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Government Contracts - May, 2016

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• Attorney Web Bios: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
• Insurer Seeks To Bump $5M Claim In Tech Theft Row
• Bangladesh Must Pay $35M For Unpaid Gas Bills, Panel Says
• High Court To Give Needed Clarity With FCA Seal Decision
• Indian Health Service, ND Tribe Reach Self-Governance Deal
• 3 More Navy Officers Charged In Contractor Bribery Case
• DynCorp Must Arbitrate Worker's Firing Suit, 4th Circ. Says
• House Bid Protest Reform Vs. Senate Bid Protest Reform
• GAO Denies Protest Over Army Computer Contract Offering
• Shell, Iberdrola Rip FERC Judge's $1B Overcharge Ruling
• Navy Says Contract Should Nix $65M Blimp Loss Row
• Justices Take On FCA Seal Rule In State Farm Case
• 7th Circ. Allows Kmart FCA Suit Over Medicare Payments
• DOJ To Appeal Epic Loss In AseraCare FCA Case
• Copter Parts Case Should Stay Grounded, High Court Told
• Coast Guard Dodges Claim For $8.4M Flight Simulator Costs
• Ex-Chicago Transport Official To Pay Back $680K In Bribes
• Texas Eye Clinic Can't Dodge Medicare Billing FCA Suit
• GAO Rejects Protest Of $122M DOD Scholarship Contract
• Honeywell Wins $74M Extension For Marine Corps Supply Deal
• Rail Agency Must Improve Grant Oversight, GAO Finds
• DHS Wants To Spend $28M For More Airport Screeners
• DOE Yanks $40M Funding For Dominion Offshore Wind Project
• Hotel Co. Says Air Force Competition Process Cost It $4M
• Cybersecurity Regs Put Pressure On Contractors To Hack It
• Gov't Contractors Railroaded Again By The False Claims Act
• DOL Accuses Pilgrim's Pride Of Race, Gender Bias In Hiring
• Baseless Criminal Charges Cost Contractor $220M, Suit Says
• Feds Join $50M Calif. FCA Suit Against Prime Healthcare
• PharMerica Wrong On FCA's 1st-To-File Bar, High Court Hears
• $37.4B Energy, Water Bill Sunk By Party Split In House
• Bon Secours Must Face Ex-Employee's FCA Suit
• Israeli Military Contractor Accused Of Stock Inflation
• $317M UK Intel Center Draws Defense Watchdog Scrutiny
• UK Broadband Plan Nabs EU Backing
• Outdated Gov't IT Costs Billions, Puts Security At Risk: GAO
• Fla. Heart Doc Says Settlement Imminent In FCA Suit
• GAO Denies Protest Over $14M Navy Customer Service Award
• 5 Tips For Negotiating And Drafting Joint E-Discovery Plans
• House Battles Over LGBT Protections In Energy, Water Bill
• NY Board OKs $485M For Buffalo-Area Solar Plant
• Biz Group Shut Out From State's DOE Plutonium Waste Suit
• IRS Wrong To Deny $26.4M Tax Deduction, Builder Says
• Pa. Township Supervisors Violated Sunshine Act, DA Says
• House Passes Energy Policy Bill Over Democratic Objections
• NY Pharmacist Pleads Guilty In $3M Medicare Fraud Case
• $602B Defense Authorization Bill Advances In Senate
• Teacher Tenure Fight Heads To Calif. High Court
• Ocwen FCA Suits Should Go To Trial, Judge Says
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Power Solutions FCA Suit
• Navy Golf Instructor's Privacy Not Violated: 9th Circ.
• DynCorp Contract Spat Belongs With Army, Northrop Says
• 9th Circ. Ends Booz Allen Worker's Suit Over Stock Deal
• Who Won In High Court's Luis Decision?
• House Keeps 'Waters Of US Rule' Defunding In Energy Bill
• Guilty Subcontractor Wasn't Deprived Fair Trial, Feds Say
• OIG Audits Laden With 'Legal Defects,' AHA Says
• Pfizer Beats FCA Suit Over Geodon Marketing
• Prisons' Hands Tied On Smuggled Phones, FCC Told
• Ringleader In $2M Medicare Fraud Gets 15 Months
• GAO Rejects URS Protest Over $244M Army Maintenance Deal
• Northrop Not Harmed By ICE Contract End, Fed. Circ. Says
• Medtronic Can't Shake FCA Kickback Claims
• An FCA Update As We Await High Court's Escobar Decision
• Turner Accused Of Rushing Filing To Duck $5.3M Contract Suit
• Gov't Targets Contractor Emissions In New Rule
• Panama Papers: Reminders About Law Firm Cybersecurity
• Metal Co.'s Info Bid In Award Row Should Be Nixed, Court Told
• Ex-Health Co. VP Says New Evidence Could Dash $25M Verdict
• Microsoft Letting IRS Peek At Docs With Privilege Claims
• 3 Vital P3s In Pa.'s Push For Private-Sector Alliances
• DynCorp Failed To Screen Taliban, C3PO Tells 5th Circ.
• GAO Denies Protest On $30M Nat'l Guard Jet Training Project
• Medtronic, Ex-Sales Rep Settle Alleged Retaliation Suit
• GOP Unveils New Tactics To Reform ACA Programs
• Ex-NJ Agency Wants Insurer To Cover Suit Against Directors
• Cardiac-Monitoring Firm Loses Appeal Over Loss Of VA Pact
• Widow Wants High Court Look At Wrongful Death Row
• KBR Inc. To Acquire Wyle For $570 Million
• Northern Arapaho To Mediate With Feds In Shoshone Dispute
• Health Hires: K&L Gates, Norton Rose Get Health, IP Attys
• Pentagon Agency Slips Shipper Contract Suit At Claims Court
• Honeywell Whistleblower Asks 9th Circ. To Rehear $250M Suit
• $150M Special Forces Contract Exclusion Upheld
• Johnson Controls Escapes Claim In Army Contract Row
• Chamber, USTelecom Back AT&T In Tenn. 911 Row At 6th Circ.
• OPINION: Sotomayor's Solution To Pro Bono Is Incomplete
• Creating Barclay Damon: Lessons From A Law Firm Merger
• Arapahos Say DOI Must OK Tribal Court Contract
• Senate Passes $140B HUD, VA Bill; Adds $1.1B Zika Funding
• Reflecting On The 20th Anniversary Of BMW V. Gore
• Lifeline Revamp Needs Grass-Roots Push, FCC Staffer Says
• Liberty Mutual, Contractor Sued For Payment Over Army Work
• Sedgwick, Buchalter Can't Nix Utility 'Slush Fund' FCA Suit
• Boston Edison Says DOE Owes $40M For Nuke Fuel Waste
• Chadbourne, Congo Don't Owe Contractor For Appeal: DC Circ.
• Liberia Off Hook In $44M Arbitration Row, DC Circ. Says
• GAO Sides With Air Force In Rejecting Base Grounds Contract
• $81.6B VA Bill Passes House, Includes Medical Marijuana OK
• KBR's $10M Claim For Iraq Costs Is Timely, Fed. Circ. Says
• FCA Ruling Weakens Public Disclosure Bar, DC Circ. Told
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider (The Sequel)
• Judge Says Turing Concedes Liability In Impax AIDS Drug Row
• Virtually All Contractors Subject To New Cybersecurity Rule
• House Dems Blast Spectrum Auction Language In NDAA Bill
• Tribunal Gives Murphy Oil $31M Over Ecuador Windfall Tax
• House Passes $610B Defense Authorization Bill As Veto Looms
• Hard Lifeline Budget Cap Could Cut Service To The Poor
• House OKs $622M Zika Bill That Dems Say Won't Stop Virus
• Construction Cos. Accused Of Rigging Bids On Public Deals
• Senate GOP Again Rejects $1.9B Zika Funding Package
• DynCorp Says Northrop Contract Case Belongs In State Court
• Army Contractor Accused Of Fraud After Firing Afghan Firm
• No New Trial For Abbott Whistleblower In $219M Stent Row
• Federal Claims Court Ruling May Bring New Kind Of Protest
• Rural Broadband Assoc. Wants FCC Funds Based On Quality
• Prison Call Suit Against Global Tel*Link Limited To State Laws
• Contractor, Afghan Fuel Co. Settle $6.5M Award Row
• Aero Co. Rips Navy Bid To Dodge $65M Suit Over Blimp Loss
• After Review, Judge Says False Claims Act Suit Can Proceed
• House Advances Defense Bill In Face Of Veto Threat
• Defense Secretary Criticizes 'Troubling' NDAA Proposals
• Union Urges Override After Ill. Gov. Vetoes Arbitration
• BAE Unit Steered Work To Favored Subcontractors, Suit Says
• Halliburton Hydrologist Stays In Water Contamination Suit
• Fraudster Gets 13 Months For $9M Solar Panel Scheme
• Senior DOD Official Touts Better Buying Power Program
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Lipitor Off-Label Marketing Suit
• Ex-Harrisburg Mayor Dodges Over 300 Charges With Time Bar
• Arapahos Say Gov't Can't Dodge Its Duty In Shoshone Row
• New York Gov. Joins Fight For FCC Rural Broadband Funds
• GAO Says No Error In $16M Air Force Base Contract Award
• OPINION: Stop 'Vigorously Defending' Your Clients
• Judge Nixes Tribe's Bias Claim In Casino Sewer Row
• Convicted Researcher Says Gov't Fraud Warrants FCA Boot
• False Claims Act Trends: Technical Data, Software And IP
• Construction Co. Settles Whistleblower FCA Suit For $2.25M
• Senior Care Co. Wants Bellwether In Overbilling Fight
• Northrop Takes DynCorp Contract Row To Fed. Court
• 9th Circ. Revives Santa Monica Airport Land Title Row
• Nurse Convicted In $14M Medicare Fraud Loses Acquittal Bid
• Lockheed Nabs $322M Missile Research Award From Navy
• Justices Seek DOJ Input On Pa. Loan Agency's Immunity Claim
• Contractor In $20M OPM Cybersecurity Revamp Goes Belly Up
• Counterclaim Barred In $9M Army Base Contract Row: Co.
• DOD Agency Can't Duck $4.6M In Late Payment Claims
• High Court Won't Review Minn. Home Worker Unionization Law
• The Top 100 Firms For Minority Attorneys
• The Top 50 Firms For Minority Equity Partners
• White & Case Outpacing Peers In Diversity
• US Law Firms Fail To Move Needle On Racial Diversity
• The 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Minorities
• Split 6th Circ. Clears Abbott In FCA Suit Alleging Bribe
• Boeing Duping Court On Discovery In Contract Row, Co. Says
• Illinois Union Can Rep Nonpublic Employees, Judge Rules
• DC Circ. Affirms $4.4M Award Against Belize In Airport Row
• FCC Warned To Not Rush Phone Routing Contract
• Gov't Contractors Must Secure Federal Data Under New Rule
• Doc Gets 8 Years For Unwarranted Opioid Prescriptions, Fraud
• Military Aid To Egypt Needs More Scrutiny, GAO Says
• The Future Of Medicare Physician Reimbursement
• M&T Bank To Pay $64M To Resolve False Claims Act Concerns
• Ex-Tech Co. Heads Can't Ditch Charging Station Fraud Claims
• Humana Says Doctor Gunning For Too Much Info In FCA Row
• Tenn. 911 Suit Rightly Tossed, AT&T Unit Tells 6th Circ.
• Fugitive Turned FCA Relator Says Gov't Owes Him
• 9th Circ. Affirms Toss Of $250M Honeywell Software FCA Suit
• Food Contractor To Pay $1.85M For Gender Bias In DOL Case
• Hospice Care Execs Dodge Shareholders' Medicare Fraud Suit
• HHS Rips UnitedHealth's 'Erroneous' Medicare Advantage Suit
• House Passes DOJ Anti-Opiate Abuse Grant Bill
• Arriva Rail Facing UK Competition Probe
• VA Too Slow To Process Health Providers' Claims, GAO Says
• Healogics Shakes Whistleblowing Doctors' FCA Suit
• BCBS Mich. Seeks Partial Redo In Tribe's ERISA Suit
• Pentagon Expanding Innovation Unit To Boston, Other Cities
• Verizon Tells DC Circ. Settled FCA Suit Dooms 2nd Case
• Aegerion To Admit Guilt, Pay $40M Over Drug Marketing
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider
• Cisco Whistleblowers Want $9.1M Share Of $48M Settlement
• Software Provider Says GSA Owes $2.3M In Contract Dispute
• Turner Wants FBI Building Subcontractor's $5.3M Suit Axed
• Merck, Genentech Sold Unapproved Drugs, FCA Suit Says
• FCA Suit Against For-Profit Educator Survives With Cuts
• Verizon Urges FCC To Approve Telcordia Phone Contract
• Deutsche Telekom Upgrade Plan Prompts EU Probe
• DOT Watchdog Says FAA Must Rein In Sole-Source Contracts
• GSA Owes Landlord Contractor's Protest Costs, GAO Says
• US, Body Armor Supplier Urged To Avoid Costly FCA Trial
• What Do The Highest-Paid Lawyers Make An Hour?
• 3 Tips For Assuring Success Of Tribal-Run Federal Programs
• Rehab Care Co. Destroyed Records In FCA Inquiry, DOJ Says
• AT&T Nabs Military Telecom Contract Worth Up To $75M
• A False Claims Act Win For The Banks
• Ex-Soldier Who Copped To Bribes Asks To End Probation Early
• J&J, Merck, Endo Probed Over Pharmacy Benefit Managers
• FAA, Treasury Urged To Make Shared-Service Prices Public
• Furniture Manufacturers Want FCA, Antitrust Claims Tossed
• TSA Told To Speed Up Lines At NY-NJ Airports Or Be Replaced
• Gov. Defines 'Recruitment Fee' Ban In Anti-Trafficking Rule
• PharMerica Says Public Disclosure Testimony Sinks FCA Suit
• Child Care Workers Want High Court Review Of Union Law
• Military Contractor Says Whistleblower Suits Still Lack Detail
• SAIC Settles Subcontractor's $5M Afghanistan Deal Suit
• 3 Tips For Tribes Taking Charge Of Federal Programs
• Neustar Hits Telcordia Over Foreign Work On Phone Contract
• Aluminum Co. Says Filing Should Stay In Award Dispute
• Pa. Engineering Firm Prez Pleads Guilty In Pay-For-Play Probe
• US May Lose Defense Tech Edge To China, DOD Brass Warns
• Watt Tieder Can't Duck $52M Malpractice Row, 2nd Circ. Told
• Medco Says Revived Hemophilia Kickback Suit Still Fails
• Sec. 8 Notices Met Norms, LA Housing Auth. Tells Justices
• Whistleblower Can't Be Sued For Doc Disclosure In FCA Suit
• Docs, Drugmakers Call Medicare Pay Experiment Unlawful
• PharMerica Off The Hook For Successor Liability In FCA Suit
• Navy Contractor Must Foot $1.2M Fuel Costs, Fed. Circ. Says
• Army Corps Must Pay Part Of Construction Protest, GAO Says
• GAO Declines $24M Defense Tech Bid Protest
• UK Will Follow US Lead On DPA Pilot Program
• Navy Contractor's $5M Trade Secrets Win Is Upheld
• Wells Fargo Faces Whistleblower Suit In Missing Docs Row
• Abbott Whistleblower Seeks New Trial In $219M Stent Row
• No New Trial Needed In $374M Medicare Fraud, Gov't Says
• Kuwaiti Contractor Wants To Reopen DOD Doc Access Suit
• NY County Exec, Others Sentenced In $300M Bid-Rigging Case
• FCC Inspector General, Senate Investigating Lifeline Leaks
• DOJ Contractor To Pay $2.1M To Resolve FCA Allegations
• Power Cos. Urge Fed. Circ. To Order $200M Energy Refund
• The Fastest Rocket Docket For The 8th Straight Year
• New Trade Agreements Act Test For GSA Schedule Contractors
• FCPA Violations By 3rd Parties: What To Watch For
• Gov't Opposes FCA Deal Share For Fugitive Turned Relator
• Prevailing Wage: The Possible Fourth 'P' In P3s
• US Takes On Narco Freedom Drug Rehab FCA Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Bank Bailout FCA Suit
• Former Marine Gets 3 Years For Sharing Contract Bid Info
• Army Invites Bids On $5B Computer Contract
• Ill. Service Groups Sue State Over Unpaid Contracts
• Labor Secretary Says Paid Leave Regs On Tap For Contractors
• Air Force Didn't Track $849M In Energy Deals, Report Says
• CSRA Turns To GAO After HP's $443M Stratcom Win
• Sri Lanka Can Now Buy US Weapons, State Department Says
• Calif. Jury Convicts 2 Doctors In $9M Medicare Fraud
• When M&A And Bid Protest Worlds Collide
• NASA Dismissed From Subcontractor's Paint Job Suit
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of FCA Suit Against Wells Fargo
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Revive Booz Allen Retirees' ERISA Suit
• Global Tel*Link Accused Of 'Smear Campaign' Amid Patent Row
• 6 Ways Lawyers Can Enhance Cross-Office Communication
• Twitter Liable For ISIS Use, Contractor Widow Says
• Dallas Suburb Kills Developer's $9M Win Over Land Option
• Ill. Social Service Cos. Haven't Been Paid In Months, Suit Says
• 5th Circ. Urged To Nix 'Hostile' Judge In $266B BP FCA Row
• Small Biz Org Accuses SBA Of 'Creative Accounting'
• Watchdog Says Pentagon Failing Waste Reduction Goals
• Orbital ATK Will Crank Out $210M Of Ammo For Army
• Fla. Doctor Found Guilty On 162 Health Care Fraud Counts
• Ex-VP Objects To Proposed Judgment On $25.4M Verdict
• DC Circ. Urged To Uphold Blackwater Guards' Convictions
• Scalia's Vacancy Shifts High Court On Class Actions
• Pentagon Could Go Over Funding Caps By $162B, CBO Says
• Corinthian Workers Tell 9th Circ. Quota Docs Save FCA Suit
• 4th Circ. Says CSC Workers Were Underpaid While Overseas
• Honeywell Knew $250M Software Fee Was Fraud, 9th Circ. Told
• NJ Co. Monopolizes Online Tax Lien Sales, Report Says
• Rising Star: MoFo's Damien C. Specht
• Logistics Cos. Settle FCA Probe Over DOD Contract For $13M
• Rep. Fattah Co-Defendant Loses Bid To Suppress Evidence
• FCA Penalties Set To Double, Raising Fears Of Excess Fines
• NYC Cuts $4.3M Deal For Overbilling Medicare For Ambulances
• US Looking At $43B In Foreign Military Sales, Report Says
• House Panel Chair Spars With Defense Secretary On Funding
• Chicago Drivers Want A Redo Of Red-Light Camera Case
• Fla. Radiology Center Blasts Atty Fee Request In FCA Row
• Calif. Appeals Court Tosses Libel Suit Against Law Firm
• VA Now Open To Non-Trade Agreements Act Compliant Drugs
• Convicted Researcher Can't Duck FCA Suit Over Grant
• How Gov't Contractors Can Avoid Pay Transparency Mishaps
• KBR Wants No Truck With Iraqi's 'Rambling' Garage Suit
• Feds OK With Some Discovery In Arapaho-Shoshone Row
• Satellite Co. Accuses Orbital ATK Of 'Cosmic Double-Cross'
• Impax Sues Ex-Shkreli Co. For $20M In Daraprim Dispute
• Another Birdsall Exec Cops To Role In Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Rising Star: Crowell's Brian Tully McLaughlin
• Chadbourne Can't Evade Sanctions In Award Row, Court Told
• NY Court Finds Arcovis In Contempt In Trade Secrets Row
• DOD Urges Fed. Circ. To Uphold Toss Of F-35 Patent Suit
• Texas Gets Extension On $3.7B Medicaid Waivers
• IG Says Air Force Cut Corners On $111M Contract, Others
• New Orleans Woman Convicted Over $3M Health Care Fraud
• Tribes Still Pushing For Inroads On Fed. Agency Contracts
• Export-Import Bank Must Pay Shipment Backer
• $181M Navy Contract Lacks 'Meaningful Analysis,' GAO Says