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Government Contracts - July, 2016

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• Feds Expand Anti-Fraud Bans On Ambulances, Home Health
• Calif. Court Says Tribe Waived Immunity In Construction Deals
• 3 Miami Residents Sentenced In $40M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• No Retrial For Doc Convicted In $2M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Marine Corps Has Improved Small Biz Subcontracting: OIG
• FCC 'Tinkering' Can't Fix Prison Call Issue, Providers Say
• NY Surgeon Convicted On $25M False Claims Charges
• GAO Wants More VA Transparency On Medical Facility Leases
• Honeywell Will Face Feds' Amended Body Armor FCA Suit
• Afghan Reconstruction Watchdog Finds $9M In Suspect Costs
• Public-Private Projects Cleared For Takeoff At Airports
• Sprint Critiques FCC Lifeline Tweaks
• Wanted: New Contractor To Run Illinois' Troubled Lottery
• Prevent Litigation From Becoming A Threat To Data Security
• Ex-Louis Berger Execs Hit With FCA Suit Over Billing Fraud
• Contractor On $42M Pa. Bridge Project Faces Fraud Charges
• Mass. Agency To Blame For Dredging Woes, Suit Says
• SC Hospital Pays $17M In FCA, Stark Law Deal
• New Defense Innovation Unit's Future At Risk
• DOJ Watchdog Warns 'Sanctuary Cities' Risk Fed. Funding
• Medical Device Co. To Pay $11.5M Over Alleged Kickbacks
• TaylorHittner, Focused On Public Policy, Launches In Texas
• Afghan Army Deal Flubs May Cost $1.3B, Watchdog Warns
• DOD May 'Blow Up' Cyber Buying Process, Official Says
• OPINION: Our Juries Are Being Circumvented
• OIG Says Trillions In Changes To Army Accounts Unsupported
• Wells Fargo Withholding 'Crucial Evidence,' FCA Relators Say
• 5th Circ. Urged To Raise BP Atlantis FCA Suit
• CenturyLink Says FCC's Inmate Call Cap Change Not Enough
• Fed. Claims Judge Rips HHS For Canceling Contract
• UPMC Inks $2.5M Deal To Settle Neurosurgery FCA Claims
• OMB Updates 2000's Data Cybersecurity Circular
• Senate Cafeteria Staff Gets $1M In Back Pay After DOL Probe
• Cigna To Expand ACA Marketplace Presence In Ill., NC, Va.
• Weighing The Pros And Cons Of GSA Transactional Data Rule
• DynCorp Wage Suit Belongs In Kuwait, 5th Circ. Says
• French Ex-Internal Market Chief To Run Brexit Talks
• Legal Aid, Meet Legal Tech
• 4 Traits Of The Top Litigation Firms
• 5 Small(er) But Mighty Litigation Shops
• Law360 Names Top 50 Firms For Litigation
• Deion Sanders FCA Suit Draws Fight Against Default Bid
• New Gov't Site Offers Digital Contracting Resources
• Agencies Often Overpay For Tech Products, Watchdog Says
• Ex-Marksmen Win Expanded Discovery In Blackwater FCA Row
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Ex-Jackson Lewis Atty To Labor Team
• Pentagon Rates Top Contractors
• Birth Control Mandate Limited To Religious Groups, HHS Says
• India Wrongly Axed Space Agency Contract, Tribunal Says
• Judge Says 6-Yr Sentence A Warning To Medicare Providers
• Amazon's Bezos, Others Tapped As DOD Tech Advisers
• FCC Commish Questions Mobile-Only Subsidy Plan
• 5th Circ. Again Will Not Resurrect Plane Parts FCA Suit
• Feds Reject $110M Request To Untangle Chicago Train Traffic
• Testing The UBE: Portable But Inaccurate Bar Exam Scores
• Weapons Buyers Agree To Return Secrets In Peru Project Row
• DuPont Urges 5th Circ. To Nix FCA, Retaliation Suit
• Arnold & Porter Ducks DQ In Defense Of Menendez Pal
• Defense IT Initiative Likely Unscathed By Critical GAO Report
• Navy Contractor Gets $12.4M In Disputes Combined
• Otsuka Asks 6th Circ. For Relief From Abilify FCA Suit
• Congo First Lady's Depo No-Show Not Our Concern, Attys Say
• NASA Floats Contractor Property Reporting Rule
• FCC Told Inmate Call Reforms Must Ban Prison Commissions
• Cigna Liable For Home Health Co. In FCA Suit, Relator Says
• Ex-Health Co. Exec Pushes To Uphold $25M Jury Verdict
• Nuke Site Workers Launch Class Action Over Pensions
• Device Cos. Decry DOJ 'Smears' Amid Fraud Inquiry
• Army Shorting Its Contractor Reviews, IG Report Finds
• Office Depot's Defend Claim Revived In $30M Fight With AIG
• GAO Chides VA Over $6.8B Disability Exam Contracts
• Ex-Employees Rip For-Profit Educator's Bid To Nix FCA Claims
• Mortgage Lender Says Escobar Cancels $114M FCA Fine
• Preferred Imaging Pays $3.5M, Resolves FCA Allegations
• Testing The UBE: Missouri Benefits From Uniform Bar Exam
• Health First Beats Whistleblower's 'Shotgun-Style' FCA Suit
• Mentor-Protege Rule A Boon For Contractors Big And Small
• Congo Foe In Pursuit Of $800M Award Can See Plane Docs
• US Spent $2.6B-Plus On Afghan Telecom Sector, Audit Says
• Tribe Says Wash. Can't Go After It For Landslide Liability
• Pols Want New Whistleblower Protections For Contractors
• Radiology Center Hits Opposing Atty's Billing In FCA Row
• Group Wants Rural Broadband Cash Pegged To Urban Speeds
• FCC Approves Telcordia Phone Routing Contract
• Philip Morris Relator Wants Cig FCA Suit Relit At DC Circ.
• Mentor-Protege Program Expanded By Final SBA Rule
• DOJ Charges Trio In $1B Health Fraud Scheme
• Northern Trust Can't Nix LA's $95M Pension Fund Loss Suit
• DOE Must Shield Nuke Workers From 'Toxic Soup,' Wash. Says
• ICSID Warns Bangladeshi Courts To Back Off Gas Bill Row
• Army Contractor's Stockholders Seek To Pause Sanctions Bid
• DC Metro To Seek Bids For Disabled Rider Service
• Ignore 'Hollow' Stay Plea In FCA Research Suit, Gov't Says
• Doc Accused Of Bribing Sen. Wants $2M Put In Fees Trust
• Holland & Knight, Client Deserved Sanctions, 11th Circ. Told
• Cerner Moves To Enforce $63M Med Records Arbitral Award
• Blackwater FCA Relators On 'Fishing Expedition,' Co. Says
• Gov't Contractor Sick Leave Rule Likely Excludes Banks
• Boeing Hit With Sanctions Bid In $1.2B Contract Dispute
• Defense Contractor Found Guilty Of Selling DOD Lousy Parts
• Bad Faith Can't Force Fees In Contract Rows, Pa. Justices Say
• House Panel Prods DOD For Info On Intel Base, Clearances
• Feds OK $1.6B In Weapons Sales To UAE & Japan
• Raytheon's $2B Contract To Produce Missiles Gets DOD's OK
• FCC Asks DC Circ. To Put Inmate Call Rate Challenge On Hold
• SBA Orders Deeper Look Into DOD Small-Biz Contractor
• Fla. Lumber Co. Wants Out Of EB-5 Funding False Claims Suit
• Guilty Plea OK'd For $16M Medicare Fraudster
• Army Corps Accused Of $13M In Construction Flubs
• 11th Circ. Urged To Revive FCA Suit Against Helicopter Co.
• EEOC Won't Budge On EEO-1 Pay Data Collection
• Gridiron Claims 'Corrupt' LTC Induced $50M Investment
• Prof Urges 9th Circ. To Nix Ore. Immunity In Oracle IP Suit
• DynCorp Hit With FCA Suit Over Inflated Iraq Billing
• UK Parliament OKs $54B Nuclear Sub Replacement Program
• Army Will Put Off Awarding Maligned Intel-Software Contract
• Raytheon Says Escobar Dooms $1B FCA Suit Relit On Appeal
• FCC Pressed To Move Forward With Phone Routing Contract
• Frontier Lied To Get $42M In Broadband Funds, FCA Suit Says
• Aveta And The Use Of Confidential Info In FCA Cases
• Navy Hit With $596M Suit Over Alleged 3D Software Copying
• Jury Convicts Fla. Man For Issuing Phony Contract Bonds
• Home Health Care Exec Cops To Role In $45M Fraud
• GAO Sustains Protest Over Army Practice Bomb Contract
• Land Of Lincoln Latest Co-Op Casualty As ACA Funds Stall
• 10th Circ. Nixes $3M Gov't Contract Row Against Tribal Co.
• House Republicans Seek Details On Lifeline Fraud Probe
• Materiality Matters: The First Post-Escobar Decisions
• Prison Call 'Kickback' Data Must Be Disclosed, FCC Told
• Ex-Blackwater Contractors Want Docs In FCA Suit
• Claims Court A Quiet Victim Of Senate Nomination Deadlock
• Treasury Queried On $622M TARP Program's Troubles
• Subcontractor Sabotage Cost $74M, Suit Says
• Korea Blocked From Pursuing BAE In Its Own Courts
• Fed. Claims Court Backs $49M Military Support Contract
• Treasury's Spam Filter No Excuse For Late Quote, GAO Says
• How Law Firms Can Create Next-Generation Office Spaces
• Louisiana City Sues Chemical Cos. For Price-Fixing
• 62 Bidders Qualify For Spectrum Auction, FCC Says
• $2M Settles FCC Probe Into Tribal Lifeline Enrollments
• Health Hires: New Attys At PhRMA, Nelson Mullins, McDermott
• TTIP Talks Wrap With Both Sides Pressing For More Urgency
• Kickbacks Cost Defense Contractor $3M, Fed. Circ. Says
• NY Judge Looks To Trim Impax AIDS Drug Suit Against Turing
• DynCorp Chem Spray Suit Given Second Wind
• Ex-Fox News Analyst Gets Nearly 3 Years For Gov't Fraud
• Nigerian Office Can't Be Sold To Satisfy Arbitration Award
• Gun Makers Fight Injunction Bid In Peruvian Project Spat
• Dynetics Sues IRS Over $9M Tax Credit Denial
• Blue Cross Can't Shake Data Breach Claims, Customers Say
• Defense Cos. Should Be Up In Arms Over Bid Protest Reform
• 400 Hospitals Ink Uncompensated Care Deal With Medicare
• Outreach Needed For FCC Lifeline Expansion, Expert Says
• Iffy Scanner Patent Ownership May Sink BAE Suit
• Blue Shield Sues Public Health Plan For Patient Shifting
• Columbia U. To Pay US Govt. $9.5M For Improper Rate Billing
• HHS To Extend Discrimination Protections In Grant Update
• House OKs $32.1B Interior, EPA Bill Over Veto Threat
• Louis Berger Sues 2nd Former Exec Over Bribery Scandal
• Federal Council Overhauls Small Biz Subcontracting Rules
• What To Avoid When Patenting Government-Funded Inventions
• L-3 Says Forensic Accounting Docs Protected In Investor Row
• Honeywell Blasts Gov't Bid To Expand Body Armor FCA Row
• Office Depot Restating Old Arguments In FCA Row, AIG Says
• Relator Says New Evidence, Escobar Save Plane Parts FCA
• Chinese National Gets Nearly 4 Years For Boeing Hack
• UnitedHealth Unit Settles Hospice FCA Medicare Suit For $18M
• Military Health Insurance Co. Wants Out Of Denied Claim Suit
• Hanover Says Clinic Isn't Covered For Medicare Fraud Claims
• Bankruptcy Omissions Block Discrimination Suit At DC Circ.
• No Sanctions For US In Iraq Fuel Contract Spat
• Ill. Insurance Co-Op To Shutter Amid Cash Crisis
• Senate OKs Compromise FAA Funding Bill To Avoid Shutdown
• Defend Trade Secrets Act Not Retroactive, Rifle Co. Says
• Escobar Restores Bulletproof Vest FCA Claims, Gov't Says
• EEOC Issues Updated Equal Pay Data Rule
• NJ Couple Must Pay $7.5M Judgment For Medicare Fraud
• 10th Circ. Stops Utah From Ending Planned Parenthood Deals
• 10th Circ. Denies Ex-Okla. Tribal Official's Mistrial Bid
• Hospital Sues Nexsen Pruet For $117M Over Lost FCA Row
• 3 Navy FCA Whistleblowers Fight To Stay Together
• Bankrupt NJ Water Agency Defends Genova Burns Settlement
• Fed. Circ. Revives Student Debt Collection Contract Protests
• Navy Can't Duck Software License Spat At ASBCA
• Stark Law Overhaul Gains Traction On Capitol Hill
• Armstrong Says Gov't Can't Show He Asked For $32M Payout
• Houston Firm Says It's Owed For Negotiating $33M Deal
• Office Depot, AIG Spar Over Fate Of Coverage Dispute
• Skyrocketing FCA Penalties Ripe For Constitutional Challenges
• Escobar Can't Revive Airplane Parts FCA Suit, Northrop Says
• House Passes Compromise Measure On FAA
• Subcontractor Seeks New Bribery Trial After McDonnell Ruling
• Gov't Contracts Legislation To Watch: Midyear Report
• NJ Man Cops To Defrauding Defunct Water Agency
• Whistleblower Says He Got Aveta Docs Legally In $1B Suit
• Another Birdsall Exec To Be Caged In Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Kilpatrick Townsend Scoops Up Gov't Contracts Team
• Treasury Looks To Smooth Contract Pay During Gov't Fights
• Boeing Selling UK $6B Worth Of Planes, Helicopters
• Salt Firms Slam Mitsubishi Bid To Toss $600M Antitrust Suit
• Fed. Circ. Revives Exelis' $411M Air Force Base Contract
• Military Contractor Says Insurgency Aid Voids Subcontract
• How To Close A Law Firm — Practically And Ethically
• Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Should Face FCA Suit, 9th Circ. Told
• Gov't Says Jet Part Sales Up To Its Discretion
• Top Gov't Contracts Regulations Of 2016: Midyear Report
• Whistleblower Wants Quick Win In Hospital Kickback Suit
• Tribal Group Hits IHS With $2.5M Suit Over Contract Costs
• Aircraft Carrier Tech 9 Years, 332% Over Budget: Watchdog
• Another Ex-Louis Berger Exec Sentenced In FCPA Case
• $5M Jet Suit Alleges 'Yearslong Scheme' To Duck Judgment
• Genova Burns Deal Wrongly Kills Claims, NJ Court Told
• Escobar Increases Risk Of Cybersecurity-Based FCA Litigation
• Jailed Hastert Can't Escape FCA Case On Lobbying Costs
• BP Tells 5th Circ. No Need To Revive $266B FCA Suit
• Ex-Louis Berger Exec Gets Prison In FCPA Case
• Home Care Co. Inks $21.5M FCA Deal Over 'Extreme' Billing
• Medco Says Relator Brings Nothing New To FCA Case
• DOD Chided For Going It Alone On Weather Satellites
• Gibson Dunn Dodges DQ Bid In Vendor Fraud Case
• Insurer, Navy Contractor Settle Tech-Theft Coverage Row
• How Escobar Reframes FCA's Materiality Standard
• The Smart Money Is Not Following Traditional Law Firms
• Tech Contractors Will Pay $6M In Small-Biz Fraud Row
• Neustar Warns FCC Of Telcordia Phone Contract Fallout
• Verizon Accused Of Knowingly Overcharging The DOD
• Contractor Wants Info From Congo's 1st Lady In Award Row
• Fla. Doctor Gets 46 Months For Cheating Medicare Program
• La. Parish Can Seek Legal Costs From FEMA, Board Rules
• Illinois Shields Struggling Insurer From $32M ACA Tab
• 9th Circ. Wipes Out 7-Year Medicare Fraud Sentence
• Board Finds Estimated Sum Enough To Back Contractor Claim
• GSA Wants Feedback On Data Releases Under Reporting Rule
• NJ Woman Admits Flouting Minority Biz Contracting Rules
• Panel On VA Health Care Scandal Calls For Swift Reforms
• GSA Transactional Data Reporting Program: Should You Do It?
• Miles & Stockbridge Adds Former Lockheed Martin Asst. GC
• RFP Lessons: 5 Ways Law Firms Can Beat Frustration
• Gov't Contracts Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2016
• Chicago Agency Loses Bid For Construction Injury Coverage
• Whistleblower Asks For Early Win In Deion Sanders FCA Suit
• C3PO Slams DynCorp In 5th Circ. Afghan Contract Row
• Judge Axed From Indiana's $175M Suit Against IBM
• S. Sudan Must Pay $40M In Power Contract Row, Tribunal Says
• GAO Again Rejects Protest Over $28M Navy Engineering Deal
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive Fla. Medicare Fraud FCA Suit
• Unsealed Lincare FCA Alleges Millions In Medicare Fraud
• NJ Water Agency Seeks To Revive Claims Against Sen. Booker
• Office Depot Calls AIG Bid To Nix Coverage 'Opportunistic'
• Cost Issues May Sink Next-Gen Air Force GPS Control System
• Level 3 Maps Too Vague For $99M Cable Contract, GAO Says
• Parallel Proceeding Problems: The Case For Party Autonomy
• Piggybacking On Gov't FCA Claims Not Enough, Judge Says
• RFP Lessons: 7 Tips To Improve Your Responses
• In Congress: Gun Control, Zika, FAA
• 5 Public-Private Transportation Projects To Watch
• The Top Gov't Contracts Cases Of 2016: Midyear Report
• For-Profit Educator Says High Court Ruling Nixes FCA Suit
• Base Contractor Loses $57.5M Air Force Fed. Claims Protest
• UnitedHealthcare Sues Kidney Clinics Over Millions In Bills
• Ex-Health Co. VP Must Pay $20M To Stay $25M Jury Verdict
• Coal Plant Rips 'Illegal' Contract Giving NJ Town Over $160M
• Telecommunications Policy Recap For 1st Half Of 2016
• Justices Urged To Take Up FCA Row Over Bayer Anthrax Drug
• GOP Sens. Float Plan To Share Offshore Oil Money With States
• Army Won't Quit With Lost-Cause Intel Software, Suit Says
• 1st Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of FCA Suit Against CVS
• 12 States Challenge FCC's Lifeline Change At DC Circ.
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Booz Allen Retiree's Stock Sale Suit
• L-3 Investors Seek Class Status In Accounting Fraud Suit
• GAO Says DOD Needs Better Data To Reduce HQ Costs
• Kingdomware Ruling Broadly Defines 'Government Contract'
• RFP Lessons: A General Counsel's List Of Law Firm Mistakes