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Government Contracts - October, 2014

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• CBP Halts Background Checks While Contractors Upgrade IT
• ProLogic Fights To Keep Contract Claim In Trade Secrets Suit
• Gov't Contractor Requests Light Term For Navy Bribery
• Pratt & Whitney Gets $793M In F-35 Supply Contract Mod
• HHS Watchdog Details 2015 Plans To Scrutinize Medical Billing
• Low-Income Developer Calls Legislation A Breach Of Contract
• CMS Finalizes Rule On Home Health Pay, Fraud Prevention
• Security Contractor's Ex-CFO Ducks Stolen Equipment Claims
• Pearl Harbor Shipyard Asbestos Cases Stay In Federal Court
• Boeing Scores $308M USAF Bomb Guidance Kit Contract
• Walgreen Says Gov't Deal Dooms Gift Card FCA Suit
• Dignity Health To Pay $37M To End Medicare Payments Row
• 11th Circ. Revives Part Of Whistleblower Medicare Suit
• Whistleblower Pushes For KBR Docs Given Only To Gov't
• Raytheon Wins $205M Japan Naval Weapon Upgrade Contract
• Sikorsky Warns It May Pull Out $3B Polish Helicopter Bid
• New Zealand, Montenegro Commit To WTO's Procurement Pact
• GAO Denies Aerospace Co.'s Protest Of $210M NASA Contract
• DLA Defends Depo Refusal, Wants Contractor's Suit Tossed
• DOJ, AllQuest's Doc Dispute In $264M FCA Suit Rages On
• Bias Claim Over SAIC Marines Contract Warrants Discovery
• North Florida Shipyards To Pay $1M To Settle FCA Charges
• Judge Orders Trinity To Mediate After $175M Guardrail Verdict
• Biomet Pays $6M To End FCA Suit Over Bone-Growth Device
• Orbital Seeks ISS Launch Equipment In Injunction
• Federal Claims Court Clarifies Murky Procurement Definition
• HHS Looks To Existing Procurement Tool For Ebola Drugs
• Barclays Hit With $10B Fraud, Bribery Suit Over Saudi Scheme
• Orbital Sciences Assists NASA Probe Of Antares Rocket Blast
• NJ Approves First Application Under Enviro Waiver Program
• Gov't Contractor Indicted For Alleged $116M Drug Return Plot
• Lockheed Nabs $392M F-35 Air Systems Contract
• DLA Chastised By OIG For $2.5B Payment System Missteps
• Shutts & Bowen Adds Ex-Navy Atty To Gov't Contracts Team
• Columbia Agrees To $9M Deal In Federal AIDS Grant FCA Row
• Engility Closes $1.1B Deal To Acquire PE-Backed TASC
• Allied Asks 5th Circ. To Overturn HUD Suspension
• Daschle Leaves DLA Piper For Baker Donelson Policy Group
• How The FEC Responded To Citizens United, McCutcheon
• KBR Whistleblower Defends DC Court's Role In Doc Dispute
• WellCare Hit With FCA Suit Over Denied Hospital Stays
• The Legal Professions' Curious Under-Use Of 2nd Opinions
• Science Systems Wins $210M NASA Satellite Contract
• Tech Contractor Exec Resigns After DOJ Unveils Ethics Breach
• UK Reaches Tentative Deal For Its First Production F-35s
• Contractor Sheds Fraud Suit Over $12M Navy Job
• Lockheed Wins $487M USAF Contract Mod For F-22 Program
• CORRECTED: Ex-Boeing Officer Gets 20 Months In $3.5M Kickback Scheme
• US Intervenes In Medicaid FCA Suit Against NYC, CSC
• Foreign Cos.' Process Service Question Sent To 9th Circ.
• NY Announces $70M In Funding For Bike, Pedestrian Projects
• DynCorp Slammed Over Bid To Escape Afghan Deal Dispute
• DOJ Fights Bid For 6th Circ. Review Of FCA Extrapolation
• Unisys Denies $13M Army Overbilling FCA Allegations
• Medicare's Review Of Suspensions Called Unconstitutional
• Small Business Claims Wyle Stole X-Ray Air Force Contract
• Saab Signs $5.4B Jet Fighter Deal With Brazilian Air Force
• Radio Equipment Maker Pays $10M Over FCA Allegations
• Use Social Media For Legal Service Only As A Last Resort
• Trinity Stops Shipping Deadly Guardrails After $175M Verdict
• Liberty Medical Strikes Deal Trimming $160M Medicare Claim
• IT Companies Keeping A Close Eye On Defense Bill Changes
• Cobham Wins $615M Deal For Aussie Search Aircraft
• Exploration Co. Asks High Court To Take Oil Lease Dispute
• GAO Denies Protest Over $559M Lockheed CMS Contract
• DOL Recovers $2M In Back Wages For Solar Project Workers
• FCA Whistleblower Wants Humana Suit Restrictions Lifted
• Funders Must Pay Indemnity Costs In $1.6B Excalibur Fight
• Northrop Nabs $207M US Navy Radar Contract Mod
• An Associate's Perspective On Business Development
• $62M FCA Suit Against Northrop Grumman Mostly Survives
• Canada Slams 'Protectionist' Buy America Procurement Bills
• College Student Gets 2 Years For Hacking Navy, Others
• NYC Taxi Drivers Gain Chance To Appeal 'Taxi Of Tomorrow'
• NY Top Court Urges SimplexGrinnell Wage Recovery
• Orbital Sciences Sues Partner For Fraud In NASA Subcontract
• SG Backs KBR, Halliburton Tipster On Wartime FCA Limits
• Ohio Court Halts Subpoena In Reservoir Construction Spat
• Florida Hospitals Face FCA Suit Over Kickback Scheme
• Raytheon Reveals Planned $400M Defense Firm Acquisition
• Bechtel Unit Wins $820M Navy Nuclear Component Contracts
• Scientists Can't Shake $10M Gov't Contract Fraud Charges
• DaVita Finalizes $400M Settlement Over Kickback Claims
• Hooper Lundy Nabs Greenberg Traurig Vet For Health Practice
• Schiff Hardin Snags Arent Fox Construction Group Head
• Blackwater Verdict May Dampen Allure Of Overseas Contracts
• $6.8B NASA Contract Gets Green Light Despite GAO Protest
• Northrop Grumman, CSC Win $71M In DOD Software Contracts
• Ex-Pa. County Commissioner Can't Lift Stay In Corruption Suit
• Whistleblower Gets Omnicare Defense Pared In FCA Suit
• DOD Seeks OK For General Dynamics' $600M Iraq Ammo Deal
• Ex-Contractor To Pay $4.36M For Superfund Bid-Rigging
• Northrop Protests USAF Radar Contract Award To Raytheon
• Blackwater Guards Found Guilty In Iraq Shooting Case
• New Jurisdictional Issues When Moving To Quash A Subpoena
• $7B Drug-Fighting Effort Fails To Slow Afghan Poppy Farming
• SAIC Spinoff Co. Pays $1.5M To End Long-Running FCA Case
• Hunter Labs Can't Dodge Contract Suit Over $6.3M FCA Share
• Sideman & Bancroft Adds Ex-DOJ Prosecutor In Denver
• Blackwater Jury Closes In On Manslaughter Conviction
• Four Convicted In $158M Houston Hospital Medicare Scam
• DOE Whistleblower Investigation Snared By Privilege Dispute
• KBR, Whistleblower Trade Blows Over Privileged Docs
• Fla. Hospitals Beat Whistleblower's Retaliation Claim
• Snowden Vetter May Lose $210M Contract After GAO Ruling
• DynCorp Wins $83M US Navy Training Aircraft Contract
• Export Controls And The Art Of Voluntary Disclosures
• KBR, Halliburton Whistleblower Urges High Court To Allow Suit
• Firsthand Knowledge Needed To Clear FCA Bar, 3rd Circ. Rules
• Trinity Bilked Feds Of $175M, Jury Finds In Guardrail FCA Suit
• Defense Contractor Ordered To Ship Cars In $3M Contract Row
• Blackwater Jurors To See Post-Shooting Video
• EPA Watchdog To Audit Calif. Enviro Board Laser Purchase
• DOD Seeks Contractors For Fort Hood Green Energy Project
• Thermacore To Pay $965K To Resolve FCA Allegations
• High Court Won't Mull Bankrupt Co.'s Row With Puerto Rico
• A Large Loophole In The Ostensible Subcontractor Rule
• Gov't Brings Intervening Complaint In Sikorsky FCA Suit
• Defense Contractors Took Big Sequestration Hit, Report Says
• Kickbacks Sink Contractor Bid For $3M In Costs, ASBCA Says
• 5th Circ. Ruling Doesn't Excuse Trinity From FCA Suit: Judge
• Pa. AG Drops Charges Against Ex-Pol In Bid-Rigging Case
• Fla., Calif. Join US In FCA Suit Against Symantec
• DOD Plans $1B In Arms Sales To Greece, Other Allies
• GSA Approves Interim Security Reviews For Cloud Contractors
• Veteran's Co. Wins Reinstatement To VA Contract Program
• 7th Circ. Keeps 'Worthless Services' Out Of FCA Suits
• Duke Units File 3rd Spent Nuclear Fuel Suit Against DOE
• Diagnostic Centers To Pay $2.6M To Settle Medicare FCA Suit
• Offsets Offer Traps For Unwary Defense Exporters
• NASA Contractors Urge Dismissal Of Union Suit Over Wages
• Exec Gets 7 Years For Selling Phony Batteries To Navy
• What Litigators Can Learn From Novelists
• Oncologist Gets New Damages Trial After $90M FCA Judgment
• Atty Deserves Sanctions For Baseless FCA Claims, Judge Says
• GAO Denies Boeing's Protest Over $158M Mapping Award
• Lockheed Wins $125M Missile Defense Contract
• Meggitt Wins $99M US Army Simulation System Contract
• Ex-Soldier Gets 5 Months For Gov't Contract Bribery Scheme
• Agencies Still Lag In Cloud Contract Cybersecurity: Report
• A Look At DOD's Proposed Changes To FOIA Program
• Excelitas Whistleblower Fights To Keep $13M FCA Suit
• SBA Slammed For Skepticism Of Woman-Owned Small Businesses
• NCI Lines Up $125M IT Contract With US Army
• Contractors Say Executive Order Contradicts Labor Laws
• VHA Official Retires, Skirting Agency Action In FedBid Scandal
• Organon To Pay $31 Million Over FCA Medicaid Allegations
• Lockheed Seeks Partners After Claiming Fusion Breakthrough
• Feds Say Whistleblower Lacks Stake In $21M Sprint FCA Case
• Pratt & Whitney Gets $592M Bump In F-35 Engine Contract
• Convicted Surgeon Hits Sidley With $30M Malpractice Suit
• Lockheed Wins $595M Mod To Foreign Missile Contract
• A Possible Disagreement Between GAO And Fed. Claims Court
• High Court Nixes Minact's Deferred Compensation Tax Appeal
• ATK Announces $269M In Army Ammo Contract Awards
• 6th Circ. Must Weigh FCA Extrapolation, Life Care Says
• ACA Spurs Feds To Rethink Anti-Kickback Policies
• High Court Rebuffs Pearl Harbor Asbestos Remand Appeal
• San Francisco Files FERC Complaint Against PG&E
• NASA Awards More Contracts Under $20B IT Procurement
• Individuals Are Expendable In Debarment Fights, Attys Say
• Lockheed Lands $90M Contract For Qatar Apache Parts
• High Court Lets Stand Companies' Right To Sue For Race Bias
• Information Governance: A Missed Opportunity For Lawyers
• AstraZeneca Facing Suit In Texas Over Seroquel Marketing
• DOD Questioned Over $486M Afghan Aircraft Fleet Destruction
• Off-Label Claims In Cephalon FCA Suits Trimmed By Judge
• KBR Hit With FCA Suit Over 'Excess' LOGCAP III Supplies
• House Dems Win Contractor Support For Acquisition Plan
• Boeing Pays $23M To End FCA Whistleblower Suit In Texas
• US Refutes Ex-Detroit Mayor's Attacks On Graft Conviction
• NJ Court Says Federal Law Preempts Whistleblower Suit
• DOD Watchdog Suggests Defense Contract Policy Overhaul
• Nursing Homes Ink $38M FCA Deal Over 'Worthless Services'
• CareMed Forks Over $10M To Settle FCA Phone Fraud Suit
• Dallas Clinic Cleared Of Fired Worker's Fraud Allegations
• House Subcommittee OKs $700M More For Ebola Battle
• DC Circ. Asked To Revive Anti-Terrorism FCA Suit Against GW
• WTC Steel Contractor Backs Out Of Fraud Plea Deal
• Northrop Faked 'Essential' GPS Tests, Whistleblower Says
• Whistleblower Seeks Stark Law Win In Hospital Kickback Suit
• Lockheed Gets OK For $343M Aircraft Sale To Brunei
• Army Corps, Ga. Open Bidding For $706M Dredging Project
• BMS, Otsuka Say Abilify FCA Claims Don't Stick
• 4th Circ. Sets High Court FCA Agenda For 2014-15 Term
• Star Dynamics Gets OK For $3M Israeli Radar Settlement
• BP Slams Bid To Drag It Back Into $266B Atlantis FCA Suit
• Boeing Ducks $4.8B FCA Suit Over Aircraft Parts
• Grand Canyon Hotelier Sues NPS Over Contract Changes
• FCA Whistleblower Must Try Again In Humana Medicare Suit
• Pentagon OKs Lockheed's $500M Aircraft Deal With Greece
• Debarment Chief Denies Individuals Are Being Targeted
• Defense Contractor To Pay $13.7M For FCA Overbilling Claims
• KBR Is Turning The Tables On The DCAA
• A Primer On 'Bad Faith' In Federal Removal Jurisdiction
• NJ County Says Contract Breach Should Nix Atty Fee Award
• Fla. Appeals Court Punts On Motorola FCA Suit Dismissal Row
• DynCorp Says It Was Justified In Abandoning Bombed Facility
• VA Moves To Fire Health Procurement Official
• Vectrus Scores $458M Air Force Base Support Contract
• Textron Wins $43.6M Air Force Electronics Contract
• BLM Landlord Wins Protest But Loses Lease
• NASA Aims To Update Patent Waiver Policy
• Stradley Ronon Lands Ex-Steptoe Securities Chair
• Extrapolating False Claims: The Debate In US V. Life Care
• Texas Seeks Bids For Corpus Christi Bridge Replacement
• Raytheon Edges Lockheed, Northrop For USAF Radar Contract
• State Farm Asks 5th Circ. To Reverse Katrina Fraud Ruling
• DHS To Monitor Civilian Agency Networks For Cyberattack
• Navy Debuts 'Swarm' Of Drone Boats To Protect Its Ships
• Seneca Can Frack Pa. Land From Adjacent Property: Court
• USDA Shoreline Contract Stalled Over Small Business Fight
• You Don't Have To Report Counterfeits To DOD IG
• BAE Wins $154M Army Contract To Refit Recovery Vehicles
• High Court Won't Hear Omnicare Whistleblower's FCA Case
• High Court Won't Hear Gosselin Appeal Of $101M FCA Fines
• KBR's $41M Iraq War Fee Appeal Rebuffed By High Court
• Lockheed, MTA Lock Horns At Outset Of $300M Contract Trial
• Gov't Contractor Faces WARN Act Suit After Laying Off 1,200
• In-House Insights From KBR General Counsel Andrew Farley
• Senate Report Calls For Better Defense Acquisition Training
• Iraq Asks 2nd Circ. For $10B Oil-For-Food Rehearing
• PharMerica Dodges Worker's FCA Suit Under First-To-File
• Contractors Say New Minimum Wage Rule Is Too Complicated
• Small-Biz Gov't Contracts Going To Big Firms, Group Says
• Ex-Director Of Ark. Agency Pleads Guilty To Bribery Charges
• Increased Access To Pay Data Will Boost OFCCP Enforcement
• NASA Awards 56 IT Contracts Worth Up To $20B
• Infosys Accused Of Retaliation In Wake Of FCA Suit
• General Dynamics Settles Gun Injury Suit With Former Soldier
• UPS Says Gov't Shipping Overcharge FCA Suit Doesn't Fly
• HHS OIG Floats Exceptions To Health Care Kickbacks Law
• 5th Circ. Revives Investors' Amedisys Medicare Fraud Suit
• IBM, PwC Lose Protest Of $55M Army Audit Award
• Fed. Circ. Won't Rehear Veridyne's $1M Unpaid Invoice Suit
• Lawmakers Ask High Court To Protect Federal Whistleblowers
• FedEx, Others Get $545M In DOD Airlift Services Contracts
• DOL Releases Final Rule To Hike Contractor Minimum Wage
• Radar Tech Maker Excelitas Seeks To Ground $13M FCA Suit
• Ex-FBI Agent Admits Taking Cash To Derail Kickbacks Probe
• Marine Corps Needs More Amphibious Ships, General Says
• Are Academic Medical Centers Dead?: Part 2
• 5 Army National Guard Officials Charged In Bribery Schemes
• Rep. Wants Top VA Official Sacked For Abusing Power
• Texas Court Asked To Revive Claim Law Firm Stole FCA Suit
• Hospitals Say HHS Owes Them For Low-Income-Patient Care
• US Lands $1.8B Saudi Deal For Raytheon, Lockheed Missiles
• 7th Circ. Rightly Nixed $9M FCA Verdict, Nursing Home Says
• Congresswoman Demands Military End Burger King Contracts
• 3 Plead Guilty to Embezzling Air Force Funds
• Covidien Unit Escapes FCA Suit Over Off-Label Marketing
• Blackwater Jury Hints At Involuntary Manslaughter Conviction
• Lockheed Wins $246M F-35 Contract Mod
• Babcock, BAE Nab $5.2B In UK Naval Support Contracts
• Are Academic Medical Centers Dead?: Part 1