Government Contracts Archive » April, 2016

Government Contracts - April, 2016

270 articles

• $11M Award In Power Row Violates Public Policy, Court Told
• 5th Circuit Affirms Slashed Atty Fees In Hospital FCA Suit
• Oregon Tells 9th Circ. Immunity Blocks Oracle's IP Suit
• 11th Circ. Rules For HHS In Drug Dosage Medicaid Billing Suit
• OPINION: Engaging The Media May Help Your Client
• Fla. Heart Clinic Fights For Stay Of FCA Suit
• Feds Say Arapaho-Shoshone Row Is An Intertribal Dispute
• Missile Defense Agency Missed Testing Goals, GAO Says
• Former Fox News Commentator Cops To Defrauding Gov't
• DOJ Floats Cape Canaveral Launch Site Cleanup Settlement
• Navy Unveils Wireless Service Contracts Worth Up To $994M
• Groups Urge DOD Not To Base $17B Contract On Price Alone
• Challenge To United's Role In $296M Transcom Deal Survives
• 5th Circ. Vacates Fraudster's Sentence For Gov't Contracts Plot
• Rising Star: Vinson & Elkins' Tirzah Lollar
• Rising Star: Perkins Coie's Seth Locke
• Split 9th Circ. OKs Steeper Sentences For Medical Suppliers
• Army Corps Sued Over Allegedly Ruining Fla. Palm Farm
• Defense Contractor To Pay $2M For Alleged FCA Violations
• Armstrong Says USPS' Returns Negate False Claims Damages
• Navy Contractor's $5M Trade Secrets Win Pared For Jury Error
• House Panel OKs $610B 2017 Defense Authorization Act
• Disbarred 'Kids For Cash' Atty Ducks Sanctions Bid
• FCA Whistleblower Slams Hospice's Bid To Block Witnesses
• Dozens Of Mayors Rally Behind FCC Lifeline Expansion
• 25 Charged With Fraud In $26M Medicare Part D Sweep
• Cooperation A Must For Tribal Internet Expansion, Sens. Told
• GAO Sides With NASA On $451M IT Contract
• Cargo Co. Says Tribunal Properly Issued €38.5M Award
• Using The New Federal Rules To Rein In Discovery
• KBR Can't Contest State Law Chosen For Soldier Death Suit
• White & Case Adds Ex-McDermott White Collar Atty In Boston
• Dentons: A New Kind Of Network?
• 22 Firms Win Top Marks From GCs On AFAs
• Both Sides Seek To Pause FCA Suit Over $4.5B Cleanup
• Calif. High Court To Hear Sheppard Mullin $3.8M Fees Row
• Dallas Tells 5th Circ. Housing FCA Suit Properly Tossed
• Blue Cross Can't Escape Mich. Tribe's ERISA Suit
• Pentagon Says F-35 Software Issue Nearly Resolved
• Nurse Convicted In $374M Medicare Fraud Wants New Trial
• BWXT Units Win $3.1B In Navy Nuclear Contracts
• Armstrong Can Use Brand Value Expert In USPS FCA Suit
• NASA Launches Rules On Indirect Costs, Research Access
• CVS Hits Back At Texas In 1st Circ. Medicaid Drug FCA Row
• Furniture Co. To Pay $15M For Avoiding Import Charges
• Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Jon Burd
• 4th Circ. Revives FCA Suit Over Pfizer Pain Patch
• Fla. Heart Clinic Can't Use Bankruptcy To Duck FCA Suit
• DOD Must Fork Over Costs For Shipyard Cleanup, Maine Says
• Pa. Appeals Court Won't OK Medicaid Data Breach Class
• Ex-Employees Say Military Contractor Can't Duck FCA Suits
• DOE Says SC Suit Over Nuke Waste Site In Wrong Court
• Jenner & Block Gov't Contracts Team Adds Chair, 2 Partners
• South African Sports Bodies Hit With Bans Over Diversity
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Affirm Dismissal Of $52M Malpractice Suit
• Rising Star: Bradley Arant's Aron Beezley
• Treasury Officials Must Testify In $226M Energy Tax Credit Row
• IRS' Quinn Emanuel Retainer Is A Wrongheaded Experiment
• Nursing Homes Rebuked For Late Docs In $300M FCA Row
• Moldex Doubles Down Against 3M's 'Baseless' Patent Claims
• Ex-VP Hit With $25M Verdict Told To Stop Contacting Jurors
• Proposed Defense Acquisitions Reforms Called A Good Start
• Whistleblowers Drop FCA Suit Against Dallas Hospital
• Rising Star: BakerHostetler's W. Barron A. Avery
• Private Colleges Ask Full DC Circ. To Eye New Loan Rule
• PharMerica Seeks High Court Take On FCA 1st-To-File Bar
• House Armed Services Chair Releases $610B NDAA Proposal
• High Court Won't Review Bid For Atty Fees In Age-Bias Suit
• Campbell Ewald Accused Of 'Wasting' Time In Navy Ad Suit
• Army Subcontractor Says $6M Supply Deal Unfairly Nixed
• $1.2B Missile Sale To Australia Wins State Department OK
• Gov't Hiring Private Attys Is Proper As A Matter Of Law
• Chadbourne Attys Fight Sanctions Bid In $770M Award Row
• Ariz. Jury Awards $17M For Navy Worker's Asbestos Death
• Health Hires: Akin Gump Gets A Fed, Morris Manning An IP Pro
• HP Beats Out Five Bidders For $443M STRATCOM Contract
• Ex-Birdsall CEO Gets 4 Years For Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Navy Contractor Must Face Military Bias Claim Over Firing
• Gov't Says Clinic's Bankruptcy Shouldn't Stay FCA Suit
• Texas High Court Won't Consider HP Win In Fraud Suit
• NY Transit Agencies Duck Call Center Worker's Bias Suit
• Air Force's $50M OASIS Award Spurs Triple Protest
• Contractor Gets 6 Months For Bribing Dallas County Official
• When Gov't Hires Private Attys: The Need For Boundaries
• 2 DynCorp Bosses Thrown Back Into Iraq Worker Death Suit
• Ex-Keiser Univ. Workers To Appeal Fee Award From FCA Row
• Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Researching Attorneys In PACER
• Ex-VP Of Staffing Co. Hit With $25M Verdict In Biz Dispute
• Fla. Cardiovascular Center Facing FCA Suit Files For Ch. 11
• Insurance Spat Over $143M NY Transpo Project Gets Tossed
• Nelson Mullins Atty Says SEC's Pay-To-Play Claims Still Fail
• A Review Of Gov't Cases Against Execs In Q1
• Fed. Circ. Won't Rehear $2M Detonator Contract Row
• Won A Contract Corrective Action? Don't Celebrate Just Yet
• Pa. Political Consultant Pleads Guilty In Corruption Probe
• Boeing Investor Drops Suit Over Possible SEC Probe
• When Must A Successor Employer Bargain With Unions?
• Resigning US Attorney Seeks Northern Calif. Law Firm Gig
• MDs Took Kickbacks In $9M Gov't Hospice Fraud, Jury Hears
• White & Case Opens White Collar-Focused Boston Office
• ASBCA Backs Termination Of $4M Military Produce Contract
• Coast Guard Orders $61M Rescue Plane From Lockheed Martin
• Raytheon Loses Bid For 9th Circ. Rehearing In $1B FCA Suit
• Superstorm Sandy Call Center Was Due Full Pay, Judge Says
• US Gov't's Overbilling Claims Barred, Foreign Cos. Say
• Ammo Co. Says It Was Shorted $8.4M On Iraq Copter Contract
• Insurers Needn't Defend Military Housing Co. In Fraud Case
• There May Be A New Standard For FCA Liability Soon
• Contractors Challenge Booz Allen's $141M Navy Contract
• House Armed Services Panels Float Boosts In Pay, Ships
• Ex-Navy Engineer Seeks $1.2M In Calif. Asbestos Trial
• Belize Asks DC Circ. To Gut $32M Awards Over Airport Deal
• Texas Slams CVS Stores In 1st Circ. Medicaid Drug Row
• House Passes Five Small-Business Contracting Bills
• DOT Watchdog To Eyeball FAA's NextGen Contracts
• Justices Wary Of Curbing FCA For Implicit Misstatements
• GAO Backs ICE Detainee Med Services Contract Extension
• GAO Says Counter-Terror Project Needs Better Documentation
• Republican FCC Commish Initiates Lifeline Fraud Investigation
• DOJ Blasts Acquittal Bid From Texas Anesthesiologist
• Miami Doc Gets 9 Years For $30M Medicare Fraud Ring
• Drops In Gov't Contract Spending Slowed In '15, Report Says
• Inmate Call Providers Urge FCC To Hash Out Rate Cap Row
• Feds Tell 5th Circ. KBR Is Liable For Employee Kickbacks
• Contractor Admits To Bribes For $171M In Army Work
• NIGC Relives Those Awkward Early Years In DC Circ.
• Inside Proposed Amendments To GAO Bid Protest Regulations
• GAO Rejects Salient Protest Of $17M DLA Supports Contract
• Group Of 8 Jenner & Block Partners Move To MoFo
• 7th Circ. Nixes Jury Misconduct Claim In $2.5M Fraud Appeal
• Another Take On Reed Smith, Pepper Hamilton Merger Talks
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• The Top 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Women
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Humvee Maker Wants Consultant's IP, Contract Claims Axed
• Fugitive Turned Relator Calls Dibs On Cut Of $26M FCA Deal
• Texas Justices Say Utility Not Immune From Atty Fee Fight
• FBI Building Subcontractor Says Turner Cost It $5.3M
• DOD Slammed Over 'Absurd' Afghanistan Task Force Spending
• Chadbourne Fights To Exit $770M Congo Award Row
• Pentagon Needs A Plan For F-35 Computer Brain, GAO Says
• OPINION: Advising The GOP About Its Obligation To Advise
• Calif. Teacher Tenure Laws Saved By Appeal
• Bombardier Challenges $1.3B Chicago Transit Contract Award
• Insurer Says It Needn't Cover $40M Medicare Fraud Indictment
• Texas City Manager Indicted In Pay-To-Play Bribery Scheme
• Don't Short Us On Rural Broadband Funds, NY Tells FCC
• Shell, Cohort Fleeced Calif. For $1B, FERC Judge Says
• GAO Denies Protest Of $8M Army Corps Cleanup Contract
• Pa. Atty Says Only Disciplinary Board Can Sanction Lawyers
• San Diego Says Calif. Water Rates Are Used For 'Slush Fund'
• Ex-DOJ Counsel Malkin Joins Lane Powell In Litigation
• NJ Defense Contractor Gets 57 Months For Export Crimes
• Boeing Lands $1.5B Army Apache Helicopter Deal
• FMF Leasing: A New Alternative For Foreign Military Sales
• 5th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Kaplan Paralegal Teacher's FCA Suit
• Fired Contractor Loses Bid To Oust Judge In Development Row
• Ex-DOD Counsel Joins Holland & Knight Trade Practice
• 5th Circ. Nixes FCA Appeal From Jailed Health Co. Heads
• FCC's O'Rielly, Pai Back Bill To Cap Lifeline Budget
• Amended Humana FCA Suit Is Practically New Case, Court Told
• The Illogical Ban On Contractor Political Contributions
• Cargo Co. Challenges $296M DOD Deal With United Airlines
• Blimp Co. Says Navy Owes It Over Hangar Roof Collapse
• DC Circ. Won't Pause Belize's Appeal Of $4.4M Award
• Emergency Districts Ask 6th Circ. To Revive AT&T Suit
• Boeing Nabs $94M Navy Deal For Super Hornet Support
• DOJ, FTC Vow Antitrust Watchdog Role In Defense Mergers
• DOI Panel Says BIA Must Pay Wash. Tribe For Contract
• FCC's Timing Of $51M Lifeline Action Draws Political Q's
• Pittsburgh Orgs Want 2nd Crack At Fair Housing FCA Suit
• Education Co. Owner Admits Bribing Head Of Chicago Schools
• DOD, NASA Seek To Extend Rules For Contract Changes
• Chicago Couple Charged In $45M Medicare, H-1B Visa Frauds
• Pratt & Whitney Scores Another $1B For F-35 Engines
• FCA Suit Against Verizon Not Barred, DC Circ. Told
• Ex-US Attorney Joins Barnes & Thornburg's Litigation Team
• Beyond The Bathroom: NC Law Flushes Employee Protections
• Holland & Knight Adds 4 Partners In DC, Denver, Miami
• Attys' Fees Case A National Issue, Supreme Court Told
• Bone Stimulator Co. Beats FCA Doc-Coaching Suit
• DOD Reform Plan Opens Doors For Broader Overhaul
• DC Tour Co. Loses Injunction Bid In $81M Contract Suit
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Guantanamo Shipping Contract Fight
• Ill. Lawmakers Seek Budget Compromise Amid Absent Leaders
• Air Force Contractor Accused Of Shorting Subcontractor $9M
• Port Authority Wants Master Plan For NY, NJ Marine Port
• GAO Says USAID Correctly Awarded Food For Peace Grants
• Wells Fargo Gets Judge's Nod For $1.2B FHA Fraud Deal
• DC Circ. Mulls Agency Do-Over On Minn. Tribe's Casino Deal
• Health Fraud Defense Attys Riding High As Wins Pile Up
• Turkish Co. Questions Fairness Of World Bank Arbitrators
• FCC's Pai Dinged Over Panelist's Prison Telecom Ties
• NJ Wants Gov't Contract Bidders To Submit Gender Pay Report
• FCC Lines Up $51M Fine For Lifeline Provider
• 11th Circ. Upholds Military Project Fraudster's Conviction
• Airport Contractor Tells DC Circ. Belize Is Delaying Award
• Feds Owe 3 Nuclear Cos. $77M For Breached Waste Contracts
• Legal Delivery In The 'Gig Economy'
• Chancery Keeps Alive Lloyd's Chemical Spray Liability Fight
• Omnicare Blasts Bid To Revive $630M FCA Row In 5th Circ.
• Moldex Urges Court To Nix 3M's 'Unclean Hands' Defense
• Workers Drop FCA Suit Over Billings By Navy Shipbuilder
• Fla. High Court Affirms CSX Railroad Crossing Indemnity Win
• Texas Immunity Ruling May Chill Economic Development Deals
• Argentina Was Hit With $270M Arbitration Award, Docs Show
• FBI Looks For Antitrust Schemes Amid Foreign Corruption
• Shipping Co. Asks Fed. Circ. To Revive Gitmo Contract Fight
• Energy Dept. Cracks Down On Extra $63M Lockheed Profit
• Mitsubishi, Mexican Salt Plant Hit With $600M Antitrust Suit
• Md. Sen. Panel Moves Bill To Give Northrop $38M Tax Credit
• Novartis, Feds Ordered To Hash Out Kickbacks Discovery
• Abbott Prevails In $219M Whistleblower FCA Trial
• Pa. Gov. Inks Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Orders
• Ex-Abbott Rep Says Profits Trumped Safety In $219M FCA Trial
• Guinea Says Ex-Port Operator's $44M Award Was Rightly Nixed
• State Dept. OKs $386M Australian Purchase Of Boeing Bombs
• Fed. Contractors Should Rethink Criminal Background Checks
• 6 Takeaways From Novartis FCPA Case
• 'Buy America' Exceptions Carved Out For Transit Projects
• Md. Board Approves $5.6B DC Suburbs Light Rail Contract
• Former NJ City Official Admits To Rigging Contracts
• Judge Delays Pa. Rep.'s Corruption Trial For Email Review
• Nursing Homes Say $300M FCA Relator Has Found Nothing
• USMC Training Co. Settles OT Row With Afghan, Iraqi Actors
• House Panel To Weigh Bill Over $1.5B Lifeline Budget Cap
• Boeing Nabs $275M USAF Deal For Ground-Based Space Tech
• Succession Planning: A Key Strategy For Law Firm Longevity
• Fattah Loses Bid To Toss Conspiracy Scheme Charges
• Fla. Settles 10-Year Suit Over Children's Medicaid Care
• Atty, Judge Charged With Social Security Fraud Scheme
• Marketing Co. Wants Assets Unfrozen In FCA Kickbacks Suit
• DC Circ. Says Public-Private Project Isn't Bound By Wage Law
• BigLaw Lobbyist Must Face Pay-To-Play Suit, SEC Says
• DOD Fire Safety Systems Contractor Wants FCA Suits Tossed
• Fed. Circ. Judge Skeptical Of $10M DOD Contract Claim
• Contractor Wants Congo Sanctioned In $770M Award Row
• Defense Secretary Carter Unveils Major DOD Reforms
• Co. Takes $10B Army Linguist Contract Fight To Fed. Claims
• Drugmaker SIGA Wins Approval Of Ch. 11 Plan
• AseraCare Ruling: FCA Is Not For Differing Medical Opinions
• Aluminum Co. Renews Bid To Set Aside Arbitration Award
• US Says Armstrong Hasn't Disclosed USPS Brand Studies Data
• Feds Insist Arnold & Porter Has Conflict With Senator's Pal
• JV Nets $128M Support Contract For Missile Defense
• Faegre Baker Daniels, Berchtold Settle Malpractice Suit
• Gov't Contracts Veteran Rob Burton Joins Crowell & Moring
• 3M Blasts Moldex Antitrust Claims Over Earplug IP Suit
• Entergy Wins $6.6M From Gov't In Spent Fuel Rod Dispute
• Public Info-Based FCA Suit Can't Survive, PharMerica Says
• BIA, Shoshones 'Hijacked' Joint Contracts, Arapahos Say
• Claims Court Agrees Builder Too Big For SBA Contract
• An Explanation For The Decline In Design-Bid-Build
• Spiked Lifeline Compromise Shows Political Cracks In FCC
• Mesa Slams NAFTA Tribunal's Canada 'Buy Local' Ruling
• Houston Psychiatrist Gets 12 Years For $158M Medicare Fraud
• Calif. AG Slaps Morgan Stanley With Mortgage Suit
• Abbott Whistleblower Blasts Directed Verdict Bid
• Chicago Can Keep Red-Light Camera Program, Judge Says
• Fla. Corruption Law Puts Target On Government Contractors
• GSA Must Pay For Satellite Service Not In Contract
• DHS Acquisitions Improved But Still Need Work, GAO Says
• Better 'Prompt' Than Never: Calif. Subcontractor Payments
• Pittsburgh Beats FCA Suit Over Use Of Fair Housing Funds
• DOD's $317M Hub Will Develop Next-Gen Fabrics
• The 2016 Rising Stars, By Firm
• DOD Hands Out $7.2B In Advanced Tech Support Contracts
• Helicopter Co., Ex-Army Col Cleared In FCA Contract Suit
• Prevailing-Wage Takeaways From Circle C