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Government Contracts - March, 2015

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• Meggitt Sanctions Bid In IP Row A Diversion: Ex-Engineer
• Software Developer Denies Kickbacks To Ex-NJ Party Boss
• Duluth Loses Bid To Make NIGC Revive Casino Revenue Deal
• Ohio Health System Pays $10M To Settle FCA Allegations
• Wells Fargo, Ocwen Hit With FCA Suit Over Freddie Claims
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Shell $19M FCA Suit
• Obama Ends Arms Freeze Against Egypt After 18 Months
• KBR Wants FCA Suit Over 'Excess' War Zone Supplies Tossed
• Cephalon Wants FCA Off-Label Marketing Claims Axed
• 5th Circ. OKs Health Exec's Conviction In $100M Bribes Case
• Navy Shipbuilder Slams Relators' Claims In FCA Row
• Ex-FBI Agent Gets 10 Years For Obstructing Kickback Probe
• Rising Star: Dickstein Shapiro's David Yang
• Linguistics Co.'s Bid For $56M Contract Insufficient: Judge
• Medicaid Contractors Slam Louisiana AG's Fraud Suit
• Providers Can't Sue Over Medicaid Rates, High Court Rules
• Calling The High Court On TCPA And Sovereign Immunity
• Gov't Won't Sign Off On Lance Armstrong FCA Settlement
• 11th Circ. Affirms 20-Year Sentence For $7M Medicare Fraud
• UK Agency Fined For Losing Sensitive Docs From BAE Case
• Unsecured Creditors On Short End In Altegrity's Ch. 11 Plan
• Huntington Ingalls Scores $600M Boost To Destroyer Contract
• Blackwater Guards Dispute 30-Year Minimum Sentence
• The 2015 Rising Stars, By Firm
• Vornado Files Suit Against Gov't For $1.2M In Rent
• Rising Star: Covington & Burling's Scott Freling
• Relators Dispute Atty Fee Bid Over $320M FCA Mortgage Deal
• Top Contractors' Policies May Chill Fraud Reports, OIG Says
• KBR Whistleblower In Iraq FCA Case Sent To Arbitration
• Bristol-Myers Faces Retaliation Suit After FCA Claims Axed
• Gov't Escapes Suit Over Failure To Pay $1.2M FCA Settlement
• Following The FCA's Public Disclosure Bar
• Lockheed Nabs $485M Foreign Aircraft Sniper Equipment Deal
• Mediation And The Thorny Issue Of Settlement Authority
• Brazil Continues To Ramp Up Anti-Corruption Enforcement
• Hospice Loses Constitutional Fight Over Medicare Discharges
• Marine Superintendents Not Exempt From FLSA, 5th Circ. Says
• CBP Contractor Accused Of Breaching $1.2M Camera Contract
• Ex-Hospital CEO Asks High Court To Hear Whistleblower Suit
• Software Co. Owner's $5M Gov't Contract Suit Nixed
• FCC Backs Telcordia For Phone Contract After Neustar Fight
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• Reed Smith Atty To Testify On Novartis Kickback Advice
• Lockheed Martin Pays $2M To Settle Fuel Overbilling Claims
• Senate Passes 2016 Budget After Marathon Debate Session
• What Experts Can Say About Inadmissible Facts During Trial
• Fla. Developer Improperly Won City Contract, 11th Circ. Rules
• VA Exec Retires Amid Investigation Of $1.7B Hospital Cost
• Ex-AIG HR Director Wants 3rd Shot At Bailout Suit Fix
• Millennium Beats Off-Label Suit, But Free Speech No Factor
• 7th Circ. Stands By 2 Convictions In Bribery Scheme
• FDA Approves Emergent's Inhalation Anthrax Treatment
• McGuireWoods Hires Ex-GC For Boeing, Other Defense Cos.
• Meggitt Slams Ex-Engineer's Docs Bid In Trade Secrets Suit
• Extradited Ex-Gov't Contractor Pleads Guilty To Bribing
• House Small Biz Committee OKs Contract Reform Sweep
• Petrobras Investors Strike Back With Claims Of Vast Fraud
• La. Disbars Ex-Congressman Convicted Of Bribery
• AgustaWestland Wins $860M Royal Navy Helicopter Contract
• House Passes Permanent Medicare 'Doc Fix'
• Fla. Man Gets Nearly 5 Years For $100M Fake Bond Scam
• Fed. Circ. Hands Win To Army In Contract Row With Engineer
• House Passes FY16 Budget As Senate Continues Debate
• 11th Circ. Urged To Nix 20-Year Medicare Fraud Sentence
• BAE Settles Ex-Worker's FCA Suit Over Weapon Sights Testing
• Firm Escapes Revival Of FCA Suit Over LSU Hospital Deal
• Obama Says 'Pen Ready' To Sign Bipartisan Doc Pay Deal
• Whistleblower Fights Omnicare Sanction Request In FCA Suit
• DOD Issues Rule Extending Construction Steel Competition
• Lab Fee Waivers Could Be Kickbacks, OIG Warns
• State Dept. OKs $1.05B Boeing Copter Sale To Netherlands
• Venable Blasts OLG's $6M Counterclaims In Fee Row
• Combating Climate Change Continues With Executive Orders
• 1st Circ. Urged To Revive PharMerica FCA Suit
• Meggit Wants Ex-Engineer Sanctioned In Trade Secrets Suit
• KBR, Halliburton To Mediate Iraq Kickbacks FCA Action
• GAO Denies Booz Allen, Leidos Protests Over $193M DIA Deal
• New Fraud Policies Hitch Ride On 'Doc Fix' Bill
• Whistleblower Asks DC Circ. To Revive FCA Suit Against AT&T
• Med. Co. Wants Atty Sanctions On Top Of DQ In FCA Row
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Relator's FCA Suit Over Drug Costs
• Defunct Contractor Sues DOD Over Afghan Contract Changes
• CVS Says $5 Coupons Don't Count As Kickbacks
• Army Contractor Rebuffs $7.2M Chemical Cleanup Bill
• 6 Challenges In Leveraging Federally Sourced Health Data
• Fault Allocation Limited In $340M Alaska Harbor Project Suit
• Northrop Can't Shake Worker's Sex Discrimination Suit
• Oracle Says Oregon Signed Away Immunity To Copyright Suit
• Fireman's Fund To Pay $44M To Settle FCA Charges
• Rural Hospitals Tell DC Circ. HHS Botched Medicare Math
• 2 Scientists Guilty Of $10M Gov't Research Grant Fraud
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of DHL Jet Fuel Surcharge Claims
• GSA Plans New Rule For Commercial Supplier Contracts
• The Law360 400
• A Texas Court's Broad Reading Of FCA Public Disclosure Bar
• Litigation Firms Make Cuts Amid Work Slowdown
• Is MegaLaw Just Big Enough To Fail?
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• This Week In Congress: Bicameral Coincidence, Vote-A-Rama
• Waste Contractor Sues Air Force For $1M Over Polluted Oil
• NY Pharmacist Indicted In Alleged $5M Medicare Fraud
• Gilead Attacks FCA Suit's Claims Of Shoddy Drugmaking
• Contractors Take Disability Hiring Rule Case To High Court
• GAO Affirms Protest Of $37M VA Bandage Contract
• Military Cleaning Contractor Beats False Claims Case
• 9th Circ. Rebuffs Attack On US Hostage Negotiation Policy
• Northrop Secures Air Force Weapons Sustainment Partnership
• AIG Unit Argues For Keeping Coverage Dispute In Arbitration
• 3 Ways To Curb Insider Threats Without Alienating Employees
• DC Circ. Says Exec For USAID Contractor Waived Appeal
• Army Grudge Cost Trainer $24M Contract, Suit Says
• 5 New FCA Rulings Attys Need To Know
• With Surveys, Gov't Aims To Improve Bidding Efficiency
• Medical Device Companies Face Increased TAA Scrutiny
• EU Objects To US Procurement, Chinese Banking Rules
• 5 Insights From Avon General Counsel Jeff Benjamin
• Fla. Senate Floats New Model For Low-Income Health Program
• BIA Head Says 2016 Budget Would Create Tribe Funding Hub
• Boeing-Lockheed JV Gets $389M For Solar Probe Mission
• Fla. Hospital Chain Inks $5M FCA Deal Over Cancer Care
• 5 Tips For Navigating The P3 Process
• Lower F-35 Costs Lead $9B Drop In Weapons Costs, DOD Says
• Heart Monitor Co. To Pay $6.4M To Avoid FCA Overbilling Suit
• Raytheon Nabs $91.5M Modification To Missile Contract
• Raytheon Nabs Extra $212M To Upgrade Allied Missile Systems
• KBR Should Hand Over Witness List In FCA Suit, Relator Says
• Hyperion Can't Recoup Prep Costs From Lost IT Contract
• FCA Whistleblowers Poised To Target Post-Employment Fraud
• House Panel Advances Budget After Ending Defense Impasse
• 2 Plead Guilty To $50M Louisiana Medicare Fraud Scheme
• NY Slaps Drug Clinic Execs With $27M Medicaid Fraud Suit
• Progressive Policy Tricks Consumers With Medicare, Suit Says
• Navy Brass Presses For Upgrades To Nuclear Warhead Fleet
• Lawmakers Rip VA For Cost Overruns At $1.7B Colo. Hospital
• NextEra Unit Sues Feds For $6M Over Unpaid Stimulus Work
• Ex-Ambulance Co. Employee Alleges Years Of Medicare Fraud
• Senate Indian Affairs Panel OKs Irrigation Funding Bill
• House Looks To Tackle Contractor, Worker Tax Delinquencies
• Gilbane Building Co. Settles FCA Case With Feds For $1M
• Social Services Provider FEGS To Close Up Shop In Ch. 11
• Military Cleaning Contractor Goes For Quick FCA Trial Win
• Production In Sight For New 'Kill Vehicle,' MDA Says
• Swiss Authorities Freeze $400M In Petrobras Bribery Probe
• 1st Circ. Rules $12M NIH Fraud Suit Had Its Chance
• Insurer Doesn't Have To Cover Ky. Hospital For DOJ Probe
• Budget Caps Threaten US Tech Dominance, DOD Says
• Sikorsky Nabs $93M Modification For Tunisian Helicopters
• Doc Tells 3rd Circ. FCA Claims Against Quest Not Barred
• 1st Circ. Revives Universal Health FCA Suit Over Poor Staff
• OPINION: Not All That Is Public Should Be Publicized
• 25 Health Pay Policies Deserve Action, OIG Says
• Novartis Escapes FCA Suit Over Xolair Marketing
• Constantine Cannon Nabs Whistleblower Pros For New Office
• Sens. Fear DOD Policy May Hurt Native American Contractors
• Walgreen Can't End FCA Suit Over Prescription Refills
• US Army Enlists With OASIS
• GOP FY16 Budget Plan Provides $613B For Defense
• DOD Says Lockheed's F-35 Fighters May Be Unsafe
• DOD Can't Seize Former Military Planes, Judge Says
• US Improper Payments Rose $19B In 2014, GAO Says
• General Atomics Gets $133M Modification To Drone Contract
• Commerzbank Misled Gov't On Iran Gold Trading, Suit Says
• Raytheon Cut Loose From Ordnance's Trade Secrets Suit
• Sequestration's Devastating Impact On National Defense
• DOJ Discovery OK'd In $189M Wells Fargo Fraud Case
• Up The Irish: St. Paddy's Is For Celebrating Pro Bono, Too
• Judge, Not Plaintiff, To Review KBR Interviews In FCA Case
• Insurer Disavows Shipbuilder's $78M FCA Suit At 5th Circ.
• Phillips & Cohen Nabs Obama's Former 'Anti-Fraud Czar'
• Altegrity Gets Nod For $90M DIP And Debt-Cutting Plan
• Bipartisan House Votes To Speed Up Drug Scheduling
• Northrop Snags $113M Marines Radar System Contract Add-On
• Sandoz Paying $12.6M In Medicare Drug Pricing Dispute
• Atty Says Glock Sparked Bogus Case To Discredit Probe
• US Dips Toe In FCA Suit Against Army Corps Contractor
• US Not Liable For $200M In Electricity Overcharges
• Boeing Scores $714M Army Deal For More CH-47 Chinooks
• Judge Urged To Reopen PharMerica FCA Painkillers Suit
• Sick Atty Sanctioned In Raytheon Warhead Trade Secrets Case
• CHS Units Beat FCA Kickback Suit Over Doc's Contract
• US Atty For DC To Step Down, Return To Private Practice
• Trinity Guardrails Pass Latest Crash Tests, Officials Say
• Kollsman Wins $73M Contract For Marine Corps Laser System
• Xanadu Atty Won't Cry Extortion In Ex-NJ Party Boss's Trial
• Calif. Agency Must Fulfill Redevelopment Deals, Court Says
• Gov't Defends Email Search In Helicopter Fraud Case
• Morgan Stanley Fights Whistleblower's Retaliation Claims
• Troubled Gun Maker Colt Pulls Trigger On Restructuring Firm
• Businessman Gets Probation In $23M Veterans Fraud
• Cargo Co. Can't Nix Overbilling Suit, But Could Pay Less
• 5 Insights From Dish General Counsel Stanton Dodge
• Lining Up To Protest: A Lesson From Universal Marine Case
• Xanadu Atty Recalls 'Threat' In Ex-NJ Power Broker's Trial
• 5th Circ. Backs Medicare Penalties Against Nursing Home
• 11th Circ. Revives FCA Claim Over Kaplan Recruiter Pay
• BAE Systems Wins Additional $382M For Royal Navy Subs
• Army Staffer Pleads Guilty To $500K Contract Extortion
• 'Concerned' Judge Scolds KBR For Ignoring Discovery Proviso
• Miami Lender Pays $3.8M To End FCA Suit On Ex-Im Loans
• Armstrong's Ex-Agent Says Gov't Holding FCA Suit Hostage
• Sidense Gets $5.5M In Attys' Fees After Win In IP Row
• NIST Plays Increasingly Prominent Role In Privacy Policy
• OPINION: Beyond The 'Grow Or Die' Law Firm Model
• Ex-IHS Head Lauds Contract Cost Funding In 2016 Budget
• Ex-NJ Power Broker Tries To Fend Off $1.7M Extortion Claim
• DefensTech Settles Claims Ex-Exec Stole IP, Saudi Contract
• US Joins EMT's FCA Suit Against Fla. Ambulance Co.
• Creditors Slam Altegrity's $700M Restructuring Agreement
• Fla. Ambulance Co., Hospitals Accused Of Bilking Medicare
• Fed. Circ. Told Patent Suit Wrongly Targets TSA Contractors
• DC Asks For Sanctions In Whistleblower Retaliation Suit
• Exelis Subsidiary OK For $363M Contract Reserved For Danes
• Fla. Court Rules Privately Operated Navy Housing Tax-Exempt
• Ex-Air Force Capt. Forfeits House, Rugs To Avoid Prison
• CORRECTED: Report Details $2.3B In 2014 Health Fraud Recovery
• Marine Corps Officials Defend Planned ACV As Upgrade
• 6 Questions About GSA's 'New Vision For Federal Purchasing'
• Ind. Cancels Coal Gasification Plant, $2.8B Contract
• Blimp Maker Sues Navy For $65M In Hangar Roof Collapse
• Orbital ATK Wins $120M Army Artillery Fuse Contract
• Calif. Judge Accused Of Taking $250K Payment From Old Firm
• 4th Circ. Won't Rehear Iraq Contractor's Appeal Of FCA Case
• Contractor CGI Federal Wins At Fed. Circ. In CMS Audit Suit
• Alaska Health Org Sues HHS Over Contract With More Funding
• KBR Gets Judge's OK For Deposition In FCA Defense
• Marine Can't Bury Evidence In Helicopter Fraud Case: Gov't
• Law360 Government Contracts Editorial Advisory Board
• Narrowing Of FCA Public Disclosure Bar Continues
• Medtronic Hit With FCA Retaliation Suit By Fired Sales Rep
• Nicholson & Eastin Can't Rep FCA Whistleblowers, Judge Says
• HHS Watchdog Pressed On New Health Fraud Safe Harbors
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Rehear FCA Suit Over Drug Costs
• Crowell Taps Styles As Second-Ever Female Firm Chair
• Atty Defends Fee Bid In $320M Taylor Bean FCA Row
• Calif. Businessman Ordered To Pay $108M In Ponzi Scheme
• Sikorsky, BAE May Nix Claims In Fatal Black Hawk Crash
• Rural Hospitals Get Outsize Nursing Pay, HHS Watchdog Says
• Maximus To Pay $300M For IT Services Contractor Acentia
• Tribe's Suit Over IHS Hospital Contract Gets Trimmed
• Sikorsky Nabs $163M Aircraft Spare Parts Contract
• Contractor Says Marines Made Up Flaws In $20M Welding Bid
• Lockheed Gets $107M With Navy Missile System Contract
• Caught In The Middle: Disadvantaged Business Fraud
• LA Says Pricewaterhouse Billing Snafu Caused Huge Losses
• US Says Prior Info Cuts Scan Whistleblower From $322M Deal
• USDA Slips Subcontractor's $10M Payment Claim In Fed. Circ.
• Watt Tieder Urges End To $52M Malpractice Suit
• State Dept. OKs $192M Lockheed Rocket Sale To Jordan
• Omnicare Is Abusing Atty-Client Privilege, Court Told
• Nonprofit Asks 7th Circ. To Revive FCA Chicago Transit Suit
• Ex-Tech Co. Heads Indicted In Car Charging Station Scheme
• The Expanding Risk Of State False Claims Act Actions
• CACI Nabs $43M Night Vision Research Army Contract
• Workers Say Gov't Broke $233M Cost-Of-Living Pay Deal
• VA Inspector General Says $92.5M Wrongly Diverted To IT
• No Quick Win For Contractor In $340M Harbor Project Suit
• Indian Irrigation Projects Need Funding, Senate Panel Hears
• Firefighting Airline Sues Competitor Over Trade Secret Poach
• Air Force Officials Defend C-130 Overhaul Strategy
• GAO Pins HealthCare.gov Flubs On HHS' Hands-Off Approach
• 9 Defense Cos. To Vie For $99M Navy Strike System Contracts
• Neustar's $446M FCC Phone Contract Hangs In The Balance
• Law Firm Tensions Mount In Africa — What Does It Mean?
• New Era Of Uncertainty For Calif. Public Works Contracting
• DOD Can Nix Subsidy For $200M Produce Contract: Judge
• DRS, Boeing Win $55M Contracts For Networking System
• Ex-CEO Sues For-Profit College Co. Over Recruitment Policies
• Novartis Told To Produce Docs In Kickbacks Suit By March 13
• Whistleblower Says Omnicare Misled Court In FCA Suit
• GSA Seeks Telecom Comments On $50B Network Upgrades
• Honeywell Settles Chemical Cleanup Suit Over Ohio Site
• Jury Convicts Military Workers, Contractor In $37M Scheme
• House OKs $8B Amtrak Funding, Rail Reform Bill
• DOD Taps New Head For Defense Procurement Policy
• Trouble Ahead For Federal Commercial Software Suppliers
• Rival Urges Court To Nix Sigmatech's Army Contract Suit
• Senate Indian Panel Calls For Contract Support Cost Funding
• New Defense Secretary Peddles $534B Budget To Congress
• KBR Fights New Bid For Rehearing Of Iraq FCA Suit
• GSA Proposes Rule To Reduce Contract Price Disparities
• Ex-Workers Say Navy Shipbuilder Faked Employee Records
• Alaska Tribe Settles Suit Over IHS Contract Support Costs
• DOD Awards $430M Surgical Robotics Contract
• Fla. Teaming Agreements Must Balance Exclusivity
• Sikorsky Scores $242M Mod To Army Helicopter Contract
• 9th Circ. Tackles How To Serve Foreign Cos. With Lawsuits
• House Passes VA Bonus Clawbacks, Private Long-Term Care
• 2 Mental Health Workers Get 6 Years In $63M Fraud Case
• Chamber Slams 9th Circ. TCPA Ruling In High Court Brief
• US Settles $723M FCA Whistleblower Suit With Shipping Cos.
• DOD Proposal Would Ban Buying Foreign-Made US Flags
• Computer Co. Loses Bid For Inclusion In $5B IT Contract
• Arnold & Porter, Latham Steer $790M SAIC-Scitor Merger Deal
• Lockheed Helicopter Venture Awarded $2B Navy Contract