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Government Contracts - February, 2016

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• 7th Circ. Says Chicago Transit FCA Suit Properly Dismissed
• Lockheed Nabs $20M NASA Contract For Supersonic Jets
• Contractor Sues Whistleblower, Atty Over Failed FCA Row
• FCC Says Okla. Too Late With Inmate Call Reform Protest
• Aircraft Parts Co. Prez Arrested For Selling Faulty Parts
• Arcovis Trade Secrets Suit Against Co-Founder Is Nixed
• 3 Contractors Land $12B Army Deal For New Manpack Radios
• Covington Nabs FCA Expert For Gov't Contracts Team
• Supreme Court Shuts Out Claims Over Killed Iraq Contractors
• Afghan Co. Looks To Freeze $6.5M Amid Contract Dispute
• General Dynamics, Ellwood Land $682M Bomb Sale To Turkey
• High Court Won't Take On Workplace Docs Seizure Suit
• GAO Says Biz Classification Code Doesn't Sink Navy Contract
• High Noon In America: Executive Orders After Justice Scalia
• Armored Car Co. Wants State Dept.'s $5M Refund Bid Blocked
• Pa. Loan Agency Tells High Court It's 'Inherently Sovereign'
• JFK Manager Failed To Disclose Vendor-Paid Trip, AG Says
• $55B Bomber Project Costs Worry McCain
• Federal Contractor B&H Hit With DOL Race Bias Suit
• GAO Finds No Prejudice In Limited Navy Contract Changes
• 4th Circ. Revives Ex-Blackwater Contractors' FCA Suit
• PharMerica: Re-Evaluating The 1st-To-File Rule Under KBR
• Calif. Asks Appeals Court To Save Teacher Tenure Laws
• House Republicans Press CMS On Future Of ACA Co-Ops
• CMS Anti-Fraud Rule Aims To Crack Down On Evasive Docs
• Fla. Gov. Signs Trade Secrets Bills Backed By P3 Industry
• Whistleblowers Return Fire In High Court FCA Battle
• French Cargo Co. Asks To Confirm Annulled €39M Award
• HHS Study Finds Fewer Hospital Readmissions After ACA Fine
• Ex-Birdsall Exec Takes Plea On Eve Of Pay-To-Play Trial
• NASA Project Setbacks Less Frequent, Still Routine: GAO
• Lockheed Settles 16-Year-Old Enviro FCA Suit For $5M
• Trial Pros: Susman Godfrey's Bill Carmody
• 8 States Ask To Join Okla. Challenge Of FCC Prison Rate Caps
• Contractors Settle Overrun Dispute On $21M USAF Project
• 5 Tips For Founding A Successful Law Firm
• 1st Circ. Crime-Fraud Ruling Challenges Atty-Client Privilege
• India's GMR Handed Win In Maldives Airport Arbitration
• Agency's Decision Not To Designate Tribal Leader Upheld
• Feds, Tribes Get Nod On $940M Deal Over Contract Costs
• Wells Fargo Facing DOJ Mortgage Probe After $1.2B Deal
• Judge Rejects Skate Park FCA Deal Feds Called Too Small
• Ill. House Panel To Examine Gov.'s Economic Initiative
• 5 NYers Sentenced For Illegally Massaging $4M From Medicare
• Ex-Navy Engineer Wants 10-Year Kickbacks Sentence Vacated
• Law360 Government Contracts Editorial Advisory Board
• Developer Can't Ice Suit Over $229M NHL Arena Conversion
• NJ Tax Court Says Citizen FCA Awards Count As Income
• FCA Victors Slam Community Health Fee Fight In 6th Circ.
• DOL Proposes Paid Sick Leave Rule For Federal Contractors
• Lockheed Accused Of Retaliation In Whistleblower's Firing
• Kingdomware Gets Its Day In Court: Inside The Oral Arguments
• Examining Calif. City Attorneys' Bond Counsel Services
• 5 Law Office Design Tips Before Moving To Latin America
• J-M Says Jury Shouldn't Get Past Trial Verdict In FCA Suit
• Fla. Attys Fear AG Ruling Politicizes Whistleblower Suits
• Watchdog Dissects HealthCare.gov Collapse, Revival
• BIA Gave Shoshone Tribe Control Over Arapaho, Suit Says
• Feds Can't Keep Ex-Blackhawk Worker's Tax Refunds: DC Circ.
• Iraqi Businessman Says KBR Forged Invoices In Contract Row
• Insurers Owe $1.2M For Army Corps Project, Contractor Says
• House Backs Bill To Sharpen DHS Acquisition Requirements
• Sprint Fights FCC Lifeline Reforms
• Hyperdynamics Loses Round In African Drilling Dispute
• Pa. Graphite Co. Pays $3M Over Imports, Pleads To Smuggling
• Okla. Asks DC Circ To Halt FCC's Prison Rate Caps
• Tenet Floats $238M Deal In Maternity Kickbacks Case
• When A Contractor's Claim Is Not A 'Claim'
• Ex-Chicago Official Seeks Acquittal Of Bribery Conviction
• Judge Enters $1.1M Jury Award In Pipeline Landslide Case
• 9th Circ. Says Fannie, Freddie Not 'Fed Agencies' Under FCA
• Boeing Facing Suit Over Possible SEC Investigation
• Crowell & Moring Adds Former Shulman Rogers Partner
• Hospitals Lose Attack On Medicare Wage Rule
• Sanctions For Lost Fight Recording Sought In Ariz. FCA Suit
• Superfund Contractor Traded Gifts For Info, Feds Tell Jury
• High Court Probes Limits On VA Procurement Preference Law
• ManTech Wins $175M Saudi Jet Fighter Maintenance Deal
• Texas Tech Sues Medicare Over $8M Repayment Demand
• 4 Surefire Ways To Lose a GAO Bid Protest
• Lockheed Health Co. Dodges FCA Suit Lacking Contract Terms
• Contractor Sues Army To Win Back Afghan Advertising Deal
• FCPA Risk And The Role Of Defense Contractors' Boards
• Adventist Pays $2M Over Chemo-Drug Practices FCA Suit
• Feds Charge Execs In Water Chemical Price-Fixing Scheme
• Baptist Agency Takes State Contract Row To High Court
• OPINION: Big Law's Perverse Incentive System
• FCC's Consumer Advisory Panel Backs Lifeline Boost
• Prison Phone Cos. Continue Bid To Pause FCC Rate Caps
• Licensee Misfired On Army Gun Manufacture, IP Holder Says
• Schnader Harrison Attys Take Over Fattah's Corruption Case
• La. Tells 5th Circ. Army Corps On Hook For Full $3B Project
• Kaye Scholer Nabs Colonel To Lead NatSec Practice In DC
• Special Ops' $900M Contracts Reset Is Overkill, Judge Says
• 6th Circ. Rejects 'Fairyland' FCA Damages Theory
• 5th Circ. Upholds Ex-La. Mayor's 20-Year Bribery Sentence
• Revoking Award Chills Fight Against Age Bias, Justices Told
• GAO Rejects Protest Over $304M Southcom IT Contract
• Ex-Birdsall CEO Takes Plea In Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Insurer Disputes Judge's Ruling In Skanska Coverage Dispute
• GAO Tosses USAID Award Protest By XLA Associates
• KBR Defeats Bid To Revive Water Purification FCA Row
• HHS, Ga. Reach Settlement In $75M Medicaid Refund Row
• Ex-Defense Worker Receives 4 Years For $2M Kickback Plot
• Lockheed Drops Challenge To $6.7B Army Truck Contract
• Determining The Scope Of FCA's Public Disclosure Bar
• Congressional Outlook 2016: Appropriations
• Buchalter Tells Calif. Court FCA Suit Must Be Arbitrated
• Commerce To Investigate Imported Fabric From China
• Armstrong Says USPS 'Looked The Other Way' On Doping
• Redflex Moves To Toss Relator In $300M Chicago Bribery Suit
• 51 Hospitals Pay $23M In Cardiac Device Settlements
• SuperValu Drug Pricing Claims Pass FCA Muster, Court Told
• Aid Contractor Worker Gets 4 Years For Afghanistan Bribery
• In Budget Address, Ill. Gov. Says It's Time For Compromise
• Norfolk Cos. Nab Navy Repair Contracts That Could Top $2B
• DOD Agency Criticized For Lax Scrutiny Of $1B Contract
• Contractors Must Address Expanding Human Trafficking Laws
• Battling Revenue Doom And Gloom With Litigation Finance
• Rule Would Require Contractors To Pay Audit Response Costs
• Contractor Sues Army For Tanking $4.8M Construction Deal
• Boeing, Lockheed Protest Of $55B Northrop Bomber Nixed
• Whistleblower Urges 11th Circ. To Revive Fresenius FCA Row
• Morocco Wants US Out Of $27M Construction Arbitration Row
• Pakistan's F-16 Purchase Gets State Department Approval
• FCC Slams Bid To Stay Rate Caps On Inmate Calls
• Philadelphia Gear Wins $1B Destroyer Engineering Contract
• C3PO Drops DynCorp Suit Over Halted Afghan Contracts
• 3 Ways The Yates Memo May Affect FCA Cases
• Pfizer To Pay $785M To Settle FCA Claims Over Protonix
• Scalia's Rapid-Fire Questioning Transformed Oral Arguments
• Justice Scalia Leaves His Mark In Biting, Clever Dissents
• Death Of Scalia Leaves High Court Docket In Limbo
• Scalia Leaves Mighty Legacy At High Court
• GOP Attys Would Likely Back Srinivasan To Replace Scalia
• Scalia's Originalism Shifted The Constitutional Debate
• Scalia Took On Gun Control, Class Actions In Top Opinions
• Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Dies At 79
• Dickstein Deal May Leave Ex-Partners With Lighter Wallets
• Split 9th Circ. Won't Revive Whistleblower's Retaliation Claim
• US Must Pay Entergy $49.4M For Nuclear Fuel Storage Costs
• Trinidad, Aluminum Co. Near Deal On $2M Arbitration Award
• Argentina Says French Utility Case Irrelevant In Water Row
• $6.7B Army Truck Project To Roll On Amid Lockheed Protest
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive $400M FCA Suit Against Lockheed
• Hospice Exec, Nursing Director Cop To $9.5M Medicare Scam
• Judge Needs More From Feds In Body Armor FCA Suits
• Whistleblower Must Produce Info On Witness Deal, Court Told
• 1st Circ. Pauses PharMerica FCA Suit For High Court Appeal
• Info Not Privileged In $1B Contract Fight, Boeing Says
• Gov't Wins Stay On $77M Forfeiture Pending Criminal Case
• Takeaways From Medicare's 60-Day Overpayment Rule
• Additional Thoughts On Class Plaintiff 'Pick-Offs'
• BioScrip To Pay Shareholders $11M In Exjade Fallout
• Amended Rule 26's Proportionality Standard: The First 60 Days
• Fla. Pharmacies, Docs Settle Tricare Billing Row For $10M
• KBR Wants Iraqi Contractor's Post-Arbitration Suit Tossed
• 6 Key Policies In Medicare's 60-Day Overpayment Rule
• Obama Officials Push Reforms, Investment In Cybersecurity
• Ill. Hospice Admin. Pleads Guilty In $9.5M Medicare Fraud
• Fed. Claims Court Halts $160M Embassy Contract
• House Dems Give FCC Guidelines For Lifeline Revamp
• House Backs Increased Treasury Testimony On Federal Debt
• NLRB Won't Take On DynCorp Over Navy Union Insignia Ban
• KBR Seeks More 3rd Circ. Review In Wrongful Death Suit
• Oil & Gas Co. Wants To Suspend Contract Suit, Arbitrate
• Nuke Site Security Commanders Not Supervisors, NLRB Says
• Another Inmate Call Co. Seeks DC Circ. Review Of FCC Order
• Medicare Eases 60-Day Overpayment Rule
• The Burgeoning Bulletin Boards Of Federal Contractors
• Fla. House Dems Fight Planned Parenthood Contracts Ban
• Feds Accuse NJ Doc Of Falsely Billing For Diagnostic Tests
• House OKs Bill For NSF Grants To Aid 'National Interest'
• Houston Mayor Scraps $60M In Airport Expansion Contracts
• Axed Fraud Charge Is Haunting Surgeon, 7th Circ. Told
• DOD, GSA, NASA Plan To Extend Contract Cost Change Rule
• Attys Worry Minimum Standards Could Hamper FCC's Lifeline
• Spaceflight Wins 1st GSA Contract For Easy Launch Orders
• IRS Will Miss Private Debt Collection Contract Deadline
• Oil And Gas Co. Must Arbitrate Contract Claims, Court Told
• Miami Doc Pleads Guilty In $20M Medicare Fraud
• How Does Skadden Stay No. 1?
• Interpreting EEOC's Equal Pay Data Statistical Tests
• GAO Says Navy Satellite Contract Award Ignored RFP Specs
• Fannie And Freddie Loans Could Be Next FCA Targets
• DC Circ. Ruling Gives FCA Defendants An Easy Out, US Says
• Hyperdynamics Unit Says Partner Is Hindering Contract Row
• Air Force Properly Awarded Challenged Task Order, GAO Says
• Fla. Contractor Sues Over Exclusion From Veterans Program
• Groups Spar Before FCC Over Proposed Prison Telecom Rules
• House Votes To Step Up VA Construction, Health Oversight
• Paragon Security Guards' FLSA Suit Trimmed
• Landis Joins Gov't Call To Rethink Armstrong FCA Ruling
• Philly Hospice Nurse Convicted In $14M Medicare Fraud
• SC Sues Feds Over Plans To Kill Nuke Waste Site
• OPINION: The Road To Partnership Must Keep Evolving
• Defense Attys Support Blackwater Guards In DC Circ. Appeal
• Navy Can Choose Flawed $11M Contract Bid, GAO Says
• 3M Drops Bid To DQ Quinn Emanuel Atty In 'Sham' Patent Row
• Medicare Botched Uncompensated Care Math, Hospital Says
• Tribe Says Fed. Contract Hinges On Recognition By NJ
• US Wants Bid For Afghan Co.'s Funds To Wait For Prosecution
• Pa. Construction Co. Execs Must Pay $1.3M For Highway Scam
• NY Atty Sanctioned For Bringing Insubstantial FCA Suit
• DC Circ. Denies Quick Win Over Enron Co.'s Nigeria Contract
• GAO Backs Turkey Air Base Project Award
• GAO Says $29M S. Korea Contract Bid Properly Evaluated
• Justices Told Seizure Of Workplace Docs Can Be Challenged
• DynCorp Says Timing Dooms C3PO's Afghan Contract Suit
• Disclosures In Public SEC Filings Aren't Really 'Public' In Calif.
• CenturyLink Seeks To Stay FCC Rate Caps On Inmate Calls
• DOJ Hits Navy Contractor With Fraud Charges In FCA Suit
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• 8 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• Argentina Loses Bid To Overturn $136M ICSID Award
• Local Counsel's Work In $17M Case Worth Just $5K: Judge
• Minority Biz Program Lacks Goals, Metrics, DC Circ. Hears
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive IP Suit Over Goodrich Chopper Parts
• Niger Owes $28M For Broken Passport Contract, Court Told
• Nigeria Strong-Armed Deal In $500M Contract Beef, Co. Says
• Lockheed Wins $96M Next-Gen Air Force GPS Satellite Deal
• Ex-Defense Contracting Exec Gets 1 Year For Kickbacks
• Texas Justices Deny Review In Oil Well Plugging Row
• 2nd Circ. Shoots Down HHS Rural-Urban Hospital Rule
• GAO Upholds Navy Scoring System On Tech Upgrade Contract
• FCC Warned Of Guide To Evading Inmate Call Reforms
• Feds Arrest Texas Town Officials In Bribery Scheme
• NY County Exec Cops To Rigging $311M In Contracts
• $108M Maritime Contract Suit Paused For Negotiations
• 3 Ways To Avoid Employment Compliance Reporting Missteps
• GAO Says Transpo Budget Contract Improperly Awarded
• Korea Can't Duck $43M BAE Suit Over Nixed F-16 Contract
• LA Port Police Chief Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion Charges
• Sprint Says Lifeline Service Standard Will Cost Customers
• GAO Says Army Used Wrong Pricing Plan For Waste Contract
• Bill Aims To Speed Electronic Warfare Tech Development
• $4.5B Hanford Cleanup FCA Suit Has Legs, Judge Says
• GAO Slams Air Force's Upgrade Of $285M Contract Bid
• IRS To Pause Data Wipes After Quinn Emanuel Case Erasure
• Feds Say No Clause Needed To Be Repaid For Armstrong Ads
• Polish Oil, Gas Co. Escalates Gazprom Contract-Pricing Row
• Faulty Coast Guard Ships Spur GAO To Urge Better Tests
• Biogen Escapes 1 Of 4 FCA Suits Over Alleged Kickbacks
• Inspector's $2M Army Hospital Contract Breach Suit Put On Ice
• Execs Get Probation, Pay $1M For Highway Contract Scam
• BAE Spoiled $1.7B Radar Deal With Korea, Suit Says
• EU Lawmakers Lay Down Markers For Services Trade Pact
• NIGC Wrong To Rethink Minn. Casino Deal, DC Circ. Told
• 'Puzzled' 7th Circ. Reopens White Worker's Race Suit
• Afghan Co. Claims Breach Of $10M Police Center Contract
• FCC Extends Deadline To Trim Lifeline Tribal Subsidies
• DOD Office Finds Long List Of Problems Still Plaguing F-35
• Baker Botts Nabs White Collar Expert From Kaye Scholer
• Airport Contractor Can't Duck Taxes, Belize Tells DC Circ.
• Quinn Emanuel Nabs DLA Piper White Collar Litigator In DC
• Fraud Trends For 2016 In 1 Word: Technology
• Wells Fargo Reaches $1.2B FHA Mortgage Settlement
• 3rd Circ. Says Law Firm 'Original Source' Of Info In FCA Suit
• J&J Escapes FCA Row Over Allegedly Faulty Hip Implants
• Mont. Tribe Lost Immunity Through Fed. Contract, Judge Says
• Time Warner Cable To Pay $5.2M To End LA Suits Over Fees
• Cephalon Trims 1 Year Of Provigil Claims In FCA Suit
• 5th Circ. Lets Independent Contractor Sue Under Rehab. Act
• Pentagon Seeks $583B 2017 Budget For R&D, Weapons
• GAO Says Bids For $460M Immigration Contract Treated Fairly
• CVS False Claims Suit Not A Rerun, 1st Circ. Told
• 9th Circ. Nixes Process-Serving Logic In $65M FCA Suit
• Honeywell Seeks Arbitration For FBI Building Subcontractor
• GAO Says Renegotiation Plan Doesn't Nix DHS Contract
• 3M Seeks To DQ Quinn Emanuel Atty In 'Sham' Patent Suit
• BigLaw Brother Didn't Bias Arbitrator, 9th Circ. Told
• Ex-Lockheed Worker Asks 9th Circ. To Revive $400M FCA Suit
• CMS Extends Bans On Home Health, Ambulance Cos.
• Firefighting Co. To Pay $7.4M To Settle FCA Claims
• Stericycle Gets OK For $28.5M Deal In Multistate FCA Suit
• $18.2B Coast Guard Bill Heads To White House
• UnitedHealthcare Targets Medicare Advantage Overpay Policy
• House OKs Crackdown On Contractors' Human Trafficking
• SAP Pays $3.8M To End SEC Panama Bribery Probe
• Blackwater Guard Asks DC Circ. To Toss Murder Conviction
• GAO Finds No Bias In $480M DHS Biodefense Lab Contract
• What To Expect From HHS Inspector General In 2016
• Air Force Skimping On Contractor Reviews, Audit Finds
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear $4.7M Case Against Ex-NY AG Staff
• Biz Groups Blast FCA Implied Liability At Supreme Court
• Whistleblower Nets $12.2M Payday In Accredo Kickback Suit
• Indicted Pa. Representative Revives DOJ Misconduct Claims