From The E-Discovery Trenches
• UK-Based LLP Partners Now Enjoy More Protections
• CDA Statute Of Limitation Construct Crystallizes Further
• PE Firm Gets ArmorWorks Majority Stake In New Ch. 11 Plan
• Hatch Decries $3.9B In Reported Improper Medicaid Payments
• Feds Pay $4M To Escape Chubb's Ammo Site CERCLA Suit
• Northrop Grumman Wins $238M Air Force Anti-Missile Deal
• NASA Should Reconsider $112M Peerless Contract, GAO Says
• Innospec Execs Convicted On Foreign Bribery Charges
• Blackwater Guards Claim Self Defense In Iraq Shooting Trial
• Weinberg Wheeler Scores Ex-Greenberg Construction Atty
• Iraq Issues Show Need For Requested Budget, DOD Chiefs Say
• Glaser Weil Snags RE Pro For Gov't Regulatory Law Practice
• GAO Denies Protest Of $65M Coast Guard Cutter Contracts
• Army Corps Delays Palm Beach Harbor Dredging Plan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bush Seyferth's Cheryl Bush
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Davis Wright's Kelli Sager
• No Hostile Workplace Claim If Victims Oblivious: 11th Circ.
• Honeywell Cheated Subcontractor On $61M Army Deal: Suit
• DOD Needs To Further Combat Trafficking, Report Shows
• Blackwater Guards Who Killed Iraqis Saw No Threat, Jury Told
• US Slaps IPC With False Claims Lawsuit Over 'Upcoding'
• McCain Blasts Lockheed 'Cronyism' In $400B F-35 Program
• DHS Fared Well Against Sequestration, CSIS Finds
• Gov't Says Minority Contractor Assistance Program Is Legal
• Amerisource Relator Can't Ax Counterclaims Over Secret Info
• Heller Ruling May Be Knockout Punch Against Jewel Claims
• Guilty D&O May Lose Defense Costs, Indemnification Too
• Still The Fastest Justice Anywhere
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Proskauer's Monica Shilling
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Levine Sullivan's Gayle Sproul
• BP Wins First DOD Contract After Deepwater Sanctions End
• Novartis Seeks Dismissal Of FCA Kickback Claims
• Obama LGBT Order May Spur Employers To Revamp Policies
• Raytheon Levels $27.4M Suit At DOD Over Disallowed Costs
• Greenberg Snags Patton Boggs Partner For DC Practice
• GSA Unveils Modernization Plan For Service Awards
• Justices Seek SG's Input On KBR War Zone Injury Cases
• Obama Poised To Sign LGBT Anti-Bias Order For Contractors
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe & Johnson's Flanery
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nexsen Pruet's Marguerite Willis
• Expanding HHS OIG Exclusion Authority, Civil Penalties
• DOJ Claims Contractor Bilked Pentagon Out Of $3M
• HUD Rips Ex-Sandy Contractor Over Botched Response In NJ
• Sens. Urge DOD To Stop Using False Accounting Numbers
• DynCorp Accused Of Falsifying Reports On Afghanistan Work
• Miami Rail Worker Asks High Court To Review Retaliation Suit
• KBR Whistleblower Calls Forced Arbitration 'Unconscionable'
• Camp's Plan To Ditch LIFO A Nightmare For Businesses
• Ayala's Bid Wins $810M Philippines Toll Road Contract
• DOD Calls For Procurement Incentives To Beat Overspending
• DOE, Southern Co. Ink $187M Deal To Develop Carbon Capture
• DC Circ. Affirms 12-Year Sentence Of USAID Workers
• OPM Finds More Holes In Contracted Background Checks
• P3 Opportunities To Abound Now That WRRDA Is Law
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sterne Kessler's Eldora Ellison
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ogletree Deakins' Melissa Bailey
• Philadelphia Minimum Wage Rises With Other Cities, States
• Contractor Blasts FCA Claims In Shoddy-Truck Suit
• Gov't Settles Mine Detection Patent Dispute For $10.2M
• Judge Will Allow Most Evidence In Blackwater Shooting Case
• DOL Unveils Rule To Raise Contractor Minimum Wage
• NJ Lawmakers Look To Toughen US-Made Requirements
• Senate Confirms New Comptroller For Pentagon
• Shands Settles Remainder Of $26M FCA Suit
• Holland & Knight Snaps Up Former Patton Boggs Alaska Team
• Adopt Value Or Be Left In The Ash Heap Of History
• Ohio Electric Co. To Pay $1M To Settle Race Bias Claims
• CVS, Rite Aid Dodge Mich. False Claims Suits Over Generics
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bryan Cave's Chris Cesare
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gordon & Rees' Leslie Benitez
• OMB Nominee Defends Record Before Senate Panel
• Lessons For Contractors From The Medtronic Settlement
• The Hidden Costs Of Spreadsheets In Risk Management
• Raytheon Nabs $115.5M Weapon Systems Upgrade Contract
• Space Center Food Concessionaire Can't Escape FCA Suit
• Senate Overwhelmingly Passes VA Health Care Reform Bill
• GSA Updates Fly America Act Rules For Transporting Cargo
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive $16M Contractor Suit Against Travelers
• Fla. AG Can Toss 'Frivolous' State FCA Case, Court Told
• IBM, Epic Partner For $11B DOD E-Record System Bid
• Novartis Gets FCA Kickback Suit Pared Down
• Navy Wants Biofuels As Part Of $3.5B Fuel Buy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gardere's Kim Yelkin
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Proskauer's Margaret Dale
• House Passes $52B Transportation, HUD Spending Bill
• 3rd Circ. Backs Lighter FCA Standard In Dialysis Co. Case
• House Panel Rejects Bid To Save Air Force A-10 Fleet
• Appeals Court Backs NYC's $1B All-Nissan Taxi Plan
• GAO Rejects Protest Of $94M US Navy Carrier Contract
• House Passes Bill To Improve Veteran Access To Health Care
• Contractors Prepare For Expanding Anti-Counterfeit Crusade
• Lockheed Nabs Contract To Modernize FAS Systems
• NYC Construction Contractor To Pay $5M For Wage Violations
• Calif. Teacher Tenure System Struck Down
• Wells Fargo Can't Evade Mortgage Fraud Suit, DC Circ. Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thacker Martinsek's Martinsek
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Rutan & Tucker's Kathy Jenson
• 10th Circ. Grounds Colo. Airport Services Monopoly Spat
• Cephalon Can't Boot Outside Firm From Off-Label Suit
• House Passes $17.6B NASA 2014 Spending Bill
• House Passes DHS Acquisitions Reforms Bill
• More Than 100K Veterans Affected By VA Delays, Audit Finds
• FDA OKs Off-Label Petitions By Sidley Austin, Ropes & Gray
• The Purpose Of Proposed Rule 37(e)
• Cloud Contract Cybersecurity Push Will Likely Be Gradual
• FCA Suits Over 'Worthless Services' On The Rise
• Feds Get OK To Search Shipping Cos. In $723M FCA Suit
• Lockheed Nabs $122M Modification To F-35 Contract
• Female Powerbrokers: WhatleyKallas' Edith Kallas
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Michael Best's Kerryann Minton
• Don't Let Barko Bite Atty-Client, Work-Product Privileges
• Professor Wants High Court To Revive FCA Retaliation Claim
• Wyle, SAIC Renew Fight For $1.8B NASA Health Contract
• DOD Frustrated By FCA's Impact On Suspension, Debarment
• Feds Drop Criminal Investigation Of Pa. Defense Contractor
• NASA Taps Sumara Thompson-King For GC Post
• Lockheed Nabs $452M Air Force Missile Support Contract
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Waller's Katie Stenberg
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Husch Blackwell's Hanaway
• WWII, Forensic History And Righting Environmental Wrongs
• Defense Cos. Struggle to Keep Pace With Tech Sector: Report
• Dallas Seeks AG's OK For Contractor Minimum Wage Hike
• 9th Circ. Urged To Revive $200M Planned Parenthood FCA Suit
• DOJ Placing 'Renewed Emphasis' On FCA Compliance Fixes
• Solicitor General Is Wrong On 2 Big FCA Issues In KBR Case
• Sanders, McCain Compromise On VA Reform Legislation
• Obama Chides France For Continuing With Russia Carrier Sale
• Blackwater Guard Can't Duck Murder Charge For Iraqi Deaths
• Keys To Successful Legal Outsourcing
• Indicted Pa. School Founder Says His Attys Were Taped
• Kuwaiti Food Contractor Hits NSA With FOIA Suit
• Mexico Bribery Suit Lacks US Ties, Siemens Tells 2nd Circ.
• Gov't Contractor Pleads Guilty To Air Force Bribery Scheme
• Lockheed Wins $182M US Navy Launch System Contract
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Brown Rudnick's Louise Verrill
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Duval & Stachenfeld's Terri Adler
• Keiser U Dodges Sanctions, FCA Relators Dinged Instead
• Contractor Groups Oppose New Conflict Of Interest Rule
• Holland & Knight Hires Gov't Contracts Pro From Patton Boggs
• Top Pa. Deputy Attorney General Returns To Ballard Spahr
• 5th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Planned Parenthood FCA Suit
• Scientists Indicted For Fraud Over $10M In Gov't Contracts
• DOL Says Gov't Interests Trump Contractors' In Poster Row
• It's Contract Disputes Act Statute Of Limitations Season
• How Bitcoin Will Bring About A Legal Practice Revolution
• DOD Says Rotorcraft Acquisitions Won't Repeat F-35 Errors
• Medicare Advantage Is FCA's Next Frontier
• ATK Nabs $112M In US Military Ammo Contracts
• Northrop Lands $9.9B Contract To Update USAF Bomber Fleet
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hanson Bridgett's Linda Klamm
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akerman's Mary Carroll
• DOJ Asks Justices To Reject Potential Landmark FCA Case
• Raytheon Takes Home $298M USAF Terminals Contract
• 2nd Circ. OKs $11.5M Seizure In CityTime Fallout
• GOP Sens. Want Health Coverage For Vets Outside VA System
• How To Control Your Law Firm's Real Estate Costs
• Fed. Circ. Sides With VA In Veteran-Owned Business Appeal
• ConocoPhillips Unit Seeks Gas Review In DOI Royalties Row
• Lockheed Wins $915M Contract To Build USAF Space Fence
• 5 Insights From Nationwide Chief Legal Officer Pat Hatler
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fross Zelnick's Barbara Solomon
• Army Wins $50M Contract Dispute After Evidentiary Ruling
• Ex-Charlotte Mayor To Plead Guilty In Corruption Case
• Fixing VA Bureacracy Requires More Than Shinseki's Ouster
• GAO Says NASA Wrongly Booted Uncertified JV From Bidding
• 3rd Circ. Boots FCA Suit Against Pa. DOT Contractor
• Ex-DaVita Staffers Fight To Keep FCA Suit Alive
• EPA Watchdog Knocks Agency For Weak Contract Controls
• Exelis Nabs $143M Army Communications Systems Contract
• 4 Cos. Vie For $809M Philippine Toll Road Project
• Cox Smith Woos Ex-OFCCP Director From K&L Gates
• SAIC Lands Part Of $800M Joint Force Development Contract
• Federal Officer Defense Reinforced For Gov't Contractors
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sugarman Rogers' Chris Netski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Benesch's Megan Mehalko