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Government Contracts - April, 2015

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• LA Port Police Chief Indicted On Fraud, Corruption Charges
• 8th Circ. Revives Education FCA Suit Over Fake Grades
• NJ Doc Gets Year In Prison In $100M Lab Bribery Scheme
• Lloyd's Off Hook For Huron's $2.7M Whistleblower Suit Costs
• Philip Morris Snuffs Out Overpriced Cigarette FCA Suit
• House Passes $77B Bill For Military Construction, VA
• $7M Wheelchair Fraud Scheme Nets Woman 6.5-Year Sentence
• House GOP Uneasy About Ex-Greenhill Banker's FCC Work
• House Approves Bicameral 2016 Budget Deal
• GAO Upholds Bid Protest To $110M Air Force Contract
• Energy Execs In $1B Bribery Suit Out Of Judge's Reach
• Unmanned Vehicles Are Navy's Future, Service Chief Says
• Whistleblowers Get New Ammo On FCA Extrapolation
• DOD Space Program Rife With Delays, Budget Woes: GAO
• Doc Gets 5 Years For Role In $67M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Accredo Pays $45M To Escape Novartis Exjade Kickback Suit
• Partners From Chicago Health Care Firm Decamp For Roetzel
• NJ Justices Won't Limit Liability Window For Contractors
• DQ Unnecessary For Leak In $630M Omnicare FCA Suit: Feds
• Safe Workplaces Order: A Solution In Search Of A Problem
• House Panel Alters Retirement, Saves A-10s In Defense Bill
• Ex-Altegrity Workers Cry Foul Over Ch. 11 Disclosures
• House Panel Fends Off Dem. Changes To Defense Funding Bill
• DOT Watchdog To Audit Oversight Of PATH Sandy Funding
• FCC Offering Nearly $2B A Year To Expand Rural Broadband
• EPA Appeals Board Rejects CO2 Sequestration Challenge
• NJ Man Slapped With 3 Years For Medicaid Fraud Scheme
• Aon Can't Escape Northrop's $255M Katrina Coverage Suit
• DynCorp Shakes FCA Suit Over Kuwait Air Force Contract
• Ga. Gas Authority Says Town's Price Claims Should Be Nixed
• Pratt & Whitney Wins $325M Air Force Turbo Engine Contract
• Huntington Says Affidavit Isn't Needed For Asbestos Suit Exit
• US To Settle With Home Health Provider Over False Claims
• BAE Attys' Fees Trimmed After Successful FCA Defense
• Trade Groups Back FCC, Telcordia In Contract Row At DC Circ.
• Trinity Industries Faces Stock-Drop Suit Over Guardrails
• Whistleblower Revises FCA Complaint Against Walgreen
• CORRECTED: Hospital's Discovery Objections In Humana FCA Suit Nixed
• Bipartisan Bill To Lift Veil On Fed. Settlements Reintroduced
• Atty Admits To Scamming Foreign Nation Using Sham Firm
• Community Health Accused Of Ducking Fees In $98M FCA Deal
• $1.3B For Afghan Rebuilding Unaccounted For: DOD Watchdog
• House Bill Would Fund A-10, Retool DOD Acquisitions
• Lockheed Wins $142.7M Mod To F-35 Fighter Contract
• Device Maker Accused Of Firing Accountant Over FCA Claims
• GAO Endorses Army Plan To Retire Helicopters To Cut Costs
• 11th Circ. Says $20M Highway Fraud Suit Belongs In Mexico
• Allergan Can Be Liable Under FCA In Kickback Suit, Gov't Says
• BAE's Discovery Stonewalling Sanctionable, Judge Told
• Wyden Calls For DOE Investigation On Wash. Waste Site
• Dozens Of Hospitals Challenge HHS Low-Income Payment Rule
• Suit Claims Gov't Official Leaked IT Award Info To Bidder
• Sikorsky, BAE Dodge Suit In Calif. For Fatal Chopper Crash
• How The Defense Can Win Verdicts And Influence Juries
• When A Contractor Can Stop Work On A Troubled Project
• Health Groups Clash Over Jury Trials For Whistleblowers
• Texas Couple To Pay $4M For Medicare/Medicaid Fraud
• Lockheed Martin Announces $80M Award For C-130 Training
• Daimler Execs, Greek Officials Charged After Bribery Probe
• Justices Won't Hear Appeal Over Ambulance Corps Immunity
• Pentagon IG Slams Pratt & Whitney's F-35 Engine Performance
• NJ High Court To Tackle Affidavits Of Merit Row
• Huntington Ingalls Unit Pays Up To End Sex Bias Suit
• No Sanctions For DQ'd Atty In Medical Supplies Co. FCA Suit
• Blackwater Guard Calls For New Trial After Life Sentence
• La. Overpaid By $17M In Tobacco Settlement, State AG Says
• Ga. Hospital Inks $20M FCA Deal Over Inpatient Care
• Dramatic Shifts Underway In Suspension, Debarment Practice
• Honeywell Says Feds Wrongly Trying To Expand FCA Claims
• City's Policy Doesn't Cover $11M Stadium Row, Insurer Says
• NJ Dem Wants New Trial After Racketeering, Fraud Conviction
• 9 Contractors Should Be Tossed From Asbestos Suit: Judge
• L-3 Says Army Signed Off On Allegedly Overbilled Hours In FCA Suit
• Fed. Circ. Backs SUFI's Fees Win In Air Force Phone Row
• Medical Supplier Wants DQ'd Atty Sanctioned In FCA Suit
• High Court Urged To Hear Suit Over Student Loan Servicing
• HP Snags $469M Internet Content Delivery Contract From DOD
• Texas High Court Won't Extend Gov't Immunity To Contractors
• Feds Pump $1B Into New Metro-North, LIRR Braking System
• CACI Nabs Prime Spot On $5B Army Intelligence Contract
• Dallas Hospital Sued For Firing FCA Whistleblowers
• Health System Pays $3M To End Newborn Overbilling Claims
• Caveat Contractor: GSA's Proposed Transactional Data Rule
• Quicken Accused Of Bilking FHA By Approving Lousy Loans
• HDT Global Accused Of Stealing IP For Contamination Shelters
• GAO Denies Bid Protest Of USAID Afghanistan Contract
• AIG Unit Can Arbitrate LAX Contractors' Claims, Judge Says
• Contractor Demands Held Docs In $8.5B Billing Fraud Case
• SIGAR Questions $134.5M In Afghan Training Contract Costs
• Town Sues To Void Deal That Would Move Miami Boat Show
• Shipmaking Union Seeks To End Bath Iron Works Arbitration
• Relator Slams Omnicare's 'Draconian' DQ Bid Over Disclosures
• Allergan Pushes To Ax Eye Doctors' FCA Kickback Suit
• Retrial Denied In FCA Suit Against In Vitro Testing Co.
• 5 Tips For Playing Both Sides Of The FCA Aisle
• GAO Says Cybersecurity Incidents At Fed Agencies Rising
• Bon Secours Health Routinely Cheated Gov't, Ex-Workers Say
• Levine Staller's Win In Atlantic City Billing Suit Reversed
• Feds Say Indicted School Founder Can't Shield Atty Convos
• VA Center Endangered Patients With Older, Cheaper Meds
• Bill To Reauthorize Native American Housing Act Advances
• Former Ex-Im Loan Officer Admits To Taking Bribes
• Fed. Claims Tells IRS To Pay Tipster For Deposition Costs
• Feds Blast Wells Fargo, Exec's 'Scorched-Earth' Discovery
• Protesting Bidder Should Have Gone To SBA, Fed. Circ. Says
• $70B For Research Would Fix DOD's Tech Decline, Sens. Told
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• Raytheon Nabs $103M FAA Satellite Payload Contract
• STGi Workers Want Future Employees In Military Leave Class
• Obama Budget Chief Slams VA, Water Spending Bills
• 11th Circ. Exclusive Dealing Decision Is Big Win For FTC
• 5th Circ. Affirms $38M Penalty For Insurance Billing Scheme
• 3 Health Care Workers Sentenced For $29M Medicare Fraud
• Enzo Investor Wants Co.'s Books In Wake Of Medicare Fraud
• Developer Seeks Gov't Cleanup Costs At WW2 Munitions Site
• Supervised Release Order Needs Explanation, DC Circ. Says
• Human Rights Group Rips Obama Response To Torture Report
• Dermatology Chain Inks $3.2M FCA Deal Over Lab Referrals
• Ex-Meggitt Engineer Sanctioned For Lying About Docs
• Poland Taps Raytheon, Airbus For $8B In Military Contracts
• FCA Suit Against Wells Fargo Over Freddie Claims Dropped
• IRS Rolls Out Foreign Procurement Excise Tax Guidance
• Lawmakers Ask DOD Secretary To Push For Pentagon Audit
• Symantec's Argument In FCA Suit Defies Logic, Feds Say
• KBR Subcontractor's FCA Win Can't Be Permanent, US Says
• Ex-Owner Of NJ Home Health Care Co. Cops To $7M Fraud
• DOJ Accuses Nursing Giant ManorCare Of Medicare Fraud
• Laser Co. Settles Claims It Improperly Received Gov't Funds
• How NDAA Design-Build Bidding Reform Helps Contractors
• Texas County-Run Hospital To Pay $23.6M To End FCA Suit
• Former CEO's $235M Retaliatory-Prosecution Suit Dismissed
• 6th Circ. Denies Hospital's En Banc Review Plea In FCA Case
• Subcontractor Sued For $9M Over Delayed Military Base Work
• GAO Axes Protest Over $2B Yosemite Concession Prospectus
• AVL Picked To Develop Advanced Combat Engine For Army
• Aussie Co. Says Defamation Suit Doesn't Belong In Calif.
• DOD Asks Judge To Scrap Sigmatech's Army Contract Suit
• Schwartz Simon Sues Ex-Attys Over Fee Spat
• Whistleblowers Appeal Dismissal Of Novartis FCA Xolair Suit
• OIG Guides Hospital Boards On Overbilling, Privacy, Kickbacks
• 2nd Ex-Prof Cops To Duping Gov't For $1.38M In Funds
• Supreme Court Won't Hear HUD Appeal Over Section 8 Grants
• 2015 Begins With A Drop In FCPA Enforcement Activity
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Law Firm Biases Continue To Thwart Women
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• Rule Change Irrelevant To High Court Plea, Navy Ad Co. Says
• 11th Circ. Tosses Wells Fargo Bid To Dismiss FCA Suit
• Covington Guts McKenna's Premier Gov't Contracts Group
• Faruqi, Robbins Asked To Lead Suit Over $4.8B Exelis Buy
• NJ Announces $96M In Sandy Beach Reconstruction Projects
• DOD Agencies Need Refresher On Contractor Reports: OIG
• Wells Fargo Exec Wants Gov't Docs In $189M Fraud Suit
• Raytheon Patriot Missile Sales Top $5B With New Order
• Lockheed Seeks To Undo Part Of 1976 Bribery Pact With SEC
• Baltimore Settles $11.4M Tech Contract Suit Against Unisys
• Vet-Owned Biz Protests Reopening Of Nursing Services Bids
• Contractor Employee Confidentiality Policies In The Spotlight
• DaVita To Settle FCA Suit After Witness Coaching Inquiry
• NJ Dem Power Broker Guilty Of Racketeering, Wire Fraud
• 9th Circ. Defers To Calif. Jury Trial Waiver Law In Tata Dispute
• Dentons-McKenna Gov't Contracts Group In Flux Post-Merger
• Fla. Doc In Menendez Scandal Denies Medicare Fraud Charges
• Fla. Utility Regulator OKs State's Largest Solar Project
• Alstom's UK Unit Hit With New Corruption Charges
• Bill Would Bar Federal Contracts For Tax-Inverted Cos.
• Northrop Wins $105M Air Force Contract Modification
• Ill. City Says OneBeacon Must Cover $11M Stadium Spat
• Contractor Chief Charged In PennDOT Corruption Scandal
• Medical Supplier Says Disqualified Atty 'Tainted' FCA Suit
• Boeing Lands $321M Apache Helicopter Contract From Army
• 1st Circ. Sticks With Revival Of Universal Health FCA Suit
• Armet Seeks Nix Of Some Claims In Gun Truck FCA Row
• USAF Contractor Seeks Toss Of $1M Polluted Oil Claims
• Dems Press White House On Procurement, Investment In TTIP
• 1st Circ. Takes Broad View Of 'False' Under FCA
• Parsons Sheds Federal FCA Claim In LA Subway Overbill Suit
• Co-Conspirator Pleads Guilty In $374M Texas Medicare Fraud
• Senate Agrees To Conference With House On 2016 Budget
• Relators Blast UnitedHealth Units' Bid To Nix Hospice FCA Suit
• BAE Settles $6.4M Row With US Over 'Decrepit' Plane's Repair
• Cephalon Thins FCA Off-Label Marketing, Kickback Suit
• Ex-New Orleans Mayor Says Fraud Conviction Can't Stand
• 11th Circ. Upholds FTC's Pipe-Fitting Monopoly Ruling
• House Passes Bills To Alter IRS Practices After Scandal
• Native American Health Center Strikes Deal In Contract Case
• NH Settles Alcohol Distribution Unfair Bidding Suit For $2.5M
• 2 Routes To Hourly Rates For Lawyers
• Patterson Belknap Keeps Fees In 'Frivolous' FCA Suit
• Fed. Claims Says US Can Weigh Rival Bids During GAO Protest
• Ore. Claims Immunity In Health Site Copyright, Contract Suit
• SIGA Asks Judge To Nix Financial Adviser's Legal Fee Claims
• Pa. Retirement Home Inks $1.3M Deal To End FCA Claims
• 6th Circ. UTC Ruling Provides Support For FCA Defendants
• Senate Sends Permanent Medicare 'Doc Fix' To Obama's Desk
• Doc In Menendez Scandal Indicted On Medicare Fraud Charges
• House Panel Questions Progress of Troubled F-35 Program
• Watchdog, Dow Jones Blast Altegrity Bid To Seal Ch. 11 Docs
• Home Health Co. In Contempt For Flouting FCA Discovery
• Army Awards $850M Phone And IT Contract
• House Votes To Negotiate On 2016 Budget Resolution
• GAO Report IDs Duplicated Programs And Millions In Savings
• House Panel Proposes $76B For VA, Military Construction
• KBR Worker's Bribery Plea Doesn't Prove Liability, Judge Says
• GAO Nixes Raytheon's Protest Of $414M Rifle Sight Contract
• Let Smaller Banks Finance Rural Broadband, FCC Told
• Feds Trim FCA Suit Against Former Seedco Director
• DOJ Rips Nev. Hospice's FCA Dismissal Bid
• Ex-Prof Pleads Guilty To Duping Gov't For $1.38M In Contracts
• Using The New York FCA To Combat Offshore Tax Evasion
• J&J Stays Clear Of Time-Barred FCA Claims, 3rd Circ. Rules
• AIDS Group Can't Nix LA County's $5.2M Overbilling Claim
• KBR Says $12.5M Suit Over Audit Is In Correct Venue
• DOD To Put Procurement Under Experts As Part Of Overhaul
• GAO Denies Protest Of $134M Navy Contract To Rolls-Royce
• Nolin RECC To Pay $7.6M For Energy-Saving Program Bills
• Whistleblower Groups Urge Obama To Fire Commerce IG
• SimplexGrinnell Reaches $9.5M Settlement In Wage Suit
• NJ Lawmakers Aim To Boost Student Privacy Protections
• Blackwater Guards Get 30 Years To Life For Iraq Shooting
• DOD, NASA Bar LGBT Discrimination By Contractors
• Lockheed, Security Co. Move $5M Contract Row To NJ Court
• Sikorsky Nets $480M DOD Spare Parts Contract
• Detroit US Atty Sees Rising Fraud At Labs, Hospices
• No Exclusions Apply For $78M FCA Suit, Shipbuilder Says
• Wisconsin Bell Says FCA Doesn't Apply In E-Rate Suit
• HHS Bids For Win In Alaska Tribal Health Org Funding Row
• When JV Partners Disagree About Whether To Protest
• How To Weather Media Inquiries In High-Profile Cases
• Fla. Nursing Home Says CMS Put It In 'Financial Chokehold'
• Convicted Whistleblower Fights For FCA Payout At 9th Circ.
• Manhattan DA Probing WTC Contract Award To Legends
• DOD Gears Up Program To Keep Pace With Tech, Cyberthreats
• Pa. Ripe For P3s In Wake Of $1.1B Bridge Deal
• High Court Asked To Decide If Offer Moots TCPA Class Action
• Fed. Circ. Releases Army From Iraq Contractor's $40M Suit
• DC Tour Co. Sues Gov't Over $81M National Mall Contract
• Lawsuit Details PE Adviser's Relationship With Ex-Army Col.
• DOE Funnels $200M To Intel For Next-Gen Supercomputer
• Calif. Assisted-Living Homes Sue For Nonpayment Penalties
• Taking Legal Analytics To The Next Level
• Fla. Judge Affirms Nicholson & Eastin DQ In FCA Row
• Convicted Ex-Pa. County Official Blames 'Do-Nothing' Counsel
• Blackwater Guards' Bid For Sentencing Delay Denied By Judge
• Pump Maker Imo Wants Out Of Navy Worker Asbestos Suit
• The Latest Litigation Over FCA Public Disclosure Bar
• Meadwestvaco Says Govt. Owes $47M For Biomass Generator
• Sprint To Pay $15.5M To End $21M Wiretap Overbilling Claims
• DOD Car Shipper Fights $919M Contract Award At Fed. Circ.
• DRS Lands $440M In Destroyer, Submarine Equipment Deals
• $1.3B Added To Bechtel's Mustard Gas Destruction Contract
• Siga Creditors Seek Probe Of Execs' 'Bad Faith' Conduct
• Lab Co. HDL To Pay $47M To Settle FCA Kickback Suits
• Ruling Bodes Well For Disputed Energy Stimulus Grants
• 4 Tips For Keeping Civil FCA Suits From Going Criminal
• Lance Armstrong Associates Need Gov't OK To Settle FCA Suit
• EPA, DOE Team Up On 1st-Ever Joint Solar Procurement
• Lockheed Gets Green Light For $57M Missile Sale To Egypt
• Gov't Urges Harsh Sentences For Deadly Blackwater Guards
• Neustar Turns To DC Circ. After Rival OK'd For $460M Contract
• House Small Business Bill Could Have Big Impact
• Defense Blasts Evidence In Former NJ Power Broker's Trial
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Doctor's Conviction in Hospice Kickback Case
• FLIR's $9.5M FCPA Settlement Reflects Cooperation With SEC
• DOJ Urges Supreme Court To End Inmate Care Rate Challenge
• Ex-Housing Authority Exec Charged In Kickback Scheme
• Suit Settled Over HUBZone Misuse To Get $11M In Contracts
• Rockwell Collins Nabs $500M Army Copter Software Contract
• Omnicare FCA Relator's Discovery Suit Thrown Out In Ohio
• Berger Singerman Adds Energy Partner In Tallahassee
• Iraq War Contractor Says Gov't Miscalculated Deal By $128M
• Nicholson & Eastin Properly DQ'd In FCA Row, Med Co. Says
• Ex-Army Col. Admits Improper Job Talks With PE Adviser
• Illinois Ruling May Help Stem Frivolous Qui Tam Suits
• Biotronik Fights Discovery Motion In $1.1M FCA Fees Row
• 'No Harm, No Foul' Is Bad Approach To OCI Mitigation
• Feds Make Last Push In NJ Democratic Boss' Corruption Trial
• Veterans Hospital In New York To Get $309M Makeover
• State Dept. Approves Possible $952M Weapon Sale To Pakistan
• AIDS Foundation Paid Kickbacks Galore, Ex-Staffers Say
• Judge Rips Feds' Doc Dump In $189M Wells Fargo Suit
• Missile Defense Official Defends Criticized SBX Radar
• Contractor Who Sold Secrets To China Loses $18M IRS Case
• Meggitt Says Ex-Engineer Lied To His Own Attys In IP Row
• ACLU Seeks Gov't Policy On Abortions For Young Immigrants
• LAX Contractors Call AIG Unit's Arbitration Clause Illegal
• Lockheed Says Vague Claims Doom 'Scattershot' FCA Suit
• The Rising Stars Of Government Contracts Law
• Contractor Can't Ditch FCRA Claims In Background Check Suit
• Convicted Blackwater Guard Says 30 Years More Than Enough
• 9th Circ. Will Clarify Process Service For Int'l Corporations
• Military Subcontractor Settles $1.3M DOL Wages Probe
• Twin City Needn't Cover Medical Co.'s FCA Suit, Judge Says
• Amedisys Asks High Court To Hear Revived Shareholder Suit
• Abbott Says FCA Suit Over Preapproval Promotion Fails
• Wells Fargo Blasts Feds' Discovery Bid In $189M Fraud Suit
• Rising Star: Williams & Connolly's Bryan Wilson
• Challengers To $18M Miami Project Want Suits Reinstated
• 6th Circ. Nixes UTC's $664M Judgment In Jet FCA Suit
• Tax Pros Wary After IRS Hires Quinn Emanuel Litigators
• High Court Denies Ex-Cuba Prisoner's Appeal For US Liability
• ABA Suggests Tweaks To SBA's Mentor-Protege Proposal
• GAO Says Air Force Should Plan For Improved Satellite Tech
• Will There Be A Race To The Bottom For Medicaid?
• Utah Procurement Case Illustrates Perils In Bid Protests
• OPINION: Most Clinton Critics Are Missing The Point
• Blecher Collins Hit With $50M Malpractice Suit
• Contractor Seeks Win In Insurance Spat Over $140M Project
• Feds Settle Coquille Tribe's Suit Over Health Contracts
• 11th Circ. Told Wells Fargo Appeal Is Premature In FCA Suit
• Fresenius Says Whistleblower Disclosures Are Already Public
• Merck Wants FCA Claim Tossed After Millennium Escapes Suit
• Huntington Ingalls Leases 515K Square Feet In Virginia
• Pa. GOP Senator Floats New Liquor Privatization Plan
• Lockheed Scores $175M Contract To Make Missiles For UAE
• Rising Star: Vinson & Elkins' Jeremy Marwell
• Amedisys Hid Medicare Overbilling In Hospice Sale, Suit Says
• Raytheon Wins $517M International Navy Missile Contract
• Feds Slam Scientists' Acquittal Bid In Grant Fraud Case
• Ex-Doc Behind Hep C Outbreak Cops To Medicare Fraud
• 6 Charged With Paying Bribes To Gain $4.5M Boeing Contracts
• Tips For Subcontractors Following Binghamton Simulator
• AIG Failed To Pay $15M Legal Damages, Office Depot Claims
• Official Behind Lavish GSA Conference Cops To False Claims
• Medtronic Pays $4.4M To End Device Sale Investigation
• Ex-NJ Party Boss Declines To Testify In Corruption Trial
• Harris' 'No Work, No Pay' Policy Violates FLSA, Suit Says
• Humana Stuck With FCA Suit Over Medicare Advantage Billing
• NJ Supreme Court Takes Up Waste Contract Bidding Row
• DOD Mismanagement Led To $1B In Excess Parts, OIG Says
• Brookdale Senior Living Escapes Whistleblower's FCA Claims
• Rising Star: McKenna Long's Jason Workmaster
• PharMerica Can't Nix FCA Suit Under First-To-File Bar
• Feds Attack Fla. Nursing Home's Ch. 11 Plan On Appeal
• NJ Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty To Export Violations
• Omnicare Says Loose Lips Sink Relator In FCA Kickback Suit
• Biofuel Co. Stiffed Out Of $1.5M In Stimulus Funds: Judge
• Fla. Aluminum Co. Settles FCA Suit Over Chinese Duties
• KBR Witheld Docs, $1.2M Scan Fee In DOD Contract, Suit Says
• Prosecution Goes After Software Developer In Ferriero Trial
• 4th Circ. Axes $10M Award In Travel Agency Contract Row
• Novartis Docs Privileged In Kickback Case, Judge Says
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Tribe's Suit Over Poor Hospital Care
• Keiser Whistleblowers Ask 11th Circ. To Boost Attys' Fees
• Lockheed Wins 4 Modifications Worth $216M From Navy
• Universal Health Rips 1st Circ. Over FCA Suit Revival
• Quinn Emanuel Snags Ex-Skadden White Collar Litigator
• Ex-Ambulance Co. Owner Gets 6 Years In $2M Fraud Scheme
• Army Official Urges More Industry Input On Acquisition
• Rising Star: McDermott Will & Emery's James Kim
• Ethics In The Tech Age: What Every Lawyer Should Consider