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Government Contracts - November, 2015

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• Pa. City Officials Plead Guilty In Separate Graft Schemes
• Blank Rome DQed From Boston Scientific Kickback Suit
• Developer Sues Over Miami Parking Authority Project Award
• 9th Circ. Upholds Right To 1-Year Notice Of Section 8 Cuts
• Alabama Reinstates Planned Parenthood's Medicaid Contract
• Nursing Home Chain To Pay $3M Over Ambulance Kickbacks
• Gov't Wins Armstrong's Docs On How Cycling Benefited USPS
• Clean-Water Exec Describes Adam Skelos Pay Demand
• Tribal Biz Beats Rehearing Bid In Suit Over Gov't Contracts
• NASA Fraudsters Reduce FCA Counts, Damages At 11th Circ.
• Quinn Emanuel-Aided Audit May Spur Congressional Curbs
• High Court Declines Contractor's Sanctions Bid Against Tribe
• Whistleblower Slams Fire Safety Contractor's 'Sham' Affidavit
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Convictions Of CityTime Fraud Trio
• Dermatologist Clears 40 Counts Of Health Care Fraud
• Federal Claims Court Backs $197M FAA Office Lease Award
• Elbit Systems Lands $200M Swiss Drone Contract
• NDAA Changes Cybersecurity Rules For Defense Contractors
• How Trial Counsel Can Take Advantage Of New Federal Rules
• In Congress: Much To Be Done Before Dec. 11
• Air Force Ordered To Reconsider Construction Co.'s Bid
• $43M Afghanistan Gas Station Subject Of IG Criminal Probe
• Feds Expect $30M From FCA Deals With Fla. Pharmacies
• Air Force Extends Health Care Contractors' Work For $984M
• OPINION: In Search Of Our Best Law Firm Selves
• FEMA EGrant System Lacks Adequate Security, DHS Says
• Ex-Official Pleads Not Guilty In Alleged NJ Bid Rig Scheme
• Alaska Pays $65M To Buy Out TransCanada LNG Contract
• Inside DOD Whistleblower Rule For Confidentiality Agreements
• AWG Group Says Argentina's Arbitrator Bias Claim Falls Flat
• DC Circ. Clears MWI In Nigerian FCA Suit
• Fla. Gov't Contractor Pleads Guilty To Income Tax Fraud
• Gov't Can't Use Misrepresentation To Evade $65M Blimp Row
• NASA Finalizes Change To Accounting Rules For Contractors
• Aramark Settles Race, Sex Bias Claims From DOL
• Ex-Hospital CFO, Docs Guilty In $580M Referral Billing Scheme
• L-3 Inks $26M FCA Deal Over Allegedly Shoddy Gun Sights
• Ill. US Atty To Join Armstrong Teasdale
• Wireless Internet Group Seeks 'Neutral' Rural Broadband Push
• Medco Says Ex-Worker Can't Bring FCA Suit
• Thompson Coburn Disavows Fall Of Anti-Terrorism Tech Firm
• DynCorp Slams Dismissal Bid In Corporate Espionage Suit
• Boeing Found To Breach Deposition Rules In AF Contract Row
• New Federal Rules Acknowledge It's Time To Drop The 'E'
• Justices Asked To Flip FCA Intent Ruling In State Farm Case
• Federal Claims Court Won't Revisit Army IT Bid Protest
• Planned Parenthood Sues Texas Over Cut Medicaid Contracts
• IRS Can Enforce Quinn Emanuel-Aided Microsoft Summons
• Sanofi Says K&L Gates, Rival Stalling Sanctions In FCA Suit
• Gov't Demands Armstrong's Docs On Postal Service Ties
• VA Small-Biz Contract Case Not Moot, Supreme Court Told
• DOD Proposes Tweak In 'Buy American' Acquisition Language
• Whistleblower Wins $4.5M In Medicaid Fraud Suit
• ABA Group Asks DOD To Delay Contractor Data Breach Rule
• Fire-Safety Co. Defends Sitting On Affidavit In FCA Suit
• More Regulators Eye Health Info Blocking
• KBR Says It's Not Liable For Iraq Base Burn Pit Pollution
• Naval Vessel Is Not The Sum Of Its Asbestos-Containing Parts
• Gov't Can't Toss WWII NJ Munitions Site Cleanup Suit
• U. Of Fla. To Pay $19.9M To Settle Grant Overcharge Claims
• Faegre Baker Daniels Can't Duck $4.6M FCA Malpractice Suit
• Novartis Faces Strict Pharmacy Oversight In $390M Deal
• Fed. Circ. Says HUD Not Party To Housing Subsidy Contract
• Army Contractor Sued Over Insurer Deal In $351M Loan
• GAO Says DOD Fuel Estimates Lack 'Valid And Reliable Data'
• Nonprofit Wants Voided USAID Suspension Permanently Lifted
• 3 Ways Technology Is Changing Law Office Designs
• GAO Invokes Rare Exception To Protest Timeliness Rules
• Gov't Contractor Pays $1.8M To Settle DOL Bias Claims
• NIGC Says It Was OK To Change Mind On Minn. Casino Deal
• 13 Key Business Objectives For Corporate Legal Departments
• Tribe Deserved Extra Time In Support Costs Suit, Justices Told
• DOJ Settles Florida Hospice FCA Row For $3M
• Oregon Agency Immune To Oracle Copyright Suit, Judge Says
• GAO Finds Conflict Of Interest In $2.8M DC Contract Award
• Physician, Clinic End Post-Employment Retaliation Row
• GAO Says Pentagon Needs To Better Track Services Contracts
• Air Force Shared DynCorp Financials With Rivals, Suit Says
• Gov't To Intervene In Navy Overbilling FCA Suit
• Do Words Matter? GAO Says Yes In Bid Protest Decision
• Split 5th Circ. Won't Rethink Axing Fee Award In Age Bias Suit
• Philly Doctor Accused In $15M Health Care Fraud Scheme
• Relator Blasts PNC's Sanctions Bid In Bailout FCA Suit
• Wis. Home Care Biz Cuts Felony Medicaid Fraud Deal
• FCA Protects Failed Whistleblowers Too, 4th Circ. Hears
• Feds Wants 10 Years For Detroit Doc's Medicare Fraud
• 4th Circ. Refuses En Banc Hearing In Student Loan Suits
• White House Launches $100M Tech Training Grant Program
• HHS Seeks 11th Circ. OK To Cut Medicare To Nursing Home
• Jury Awards Navy Contractor $5M In Trade Secrets Theft Suit
• Pros And Cons Of The Latest OFCCP Tools
• Booker Named In Suit Over Corruption At NJ Water Agency
• Ex-Prosecutor Says Yates Memo Knocks Post-Crisis Cases
• ULA Drops Out Of Air Force Satellite Launch Bidding
• Army Corps Can't Shake $2M Training Center Delay Claims
• Contractor Group Urges DOD To Delay Cybersecurity Rule
• Relatives, Inmate Defend Prison Call Price-Gouging Claims
• Whistleblower Asks 11th Circ. To Revive Medicare FCA Suit
• Bill Would Add Vet-Owned Biz To DOT Contract Program
• US Clears $1.3B Bomb Sale To Saudi Arabia
• Fed. Circ. Rebuffs KBR In Revived $44M Army Security Row
• 'Bridge Contracts' Ensure Continuity, But At What Cost?
• 28 Indicted In $9.5M Workers' Comp Billing Fraud Scheme
• Maryland Couple Found Guilty Of $80M DC Medicaid Fraud
• Make Small-Business Contract Program Permanent, GAO Says
• Government Contracts MVP: Wiley Rein's Scott McCaleb
• Sevatec Loses Protest Of $75M DOD Engineering Contract
• Whistleblowers Slam Bid For Stay By For-Profit College
• DOD Looking For Contractor To Manage Mobile Access
• Lockheed Says 16-Year-Old FCA Suit Still Lacks Any Evidence
• Navigating The Circuit Split On Implied False Certification
• For-Profit College Co. To Pay $96M In Recruitment FCA Case
• Should In-House Counsel Use US Contract Terms In Europe?
• Ex-War Zone Workers Ask Justices To Hear $2B Benefits Suit
• Government Contracts MVP: Sheppard Mullin's Anne Perry
• Seneca Nation's Funding Dispute With HHS Put On Hold
• Contractor Can't Pause Building Security Award For Protest
• OPM Chastised Over Post-Breach Cybersecurity Contract
• Wyeth Rejects Claim That It Promoted Off-Label Prescribing
• Sanofi-Aventis Says K&L Gates Can Be Sanctioned In FCA Suit
• Take Your Marks: An Associate's Guide To Your 1st Big Trial
• Ex-Pharma Exec Says Indictment Too Thin To Prep Defense
• GAO Calls Navy's IT Equipment Solicitation Too Vague
• DC Circ. Urged to Nix $460M FCC Phone Contract Challenge
• OMB Cybersecurity Plan: What Gov't Contractors Should Know
• Sheppard Mullin Blew Shot At $3.8M, J-M Tells Calif. Court
• Google Reseller Wins Protest Of Peace Corps Email Contract
• Whistleblower Takes Bombardier FCA Suit To 5th Circ.
• Steptoe Adds Former GAO Attorney And Appeals Board Judge
• Halliburton Wins Long-Running Water Purification FCA Suit
• GAO Dismisses Black-Hawk Helicopter Contract Challenge
• Government Contracts MVP: Hogan Lovells' Mike McGill
• AT&T Scores Contract To Join DHS Anti-Hacking Program
• Whistleblower Can't Get Stuck With 'Costs,' 2nd Circ. Told
• Protest Of Army Reserve Center Bid Terms Too Late: GAO
• No-Show In Miss. Hospice FCA Suit Must Pay Treble Damages
• AseraCare Is Now A Key Case For FCA Defendants
• Nonprofit Says USAID Shut It Out Despite Lifted Suspension
• Blackwater Guards Lose Bid For New Trial In Shooting Case
• Millennium Hits Ch. 11 Amid $200M Lab Tests FCA Deal
• Minn. Construction Contractor Indicted On Fraud Charges
• Gov't Contracts MVP: Crowell & Moring's Daniel Forman
• Judge In Bombardier FCA Toss Won't Have To Recuse Himself
• Senate OKs $80B VA And Military Construction Funding Bill
• Marines Should Boost Small-Biz Subcontracts, DOD Says
• Senate Sends New $607B Defense Authorization Bill To Obama
• GAO Says VA Justified In Canceling Overbudget Clinic Project
• Fla. Court Finds Black Business Fund Overcharged State $1M
• Jailed Contractor Says He's Served Time For $136M Scheme
• Fed. Circ. Urged Not To Revive Air Base Contract Dispute
• Government Contracts MVP: Covington's Raymond Biagini
• Feds Say Contractor's Espionage Sentence Can't Be Reduced
• Mount Sinai Must Face Whistleblower Suit, Judge Rules
• High Court Won't Hear Trucking Exec's Worker Pay Appeal
• Ex-Auditor Says Ineffective Counsel Nixes Bribery Sentence
• 7th Circ. Orders Resentencing In Chicago School Kickback Plot
• Northrop Grumman To Face Appeal Of Nixed $62M FCA Suit
• High Court Urged To Reconsider Contractor's Sanctions Bid
• GAO Scraps Challenge To $1.2B NASA Maintenance Award
• DynCorp. Rival Says Amended Espionage Suit Still Too Vague
• DOD Rule Ups Importance Of Supply Chain Risk Management
• Maryland Nabs $27.8M For Baltimore-DC Maglev Rail Project
• Untainted-Asset Freeze Creates Atty Conflict, Justices Told
• 3rd Quarter Saw A Rise In FCPA Enforcement
• Law360's Super MVPs In A Class Of Their Own
• 5 Firms Lead The Pack With MVP Wins
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 86 Firms
• KBR Whistleblower Takes Discovery Question To High Court
• Feds Say URS Bid To Nix NASA False Claims Suit 'Misguided'
• State Farm Says Stay In Katrina FCA Suit Should Remain
• ATK Launch Systems Scores $790M ICBM Support Contract
• USPS Immune From Insurer's Asbestos Suit, Fed. Circ. Rules
• Whistleblower Too Late On Humana FCA Claims, Court Told
• 4 Sentenced In $64M Medicare Mental Health Scheme
• NY Contractor Settles FCA Suit With Gov't For $2.6M
• Brookdale Again Defeats Whistleblower's FCA Claims
• FCC Out Of Line In Capping Prison Call Rates, Officials Say
• Moody's Defends Crisis-Era Ratings In Whistleblower Case
• Boeing, Lockheed Martin Protest $55B USAF Bomber Award
• Feds Seek Help Tracking Drones Near Prisons
• 4th Circ. Asked To Rethink Immunity For Student Loan Agency
• HP, Mexican Oil Co. Agree To End Kickback Suit
• Houston Hospital Says Fired Manager Never Made FCA Claims
• Fla. Cardiovascular Center Can't Dodge FCA Suit
• VA Floats Vet-Owned Contractor Program Changes
• Rutgers Sued For Axing $81M Science Building Contract
• Senate Dems Block DOD Funding Bill But Advance VA Bill
• Supreme Court Asks If VA Small-Biz Contract Case Is Moot
• Army Training Contractor Fights $937M Award To Rival
• House Passes Updated $607B Defense Authorization Act
• Special Insurance Coverage Issues For Gov't Contractors
• FCC Proposes Rate Freeze For Sign Language Relay Providers
• Community Health, 3 Whistleblowers Strike $2.6M Fee Deal
• Quinn Emanuel Audit Role Up For Debate In Microsoft Hearing
• AstraZeneca, Teva Unit Finalize $54M Deal In Medicaid Row
• Defense Contractor Admits Arranging Subcontract Kickback
• Marketing Co. Seeks To Pare Whistleblowers In $80M FCA Suit
• NASA Can't Prove Auto Repairs Were Unneeded, Vendor Says
• Fed. Circ. Mulls Row Over $22M USDA Dredging Contract
• OPINION: Via Duke, Companies Are Shaping Discovery
• Lockheed Lands $5.4B For More F-35s
• An Era Of Enhanced Parallel Proceeding Risk For Contractors
• NY Contractor Accused Of FCA Violations In Highway Project
• Obama Orders Fed. Agencies To Mitigate Environmental Harm
• Navy Hiding Negligence In $65M Blimp's Ruin, Contractor Says
• ASBCA Won't End Contract Fight Over Insurgent-Aid Claims
• HHS Home Health Authorization Rule Survives Industry Protest
• Los Angeles Sued Over Enviro Impact Of Ride-Hailing At LAX
• Inmate Call Providers Creating False Emergency, FCC Told
• Strategies For Law Firms Leaping Into Latin America
• Dell Says $9M Classified Info Contract Suit Belongs In Del.
• Revisiting Judicial Deference To Federal Agencies
• Tax Fraud And The FCA: 4 Takeaways From NY's Sprint Ruling
• CMS Pressed On 'Creative Accounting' At ACA Co-Ops
• IT Consultant Can't Shake Navy Computer Code Theft Suit
• CSC, Subcontractor To Pay $13M To Settle FCA Case
• Constantine Cannon Lands Ex-Pa. US Atty For FCA Practice
• Charter Asks FCC For Ruling On Georgia Power Dispute
• HHS Inspector General Details 2016 Investigative Plans
• Therapist Asks For Fairness In $63M Medicare Fraud Sentence
• DOD Can't Explain $43M Afghan Gas Station, Watchdog Says
• DOD Owes Contractor $3M Despite Kickbacks, Fed. Circ. Told
• Gov't Tells DC Circ. Lockheed Cleanup Costs Already Paid
• GAO Affirms Army Corps Award For Va. Reservoir Project
• Senate Dems Push DOI To Factor Climate Into Coal Leasing
• VA Keeps Retreating In Small Biz Reward Row, Justices Hear
• Inside OIG Report On SBA's 'Economic Disadvantage' Criteria
• In Congress: Default Averted, A Return To The 'Typical'
• 5 Takeaways From The Novartis FCA Settlement