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Government Contracts - January, 2016

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• BigLaw Gender Pay Gap Under Pressure With New EEOC Rule
• Planned Parenthood Asks 8th Circ. To OK Ark. Medicaid Ruling
• 3 Reasons Employers Fear The EEOC Pay Data Rule
• 4th Circ. Says FCA Bars Suit Based On Lawyer's Knowledge
• Texas Appeals Court Revives Co.'s Claims Against Utility
• Phone Cos. End DC Circ. Challenge Of FCC Tribal Lifeline Map
• Attys React To EEOC's Equal Pay Data Reporting Proposal
• Lifeline Providers Oppose Minimum Customer Charge At FCC
• Insurer Says Tribe Hasn't Shown Plan Is Governed By ERISA
• Sheppard Mullin Can't Get Fees After Conflict DQ: Calif. Court
• EU Moves To Pry Open International Procurement Markets
• Air Force Translation Contract Awarded Wrongly, GAO Says
• Texas Justices Grant RRC New Trial In Well Plugging Row
• Girard Gibbs Partner Tapped To Lead OPM Data Breach MDL
• GAO Says No Bias In $31M Pentagon Survey Contract Award
• Fla. Radiology Center To Pay $8.71M To Settle FCA Claims
• DOJ Health Fraud Suit Flimsy, Rehab Chain Says
• Navy Official Says Unmanned Systems Won't Replace Fleets
• Boeing Wins $2.5B Contract For US, Australia Spy Planes
• Exec Used Up Sentencing Appeal With Sex Addiction Claim
• Medical Airlifter Sues To Block Price Regulation By Texas
• Bankruptcy DQs Whistleblower From FCA Suit, Court Told
• Minority Groups Urge DC Circ. To Uphold Contract Program
• EEOC To Seek Equal Pay Data From Large Employers
• State Dept. Facing $18M Suit Over Armored Vehicle Contract
• Expectation Damages Now A Real Possibility In Delaware
• Kinnear Says ICSID Caseload Reflects World Leader Status
• CMS Floats Changes To Medicare Shared Savings Program
• GAO Says Army Contract Staff Overused Deal Extensions
• SIGA Shareholder Blasts Ch. 11 Plan Over Creditor Treatment
• Ex-Navy Officer Pleads Guilty In Bribery Scandal
• Fattah's Attys Bound By Ethical Duty Despite Unpaid Bills
• Rails-To-Trails Landowners Win Fed. Claims Interest Row
• Contractor Left High & Dry In Levee Deal Tiff With Army Corps
• GAO Upholds Navy Equipment Maintenance Contract Award
• Deviate From Solicitation Instructions At Your Own Risk
• Cicero On Legal Advocacy
• Health Care Providers Ask Justices To Clarify FCA Liability
• Inmate Calling Co. Asks DC Circ. To Stay New FCC Rules
• Gov't Says Ex-NJ Political Boss' Appeal Doesn't Warrant Bail
• Fattah's Unpaid Counsel Can't Withdraw From Corruption Case
• McCain, McCarthy Look To Restore Curbs On Russian Rockets
• Energy Co. Says Navy Contractor Must Pay Up
• Nexagen's $40M Bid Protest Over Army Contract Thrown Out
• Sempra Owes Calif. City $2.6M For Gas Line Relocation Charge
• Defense Attys Ask High Court To Define FCA Liability Narrowly
• Ill. Hospice Provider Escapes Some Medicare Fraud Claims
• Politically Connected Philly Woman Charged In Fraud Scheme
• NuWave Escapes False Billing Suit But Can't Win Sanctions
• 4 Ways To Improve The Business Intake Process
• Good News For Foreign Investors In US Defense Industry
• Federal Rule Changes Should Not Affect Subpoena Practice
• Rochester Water Exec Takes Plea For Rigging $212M Contract
• Camber Nabs $900M Award For Advanced Weapon Defense
• Armstrong, Patton Boggs Emails Ruled Privileged In FCA Suit
• Northrop Worker Must Give More Specifics In Sex Bias Suit
• Disabled Vet Convicted In $1.5M VA, SSA Benefits Scam
• OneBeacon Asks To Be Let Off The Hook In Ill. Stadium Spat
• Pa. Judge Urges Indicted Lawmaker To Consider Paying Attys
• Ex-Chicago Official Found Guilty In Red-Light Camera Case
• 1st Circ. Won't Rethink Revival Of PharMerica FCA Suit
• Bomb Disposal Co. Drops Suit Over Rival In $50M Project
• Examining Recent Corporate Integrity Agreement Trends
• Health Care Enforcement Reflections And Forecasts: Part 3
• What Companies Can Expect After Campbell-Ewald
• Planned Parenthood Class OK'd In Ark. Medicaid Fight
• Justices Skim Tribal Trust Question In Contract Costs Row
• General Dynamics Slams Workers' Cert. Bid In OT Suit
• Gosselin Spinoff Fights Asset Freeze In Ex-Parent's FCA Fight
• $1.4B Sought For FBI's New Digs
• US Atty Calls For 'Justice' As Chicago Corruption Trial Wraps
• Supreme Court Declines To Hear Coal Ash Cleanup Appeal
• Partners Urge Court To Drop Ex-Worker's Navy Leave Suit
• Gov't Awards $2B In Emergency-Sealift Contracts
• FCC Won't Halt Prison Call Reforms Amid DC Circ. Row
• High Court Won't Hear Bombardier Aircraft Parts FCA Suit
• Italian Co. Says Morocco Can't Nix Part Of $27M Award
• DynCorp Can't Duck Contract Bill Over Deadline, C3PO Says
• Armstrong Fights More Questioning Over Doping Documentary
• Gov't Defends Minority Contractor Program At DC Circ.
• Justices Say Tribe Can't Excuse Delay In Fed. Contract Row
• DOI Board Tosses Appeal Of Calif. Tribal Leadership Council
• Jury Convicts Tech Exec Of Lying To FBI In Corruption Case
• Chrysler Can't Escape Whistleblower's Warranty Suit
• Home Care Tops New Orleans' Health Fraud Fight: US Atty
• Contractor Asks Justices To Eye 'Forced' Affirmative Action
• Foreign Goods Are On 'Made In America' List, GSA Told
• Civilian Board Of Contract Appeals Decision A Win For All
• GAO Backs $40M National Guard Contract Award
• 3 Traits Of Best-In-Class General Counsel
• US Must Keep Up Its Nuclear Triad, Navy Brass Says
• Lockheed Nabs $93M Army Award For Qatar Missile Upgrades
• Fla. Home Health Exec Convicted Of $57M Medicare Fraud
• GAO Upholds $10M Army Corps Mexico Fence Contract
• FCA Theory Is 'Frankenstein's Monster,' High Court Hears
• Gov't Contractors Must Address Domestic Trafficking
• Pick-Offs After Campbell-Ewald: Some Predictions
• Honeywell Accused Of Stiffing FBI Building Subcontractor
• 'Old School' Tools May Hinder Attorney Collaboration
• Ex-Navy Officer Gets 27 Months Over Bribery Scandal
• NY Managed Care Biz Ponies Up $47M In False Claims Row
• Nat'l Archives Properly Rejected $13M Cloud IT Bid: GAO
• Chicago Doctor Appeals Sentence In Massive Kickback Scam
• Unpaid Pa. Rep's Attys Ask To Withdraw From Corruption Case
• Hospice Exec Says Affair Rumors Irrelevant In Fraud Trial
• Slovakia Disputes Tribunal's Jurisdiction In Mining Row
• US Aims To Sink Shipper's Motion In Overbilling Case
• Medical Billing Co. To Pay $500K Over False Tricare Bonuses
• Ex-DC US Atty Leaps To Dechert
• AG Lynch Vows Quick Progress On Obama's Gun Exec Actions
• New Rule Cracks Down On Contractors Barring Whistleblowing
• State Dept. OKs $2B Bomb, Missile Sale For Iraqi Jet Fleet
• Justices Give Class Actions A Tenuous 'Pick-Off' Defense
• Lawyers Weigh In On High Court's Class Action Ruling
• Wisconsin Bell Can't Appeal Ruling Keeping FCA Suit Intact
• Newco Asks DC Circ. To Ax Belize's Protests To $4.4M Award
• US Efforts To Prop Up Afghan Economy Called 'Scattershot'
• Northrop Grumman Nabs $56M Air Force Contract Add-On
• FCA Suit Claims Security Co. Lied To Gov't About Iraq Staff
• Hogan Nabs Prominent Trial Lawyer From FaegreBD
• Home Health Co. Co-Owner Gets 10 Years For Medicare Fraud
• 6 Types Of Legal 'Mumbo-Jumbo' Attorneys Must Avoid
• Takeaways From High Court's Campbell-Ewald Decision
• US Manufacturer Seeks Duties On Chinese Performance Fabric
• Turkey Keeps Arbitration Award Over Mixed-Use Project
• IRS Under Fire For Hard Drive Wipe In Quinn Emanuel Case
• Blank Rome Says Air Force Stalling Keeps FOIA Suit Alive
• General Dynamics, Italian Firm Sued Over Submarine Contract
• Justices Rule Settlement Offer Can't Moot Consumer Lawsuits
• SEC Filing No Bar To Calif. FCA Suit, Appeals Court Says
• Wells Fargo Accused Of 'Make Work' Tactics In FCA Fight
• Whistleblower Can't Pursue Case Without Counsel, Feds Say
• FCA Suit Over Grants To Ohio State Dismissed As 'Spurious'
• Feds Target Late Subcontractor Payments In New Rule
• Trial Opens In Mobile Doctors Medicare Fraud Suit
• Judge Says Vanquish Not On Hook For $6.5M Award Yet
• Statistical Sampling Debate: A Growing Web Of FCA Cases
• FEMA Floats 'Disaster Deductible' For Relief Fund Recipients
• Iraq Contractor Says Arbitrator Botched KBR Dispute
• IRS Erased Hard Drive In Microsoft's Quinn Emanuel FOIA Suit
• VA Pays $3.2M To End Dispute Over Hospital Project Delays
• 5 Insights From Sharp Electronics Deputy GC Deborah Tyler
• Justices Won't Review Ban On Contractor Political Donations
• KBR Calls Soldiers' Info Bid In Burn Pit Suit 'Deja Vu'
• BAE Twisting FCA Case Into Contract Spat, Gov't Says
• SEC's BigLaw Atty Suit Reflects Focus On Gatekeepers
• 5 Takeaways From The Public Safety Broadband Network RFP
• Ex-Medco Exec Says He Had Front-Row Seat To FCA Fraud
• DOJ Urges $114M In Penalties For Lender Who Lied to HUD
• Marine Corps. Contractor, Subcontractor Settle $99M Row
• $12M SEC Penalty Demonstrates Focus On Pay-To-Play
• Calif. Hospital Pays $3M Over Stark Law Violations
• Philip Morris Cig Scheme Not Publicly Known, DC Circ. Told
• Anesthesiologist Group Denied Early Win In Firing Suit
• Tribe Tells Court Its Benefits Plan Is Covered By ERISA
• Pentagon To Reassess PwC's $58M Health Contract Award
• Booz Allen Wins $159M Army Data Network Contract
• 4th Circ. Urged To Allow Sampling To Show FCA Liability
• Siemens Unit Tells Texas High Court City Can't Duck Suit
• Venezuelan Oilman Sent To Texas To Face Corruption Charges
• GAO Tells IRS To Ensure Audit Fairness, Answer Its Phones
• Air Force Solicitations Leave Bidders In Dark, Suit Says
• DOD Awards Raytheon $85M Contract For Griffin Missiles
• DynCorp's Corporate Espionage Suit Tossed Again
• Miami Medicare Fraudster Pleads Guilty In $63M Scheme
• Republicans Ask GAO To Review Obamacare State IT Systems
• Ex-CFO Drops FCA Claims Against Ariz. Hospital
• 'Mixed Success' Seen In US Boost Of Afghan Energy Sector
• $1B Coast Guard Icebreakers Planned For Arctic
• Ex-Pharmacist Gets 9 Years For $14M Medicaid Fraud Scheme
• SEC Fines State Street, Sues BigLaw Atty Over Pay-To-Play
• Insurer Pulls Federal Suit Against Army Housing Contractor
• Boeing Foe's Deposition Requests OK'd In $1B Contract Fight
• BIA Pushes For More Native Contracts Under 1910 Law
• New Louisiana Gov. Tears Out Of Gates With More Medicaid
• Whistleblower Firm Phillips & Cohen Adds Miami Office
• CFC Axes Protest To Court Building Security Contract
• Military Needs More Spending Leeway, Lawmaker Says
• ICC Delays Decision On Miss. Shipbuilder's Tiff With Venezuela
• Kan. Gov. Urges End Of Planned Parenthood Medicaid Funding
• Jury Told Chicago Official Powerless To Plot $124M Scheme
• Public Safety Broadband Network Proposals Due In April
• Abbott Asks For Reconsideration To End Stent FCA Suit
• Rival Can't Block Bid For $50M Bomb-Disposal Contract
• Life Cycle Approach To Data Rights Can Help Contractors
• BigLaw 2016: A Look Ahead
• L-3 Prevails In FCA Trial Over Bills To Army
• Texas Court Revives Whistleblower Suit After Worker Quits
• Whistleblower Wants 5th Circ. To Revive $266B BP FCA Suit
• Armstrong, Agents Duck FCA Claims For Avoiding Payback
• US Attorney Takes Lead In Chicago Corruption Case
• Wells Fargo Abusing Privilege In Loan Fee Row, Relators Say
• KBR Burn Pit Case Should See Wider Discovery, Court Told
• Takeda Execs Admitted To Actos Scheme, Relator Claims
• Army Contractor Can't Revive $2M Detonator Contract
• Rehab Therapy Co., Nursing Centers Pay $133M In FCA Deals
• Gosselin Spinoff Must Freeze Ex-Parent's Assets In FCA Fight
• General Dynamics Nabs $49M Electronic Warfare Contract
• A Guide To The Cybersecurity Act Of 2015
• Duane Morris Lures Thompson Hine Duo To Trial Group
• GAO Denies Immigration Tech Systems Contract Challenge
• Ill. Relators In FCA Suit Call Sanctions Bid Attempt To Mislead
• Navy Working To Maintain Tech Edge Over Rivals, Chief Says
• Ex-Lab Owner To Pay $3.75M For Unnecessary Cancer Tests
• High Court Won't Take Up Injured War-Zone Workers' $2B Suit
• High Court Rejects Discovery Appeal In FCA Kickback Suit
• High Court Turns To Solicitor General In State Farm FCA Suit
• Vet-Run Co. Says Pact For Bomb-Disposal Bid Not Enforceable
• Contract Winner Can't File Protest, Fed. Claims Court Says
• Morocco Says Arbitration Row Has No Place In Federal Court
• Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Wiley Rein
• Nurses Say Whistleblowing Activity At Iraq Base Protected
• Texas Appeals Court Upholds HP's Win In Fraud Suit
• 4 Charged In Fla. Social Security, Immigration Scheme
• Miami Man Convicted In $70M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Hospitals Sue Over Changes To Medicare Reimbursements
• L-3 Asks Judge To Halt FCA Trial Over Bills To Army
• Ex-Contracting Official Gets 30 Months In Iraq Bribery Case
• Sen. Dems Urge Campaign Disclosure For Gov't Contractors
• Armstrong Wants Livestrong Emails Protected From FCA Row
• Ambulance False Claims Suit Sent Back To Drawing Board
• 6 Steps To Becoming A Superior Supervising Attorney
• Air Force Can Deny Contract For Lack Of Cost Data, GAO Says
• Widow Can Shore Up Punitives Bid For Asbestos Death
• 5th Circ. Rebuffs Ex-New Orleans Mayor's Bribery Appeal
• DOD Awards $1B In Ocean Transport Contracts To 12 Firms
• Inmate Call Provider Joins Others In Stay Request Of Caps
• DOD Wants Red Tape Cut On Prototyping Technology
• Tappan Zee Bridge Builders Sue Over Concrete Silo Collapse
• Judge Flirts With Axing $29M Arbitral Award Dispute
• Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
• Cuomo Offered To Settle Ex-Judge's FCA Suit, Judge Hears
• Abbott, Whistleblower Can't End Stent False Claims Suit
• GAO Nixes Challenge To Navy Construction Contract Decision
• Bomb Disposal Firm Says Partner Can't Torpedo Their Deal
• Fed. Claims Court Says Army Contract Protest Looks Futile
• GAO Calls Amtrak's Financial Reporting 'Incomplete'
• Republican Groups Ask SEC To Repeal Pay-To-Play Rule
• CEQA's Continuing Saga In California Supreme Court
• NM Rep. Floats Bill To Cap Tribal Gaming Revenue-Sharing
• Former Birdsall Exec Cops To Role In Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Fla. Rejects AT&T's Bid Protest Over $360M Telecom Contract
• Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Crowell & Moring
• Patient Data Access Legal In Mount Sinai FCA Suit, Court Told
• Aerojet Rocketdyne To Set DOD Rocket 3-D Printing Standards
• Construction Co. To Pay $9M To Resolve Egypt Aid FCA
• Army Wrongly Booted Detonator Contractor, Fed. Circ. Told
• Chicago Man Sentenced To 2.5 Years For Medicare Scam
• Nurse Opposes Feds' Defense Limit Try In $14M Fraud Case
• How Campbell-Ewald Will Impact Individual And Class Claims
• Predictions For Anti-Corruption Enforcement This Year
• Chicago Doctor Sentenced In Massive Kickback Scam
• Navajo Nation Says Feds Owe $16M More In 2015 Funding
• Gov't Seeks $1M Fine, Probation In Steel Execs' Plea Deal
• Army Corps Wrongly Axed $9M Dike Contract, ASBCA Says
• Architecture Firm To Pay $3M To Resolve 'Buy American' FCA
• Gov't Contracts Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling
• Ex-NJ City Water Agency Official Admits To Kickback Scheme
• Nashville Pharmacy Co. Settles FCA Suit For Almost $8M
• DOD Signs Off On $650M Lockheed Aircraft Sale To France
• GAO Denies Shipping Co.'s Protest Over Vessel Charter
• DynCorp Says C3PO's Trimmed $6.6M Contract Suit Void
• Unrecognized Kan. Tribe Loses Row Over Alleged Trust Funds
• Guam Ambulance Biz Operators Cop To $11M Fraud Scheme
• How Litigation Finance Funds Whistleblower Actions
• Kuwaiti Co. Tells 9th Circ. $65M FCA Suit Served Improperly
• Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Arnold & Porter
• Bankrupt Wireless Co. Says FCC Wrongly Resold Its Licenses
• Lockheed Dodges Vague FCA Overbilling Suit
• GE Wins $1B Contract To Build Saudi Power Plant
• Navy Says Law Blocks $2.8M Insurance Claim For Oil Spill
• NYC School System Pays $3M To FCC Over E-Rate Allegations
• Lockheed Scores $1B Military Cargo Aircraft Contract
• FINRA Advances Watered-Down Pay-To-Play Rule Proposal
• Quicken Loans Loses Administrative Challenge To FCA
• 8th Circ. Widened FCA, College Tells High Court In $33M Row
• NJ Court Won't Revive IP Theft Suit Against Phillips & Cohen
• Pathway Genomics To Pay $4M In FCA Settlement
• DOD Gives Contractors Time For Cybersecurity Compliance
• Resolutions To Improve Gov't Contracts Labor Law Compliance