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Government Contracts - February, 2015

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• Ex-Hospice Exec. Indicted In Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Ex-NJ Power Broker Can't Kill Surprise Testimony In Trial
• FCA Suit Lacks Physician Wrongdoing, Hospice Says
• Two Claims Trimmed In DOD Contractor's $3.3M Suit
• DOE Owes $22.5M More In Nuclear Plant Cleanup Damages
• $3M Medicare Billing Scheme Gets NY Man 7 Years
• Pa. Senate Democrats Unveil Liquor Privatization Alternative
• Calif. Appeals Court Rules $6M Parking Project Rightly Nixed
• US Says Builders Used Veteran To Win $12M In Contracts
• Committee OKs Bill To Fight Trafficking By Gov't Contractors
• SC Sheriff, DOD Sued For Reneging On Aircraft Swap
• US Scores Partial Win In $67M Nuclear Fuel Dispute
• Kuwaiti Caterer's $10M Row With KBR Will Go To Arbitration
• Raytheon Wins $122M Modification For More Missiles
• Marijuana Legalization Creates Risks For Gov't Contractors
• Oracle Hits Ex-Gov.'s Staffers With $33M Cover Oregon Suit
• IBM Can't Duck $50M FCA Suit Over Botched DHS Contract
• Feds Blast Ex-NJ Democratic Leader For Greed As Trial Opens
• 3 More Insurance Cos. Off Hook In Shipbuilder FCA Suit
• Businessman Requests Probation In $23M Veterans Fraud
• Pa. House Again Passes Measure Privatizing Liquor Sales
• Obama Order Will Cause Contracting 'Chaos,' Attys Tell House
• Senate Panel OKs Texas, Utah, Federal Claims Judicial Noms
• Lockheed Lands $90M In Navy Data-Sharing System Contracts
• Boeing Tells Texas High Court Lease Terms Aren't Public
• Exelis, SRC Resolve Trade Secrets Row Over USAF Contract
• 3rd Circ. Upholds $2.4M Award In Navy Subcontract Row
• Bill Pushes Feds To Use Refurbished Parts For Auto Repairs
• 6th Circ Says Audit Not Public Disclosure In Reviving FCA Suit
• BP Rips 'New' Evidence In $266B Atlantis FCA Suit
• Bankrupt Ambulance Co. Seeks Stay of Medicare FCA Suit
• C3PO's $6M Suit Over Terminated DynCorp Contract Slashed
• Lockheed Scores $129M Mod To Missile System Contract
• Kearfott Sues Over Unpaid Work On Air Force Subcontract
• Insurer Must Defend Gun Accessory Manufacturer In FCA Suit
• How DOD Is Streamlining National Interest Determinations
• DOD Should Streamline Weapon Acquisition Review: GAO
• NJ Doctor Indicted For Fraudulent Medicare, Medicaid Bills
• Iraq Contractor Wants Full 4th Circ. To Rehear FCA Case
• When Customers And FCA Whistleblowers Collide
• General Dynamics Nabs Potentially $415M Army Contract
• Novartis Says Doc Deadline In FCA Suit Not Feasible
• Air Force Shakes Suit Over Construction Contract Award
• Feds Seek Early Win In Symantec Whistleblower FCA Suit
• SAIC Wins $62M Task Order For Navy Engineering Services
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Michael Best's José Olivieri
• 5th Circ. Slams Stubborn Judge, Revives $19M FCA Suit Again
• USAID Contractor Dissolves Board Amid Suspension Scandal
• Fla. Health Agency OKs 2,600 New Nursing Home Beds
• Air Force Lifts Ban On Reverse Auction Co. FedBid
• Dentons Adds Ex-Jones Day Defense Duo For New Office
• AIG Unit Must Cover LAX Project Flaws Defense, Suit Says
• Pa. House Committee OKs Bill To Privatize Liquor Sales
• Marine Says Email Search 'Illegal' In Contract Fraud Case
• Feds Want 4th Circ. To Reinstate Gosselin's $101M FCA Award
• Whistleblower Defends Fees Demand In $1.9M FCA Row
• This Week In Congress: Avoiding A DHS Funding Showdown
• Fed. Circ. Reverses CBCA Logging Co. Contract Decision
• Ex-Cuba Prisoner Takes US Liability Row To Supreme Court
• Whistleblower Fights For Rehearing Of KBR Iraq Fraud Suit
• Texas High Court Takes Case On Scope Of Public Info Act
• Jones Day Snags Ex-Kirkland, Nixon Peabody Fed. Reg Pros
• Ex-Seedco Director Can't Ax FCA Suit Over Job Reports
• Northrop Grumman Scores $62.2M IRS Contract
• 3rd Circ. Says AWP Whistleblower Relied On Public Info
• Contractor Wins $112M In Air Force Phone Row Appeal
• Tech Co. Sues HHS Agency Over Rival's Contract Award
• Bombardier Upsizes Equity Offering To $748M
• In-House Counsel's Dirty 'Little' Secret: Data Leakage
• Morgan Stanley SOX Whistleblower Sues Over Retaliation
• Hospital Staffing Co. Can't Beat FCA Overbilling Case
• Former PAE Worker Cops To Afghanistan Uniform Scam
• Bronx Hospice Pays $6M To End Medicare Fraud Suit
• Ex-National Guard Gen. Pleads Guilty In Bribery Scheme
• Australia Seeks Bids For Billions In Armored Vehicle Contracts
• Express Scripts Escapes Jilted Rival's Monopolization Suit
• US Fights Back In KBR's $12.5M Attys' Fees Suit
• Dyncorp Wins $103M In Army Aviation Maintenance Deals
• Whistleblowers Say New Info Should Revive $266B BP Suit
• DOJ Probing Humana's Medicare Advantage Billing
• When Gov't Is Compelled To File Complaint In ASBCA Appeal
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Brownstein's Marc Lampkin
• Judge Won't Force Gov't Discovery In Life Care FCA Suit
• Baker & McKenzie Nabs Ex-Arnold & Porter Int'l Arbitration Pro
• Fla. Health Co. Owner Pleads Guilty To $14M Medicare Fraud
• Health First Faces FCA Suit Over Self-Referral Kickbacks
• Feds Drop Challenge To Subpoena In $10M Grant Fraud Case
• Shipbuilder Tells 5th Circ. Insurers Must Cover FCA Claims
• Novartis Improperly Withholding Docs, Whistleblower Says
• NJ Court Says Off-Track Betting Deal Needs More Oversight
• Navy Fleet Training Contract Is Competitive, Court Says
• $1B Raytheon Contract Row Getting New UK Tribunal Review
• Insurer Says No Coverage In Navy Software Contract Row
• Psychiatrist Agrees To Pay $3.8M In FCA Kickbacks Case
• US Says Helicopter Co. Owners Can't Escape Fraud Case
• Judge To Weigh Attempt To Revive Bayer FCA Claims
• KBR Says Court Should Deny Bid To Revisit Iraq Fraud Suit
• Calif. City's Waste Contract Needs Mayor's OK: Appeals Court
• GAO Clarifies Task Order Protest Jurisdictional Issues
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Reed Smith's Tyree Jones
• This Week In Congress: DHS Funding Looms In Recess
• GAO Denies InfoPro Protest Of $460M Customs IT Contract
• CMS Delays Overpayment Rule, Underscoring FCA Stakes
• US Inspector Blasts DOD's 'Indefensible' Afghan Burn Pits
• B&W Unit Wins $110.5M In Contracts For Navy Nuke Projects
• Hanover Sues PwC, MoCo Over Botched $23M Grant Oversight
• 4 Arrested In Texas Over $11M Medicare Billing Scheme
• Northrop Snags $267M Navy Electronic Warfare Contract
• 6 Calif. Anti-SLAPP Fights To Watch In 2015
• Importers To Pay $3M To End FCA Suit Over Aluminum Duties
• Big Pharma At FCA Crossroads, Philly US Atty Says
• Shareholder Suit Targets Exelis, Harris Over $4.75B Deal
• Atty Arrested For WTC Transit Hub Insurance Fraud Scam
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Roetzel & Andress' James Ervin
• The Defense Budget And The Threat Of Sequester
• NJ Moves On Bills To Thwart State Contractor Violations
• Defense Contractor Seeks $35M In Losses From Supplier
• 'Chicken Scam' Execs Sentenced In London For Africa Bribes
• Fed. Claims Nixes Protest Of $165M Embassy Contract
• Kentucky Awards $128.3M To Build Bridge Over Lake Barkley
• Fed. Circ. Rules Contractors Can Add Claims To Disputes
• Bombardier Seeks To Raise $2B Amid Leadership Shakeup
• Carter Confirmed As New Pentagon Chief
• Manufacturers Can't Dodge Ex-Navy Worker's Asbestos Suit
• Senate Panel OKs IP 'Czar' But Holds Off On Lynch, Lee Noms
• US Postal Service To Modernize Aging Vehicle Fleet
• How Trafficking Rule Affects Contractors In Middle East
• Defense Contract Agency Confirms Possible Security Breach
• Army Corps Contractor Denies Whistleblower's FCA Claims
• Why The CEO Is A GC's Best Friend On Compliance
• Ex-Blackwater Snipers Want 4th Circ. To Revive FCA Suit
• AstraZeneca Pays $7.9M To Settle Feds' Medco Kickback Suit
• 3 Navy Admirals Censured In GDMA Procurement Scandal
• Fed. Claims Dumps Protest Of Kuwaiti Container Contract
• Contractor Gets 30 Months For Faulty Machine Gun Parts
• A Closer Look At The Proposed Changes To SBA Programs
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• 5 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• House Backs $18B NASA 2015 Authorization Bill
• Whistleblower's FCA Claims Over Shoddy Gun Trucks Revived
• Pentagon Rates Top 25 Army, Air Force Contractors
• Sen. Committee Unanimously OKs Defense Secretary Nominee
• GCs Give Top Marks To 7 Standout Associates
• 3M Must Face Suit Over 'Baseless' Earplug Patent Claims
• GCs Name Cream Of The Crop Litigators
• Adams Loses Challenge to DOL Job Corps Center Set-Aside
• 'Cooked' Casualty Data Used To Smear A-10, Watchdog Says
• Contractor WTI Wins $2.1M In Army Training Facility Dispute
• Ambulance Co. Boss Gets 6.5 Years For $5.5M Medicare Fraud
• The Case For Professionalizing Pro Bono Services
• DC Circ. Urged To Revive DC Councilman Bid-Rigging Suit
• Accenture Boosts Gov't Contracts Biz With Agilex Buy
• Scientists Try to Subpoena Prosecutor In $10M Fraud Case
• US Agrees To $31M Cleanup Settlement With ABB
• Pentagon OKs General Atomics' $339M Drone Deal
• KBR Slams Government Bid To Shake $12.5M In Atty Fees
• Altegrity Hits Ch. 11 After State-Sponsored Cyberattack
• CACI International Moves To Nix Iraq Torture Suit
• NJ's Chris Christie Deep-Sixes 'Made In America' Bills
• VA Must Consider Vet-Owned Contractors, High Court Told
• NJ High Court To Mull Fed. Preemption Of Whistleblower Suit
• Disaster Cleanup Co. Says Rival Can't Prove Smear Claims
• DOJ Collected $5.7B Under FCA In 2014, Report Says
• Medtronic, DOJ Reach $3M FCA Deal Over Pain Treatment
• The State Of Play In 2015: Year Of The Regulator
• Judge OKs ATP's Settlement Over Deepwater Drilling Claims
• Leidos Wins $77M NATO Missile Defense Contract
• Olympus Enters Talks With DOJ To End Kickback, FCA Probe
• GAO Blasts Feds' Management Of Mental Health Programs
• Harris To Pay $4.75B For Fellow Defense Contractor Exelis
• New, Steep Penalty In Proposed SBA Subcontracting Rule
• Can Chinese New Year And The FCPA Co-Exist?
• SBA Proposal Would Open Exemption To Large Contractors
• Sigmatech Purchase Order Was Nixed Fairly, DOD Says
• US, EU Officials Trade Jabs On Food, Procurement In TTIP
• NJ Bill On Retroactive FCA Claims Moves Forward
• Medtronic Unit To Cough Up $1.25M To Settle FCA Suit
• NYC Hit With $22M Contract Suit Over Sludge Ships
• General Atomics Wins $279M Contract For Air Force Drones
• 1st Circ. Nixes 1st-Time Bidder's Contract Retaliation Suit
• Senators Move To Put Teeth In DOD Audit Deadline
• Export Control Reforms Will Boost US-India Defense Trade
• Legislation Needed For P3 To Blossom, Industry Reps Say
• Florida Mayors Say P3 Is Key To Infrastructure Goals
• Jury Frees In Vitro Tester From FCA Claims Over NIH Grants
• DOE Pulls Plug On $1.7B Clean-Coal Plant Project
• Gov't Can't Duck Contract Suit, Fed Claims Court Rules
• Defense Secretary Nominee Grilled On ISIS, Sequestration
• Rakoff Says Whistleblower Owes Costs In Huron FCA Suit
• Sequester Caps Imperil Modernization, Navy Chief Warns
• BAE Wins Nine-Year Navy Radio Contract Worth Up To $187M
• Avoid Spoliation Anxiety With Litigation Readiness Plans
• PAE Wins NASA Maintenance Contract Worth Up To $454M
• Altegrity Strikes Creditor Pact On $700M Restructuring
• U.S. Appeal of Fla. Nursing Home's Ch. 11 Plan Lives On
• US Tells ATP Ch. 7 Judge To Ignore Objections, OK Deal
• Helicopter Maintenance Co. Owners Want Fraud Case Tossed
• Kaplan Whistleblowers Ask 11th Circ. To Revive FCA Case
• Execs Ordered To Pay Up In $42M DOD Flare Case
• Pa. Turnpike Commission Files $45M Suit Against Contractor
• Court Tells US To Explain $34M KBR Insurance Disallowance
• Philly Settles $6M Airport Construction Contract Suit
• New Confusion For Calif. Public Works Contractors
• Contractor Backs Standing In Fed. Circ. Bid To Gut CMS Rule
• Long Beach, Contractors Sued Over Oil Well Project Wages
• KBR Says It's Not Liable For Worker's Actions In Kickback Suit
• 5 Tips For Lasting Law Firm Success
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Sanford Heisler's Ross Brooks
• ManTech Fends Off Contract Fraud Suit In 6th Circ.
• Whistleblower Fights For Cut Of Scan's $322M FCA Settlement
• Symantec's Bid To Kill FCA Suit Blasted By Three States, Feds
• Gibson Dunn Attys Win Costs In Calif. Teacher Tenure Row
• Community Health Pays $75M To End Whistleblower FCA Suit
• FCC Commish Criticizes Dish Network Over Spectrum Auction
• UnitedHealth Calls To Nix Whistleblowers' Medicare FCA Case
• $612B Defense Budget Request Wouldn't Save The A-10
• A&T Protest Over Medical Mobile Tech Contract Gets Nixed
• How Proposed Debarment Became Equal To Suspension