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Government Contracts - October, 2016

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• Navy Yard Contractor Must Still Face Claims Over Shooting
• Doc In Menendez Case Says He's Not A Flight Risk
• $3B In Afghan Road Funds May Be For Naught: Watchdog
• Key Escobar Questions Cleared For 9th Circ. Review
• DOD To Launch Chief Innovation Officer Position
• Justices Could Tip Power Balance In FCA Seal Dispute
• Rejected P3 Bids Not Subject To Pa. Open Records Law
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 2
• Palantir Wins Challenge To $206M Army Deal
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 7
• Consulting Co. Says NASA Stole Data Reporting System IP
• Insurer Wants Out Of $20M Sewer Construction Suit Coverage
• FCA Decision Tracker: How Escobar Is Being Interpreted
• Congolese Prez's Son Fights Deposition Efforts In $1B Spat
• Feds Want 30 Months For CEO In Chicago Bribery Plot
• Fla. Court Says Cities Can Contract With Traffic Camera Cos.
• DOD Lobs Rule To Limit Foreign Access To Technical Data
• Omnicare Survives Ex-Agent's Bid To Revive $630M FCA Suit
• Feds Call Doc In Menendez Case A Flight Risk
• Argentina Asks DC Circ. To Hear $21M Water Award Ruling
• Investor Calls Dibs On Defunct Gov't Contractor's $18M Debt
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 6
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 1
• Redflex CEO Wants Less Than 14 Months For Bribery Plot
• Orbital ATK Wins $130M NASA Contract For Imaging Satellite
• White House Unveils Plan To Modernize Federal IT Systems
• Indian Infrastructure Co. Wins $270M In Maldives Airport Row
• Ex-NJ Water Agency Contractor Dodges Prison For Tax Fraud
• Big FCA Sampling Case Looks Like A Dud At 4th Circ.
• FCA At The 4th Circ.: Contemplating 2 Key Issues
• Northern Arapaho Want BIA To Leave Its Tribal Court Alone
• GSA Hires Former Pixar Exec To Lead Technology Service
• Defense Co. Wants $31M Security Contract Award Upheld
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 5
• Feds Can Save Much More Via Collective Buying, GAO Says
• Fla. Court OKs County's Delegation Of Contracting Authority
• Chicago Says Drug Cos.' Opioids Forced Spending On Addicts
• Swiss Release $51M In Venezuelan Oil Assets To US
• Low-Income Housing Loan Lock-In Sparks New Suit
• FCC Asked To Nix NY's 'Brazen' $170M Broadband Fund Bid
• Final Award Stalled In Shipbuilder's Venezuelan ICC Fight
• Board Tosses Appeal Over VA Heart-Monitoring Contract
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 4
• 4 Admit To $5M Miami Airport Lightbulb Kickback Scheme
• Too Early For Contractors To Celebrate Fair Pay Rule Win
• GAO Releases $73B Bomber Contract Protest Decision
• Continental Resources Urges DC Circ. To Revive Royalty Row
• Escobar Downplays Justices' FCA Findings In 1st Circ.
• Senate Dems Blast Defense Bill's LGBT Measure
• GSA Watchdog Slams Fla. Courthouse Makeover Plans
• Feds Win Pause In Ex-Cuomo Aide Corruption Case
• Fla. Doc In Menendez Scandal Can Await Fraud Trial At Home
• NJ Water Agency Contractor Gets Prison In Kickback Scheme
• Medicare Fraudster Gets 63 Months After 9th Circ. Win
• No Fees For Florida Hospice Provider In Dismissed FCA Case
• Sidley Partner Staring Down 'Bizarre' Malpractice Suit
• Getma Urges DC Circ. To Revive $42M Guinea Arbitration Fight
• Trinidad & Tobago Wants Fee Ruling In $2M Arbitration Duel
• Texas Nursing Home Co. To Pay $5.3M In FCA Deal
• Boeing Fights Sanctions In $1.2B Contract Fight
• Capital Tourism Co. Takes $75M Contract Fight To DC Circ.
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 3
• Bridging The Gap Between Outside And Inside Counsel
• Labor Violation Reporting Requirement Halted By Texas Judge
• Escobar Can't Tip 7th Circ. Shutdown Of College FCA Suit
• USAID Issues Final Contractor Nondiscrimination Rule
• Relator Seeks To Keep Pharmacy Prez In FCA Kickback Suit
• Abbott Whistleblower Urges 5th Circ. To Revive $219M Suit
• Oracle FSS Withdrawal Highlights Increasing Contractor Woes
• Whistleblower Asks DC Circ. To Relight Verizon FCA Suit
• House Panel Pushes DOJ For Info On Private Prison Plan
• Escobar Makes FCA Sampling Improper, Hospice Chain Says
• HP, Panasonic Come To Terms In Disk Drive Antitrust MDL
• VA Unveils New Medical Supply Purchasing Program
• GSA Further Streamlines Schedules For Small Vendors
• GAO Denies Protest Over Navy Satellite Facility In Italy
• Esso, Shell Seek Nigerian Arbitration Award Confirmation
• Power Co. Owner Pleads Guilty To $5.7M Stimulus Fraud
• Copter Contractor Says $8.4M Suit Has No DC Connection
• Pentagon Acquisition Chief Touts Progress In New Report
• Battle Over $63M Award Doesn't Belong In Mass., Court Hears
• Nursing Home Chain Inks Record $145M FCA Deal With DOJ
• Brazil's Embraer To Pay US Feds $205M To End Bribery Claims
• The Latest On Tort Liability In Abu Ghraib Torture Case
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 2
• So You Want To Be A Partner? You Need A Mentor
• SuperValu Can't Shed FCA Suit Over Pharmacy Prices
• 4th Circ. Revives Abu Ghraib Torture Suit Against Contractor
• Schumer Asks FCC To Keep Declined Broadband Funds In NY
• US Given Chance To Refile $320M FCA Suit
• Ex-Army Officer Can't Nix Guilty Plea At 10th Circ.
• Nigerian Man Pleads Guilty In $1.5M DOD Contracting Scheme
• 9th Circ. Urged To Revive FCA Suit Against USC Hospital
• San Diegans To High Court: $1.3B Project Needs Terror Review
• DOD Contractors Appoint 4,000 Insider Threat Officials
• Defense Agency Rightly Excluded IT Contract Bid, GAO Says
• DC Circ. Urged To Revive FCA Allegations Against KBR
• Medical Co. Never Bought Duty To Defend, Insurer Says
• Planned Parenthood Wins Suit Over Miss. Abortion Law
• Slashed FCA Award Doesn't Justify Fees, 6th Circ. Told
• NY Blood & Cancer Center To Pay $5.31M In FCA Deal
• Ex-Navy Contractor Gets 21 Months In $1.2M Fraud Scheme
• Blue Cross Fights Mich. Tribe's Doc Bid In ERISA Suit
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 1
• DC Circ. Ignored Racial Preferences In SBA, Contractor Says
• DOD Cyber Rule May Create As Many Problems As It Solves
• Escobar Dooms Doc-Switching Suit, Mt. Sinai Hospital Says
• DOD Lobs New Rules For Property Tracking, Cost Accounting
• US Wants NSA Contractor Detained Until Espionage Trial
• Omnicare Pays $2.24M To End FCA Suit Over Improper Billing
• SUFI Merits Atty Fees After $113M Win Over Gov't, Judge Says
• Medicaid Fraudsters In Illinois Task Force's Crosshairs
• Nelson Mullins Atty Can't Escape SEC's Pay-To-Play Claims
• Trial Pros' Secret To Courtroom Success
• Shoshone Official Calls Contract Ruling A 'Blow' To Arapahos
• DOD Issues Final Rule For Contractors To Report Cyberattacks
• Army Contractor Says Choice Of Law 'Irrelevant' To $9M Row
• Whistleblower Drops Multimillion-Dollar Lincare FCA Suit
• DTSA's Reach Extended To Continuing Misappropriation
• Waste Co. Fudged HUBZone Stats, Claims Court Says
• Ex-Miami Airport Exec Pleads Guilty To $5M Lightbulb Scam
• Venezuela's Mining Co. Not Immune Under FSIA, Court Hears
• 8th Circ. Invokes Escobar To Revive FCA Fake Grades Suit
• Feds Want Extension Of Power To Gather Contractor Info
• OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu To Step Down
• Banks Exaggerated Costs In Dropped FCA Suit, Judge Rules
• 'Voluminous' Evidence Backs Contractor Conviction: 9th Circ.
• US Deserves A Shot After $320M FCA Suit Failed, Court Told
• Preparing For Changes To Federal Appellate Rules
• Doc, Health Co. Owner Get Prison For $34M Medicare Fraud
• Suspected Power Agency Misconduct Draws Lawmakers' Eye
• Feds Accuse NY Cancer Center Of Medicare Fraud Schemes
• AseraCare Pounds Gov't Bid To Revive Hospice FCA Case
• Mich. Tribe Wants Info On Blue Cross Profits In ERISA Suit
• HP Makes Another Push To End Navy Yard-Shooting Suits
• Ill. Retailer Wins FCA Appeal Over Catalog Sales Taxes
• ASBCA Tells Corps To Speed Up $2.75M Cost Ruling
• Fla. Construction Firm Partner Evaded Taxes From Gov't Work
• Office Depot Says It Was Reasonable To Expect AIG Coverage
• Final Defendant Pleads In Chicago Schools Bribery Scandal
• Reps. Urge House Appropriators To Back Increased F-35 Buy
• EPA Pulls Rule Tweaking Small Biz Program After Backlash
• DOD Has Potential For Private Partnerships, Officials Say
• GAO Nixes Protest Over Army Equipment Support Bid
• Reps. Question FCC Watchdog's Independence After Leaks
• Taking Advantage Of DOE Efficiency And Solar Tech Funding
• Biggest Test Yet For Statistical Sampling In FCA Cases
• Ex-Navy Agent Gets 12 Years For Role In Bribery Scheme
• El Salvador Prevails In $250M Gold Mining Permit Row
• Consumer Group Joins Challenge to FCC's Lifeline Change
• Hanover Granted Quick Win In Medicare FCA Suit
• Tech Firms Nab $36M In US Defense Innovation Contracts
• PTAB Guts IP For F-35 Helmet Tech Following Elbit Challenge
• Mylan's $465M EpiPen Deal With DOJ Too Lenient, Sen. Says
• Kasich Blackballs Wells Fargo From Ohio Debt Offerings
• Multibillion-Dollar GPS System Survived Review, DOD Says
• OPINION: 3rd-Party Litigation Funding Needs Transparency
• Art School 'Warping' Escobar To Fight FCA Ruling, Court Told
• 3rd Circ. Pipes Decision May Change FCA Litigation
• Omnicare Pays $28M In Depakote Kickbacks Case
• Sava Senior Care Fights To Pare Down FCA Suit
• Ex-Defense Contractor Denies Military Aid Fraud Charges
• Clinic CEO Gets 18 Years, $13.5M Fine For Money Funneling
• Body Armor Maker Didn't Have To Protest Bid, Judge Says
• DOE Announces Final Rule For Access To Nuclear Material
• State Dept. Says $194M Radar Sale To Kuwait Can Go Through
• Leidos Deal Losses Are Cautionary Tale For Contractor M&A
• NY Nuclear Plant Gets $34M For Feds' Contract Breach
• India Blasts WTO's Ruling Against Solar Programs
• FCC's Inmate Call Plan Should Go Forward, DC Circ. Hears
• Investigating Noncompliance Under New Stark Law Regs
• 5 Tips For Forming A Tribal Electric Utility
• What Will Become Of Jersey City's Tax Abatement Law?
• Navy Officer Pleads Guilty To Bribery In Contractor Scheme
• Marine Corps Announces First Use Of Cyberfighting Process
• Unsigned Contract Is No Proof Of Experience, GAO Says
• Army Wrongly Nixed Language Testing Contract, ASBCA Says
• Veolia Accused Of Mismanaging Pittsburgh Water Utility
• NY Asks FCC To Waive Bids For $170M In Broadband Funds
• Office Depot Decries AIG Bid To Escape $30M Coverage Row
• More DOD Data Needed On Workforce Savings, Study Says
• Escobar Supports Nixing $40B FCA Suit, Celgene Says
• New DC Circuit Ruling Impacts International Arbitration
• Judge Loath To Cut Nigeria's Attys From Arbitration Row
• Court Works Hard To Find Materiality, Falsity Post-Escobar
• Kuwait Food Co. Can't Duck Army Rations FCA Suit: Gov't
• Gov't Says Hospice Operator Made False Medicare Claims
• 7th Circ. Finds No Fraud In Contractor's Unlicensed Work
• High Court Ends Gov't Contract Atty's Northrop FCA Suit
• O'Melveny Reps DigitalGlobe In $140M Deal For Analytics Co.
• Watchdog Says DOD Overpays For Chopper Spare Parts
• Outgoing Navy Secretary Touts Direction Of Built-Up Fleet
• Whistleblowers Revive Novartis Xolair Kickback Suit In NY
• Insurer Tells 1st Circ. Gov't Is On Hook For $2.8M Oil Spill
• The Art Of Silence At Trial
• New FAR Rules On Tax Cheats, Felons: The Do's And Don'ts
• Similar NY Case Moots Del. Derivative Suit, BioScrip Says
• Contractor Wants To Depose Congo Leaders In $1B Spat
• Army Accused Of Price Bamboozle In $40M Staffing Contract
• Suspended SUNY Poly President Quits Amid Bribery Charges
• Rainmaker Q&A: Dentons' Rodney Boyd
• AIG Attacks $30M Office Depot Coverage Suit
• Obama Renews Push For Manned Mars Mission
• Fraudster Health Clinic CEO Should Get 27 Years, Feds Say
• Contentious Fair Pay Rule For Contractors Sparks Texas Suit
• Jones Day Nabs Ex-GAO Contracts Pro For DC Office
• AAI Resists Boeing's Doc Request In $1.2B Contract Fight
• Mylan's EpiPen Rebate Errors Spark SEC Probe, Investor Suit
• Pfizer Wants Out Of Suit Over Pain Patch Marketing
• Inside The New Controlled Info Rule For Contractors
• Investor Sues Tenet After $513M Deal In Kickback Scheme
• Ex-FIFA Official Cops To Racketeering, Fraud Charges
• FCC Chair's Leaks Within His Authority, Watchdog Says
• Air Force Hit With Suit Over Cape Canaveral Contract
• SIGAR Says DOD May Be Paying For Afghan 'Ghost' Soldiers
• Fed. Claims Won't Halt Vet-Owned Biz System Contract
• Kingdomware Not Retroactive To Nat'l Guard Buy, GAO Says
• Texas Doctor Gets Over 5 Years For $6.6M Medicare Fraud
• Mylan Inks $465M Deal Over EpiPen Rebates
• Senate Defense Acquisition Overhaul May Be Too Ambitious
• Ex-NJ Lawmaker Pleads Guilty In $5.3M Misconduct Case
• Fla. Hospice Provider Wants Fees After Escaping FCA Suit
• Ex-Pa. Turnpike Worker Wins $3.2M In Whistleblower Suit
• Rainmaker Q&A: Reed Smith's Scott Bolden
• New York State's Energy Marketplace Heading Into 2016 Q4
• Provider Lessons From Tenet's $513M Fraud Settlement
• Practical Steps For Contractor Sick Leave Compliance
• Guam Cos. Launch Class Action Over H-2B Petition Denials
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Contractor's Appeal In $52M Malpractice Row
• DOJ Pummels Medical Supplier's Kickback Defenses
• GAO Rejects $71M Afghanistan Air Control Contract Protest
• Blue Cross Wants Tribe To Hand Over Docs In ERISA Suit
• ConocoPhillips Sues Venezuela's Oil Arm Over Asset Dumps
• SBA Rule Would Allow Challenges To Biz Size Standards
• Feds Owe $13.8M To Entergy In Nuclear Waste Suit
• Lockheed And Unquantifiable Risk In Gov't Contracts M&A
• Coming Soon: The 3-D (And 4-D) Brief
• Medicare Fraudster Wants 40-Year Sentence Vacated
• GAO Denies Lockheed Protest Of $500M Tech Contract
• Fed. Claims Axes Calif. Water Dept.'s $10.5M Refund Bid
• 6th Circ. Sends GOP Pay-To-Play Rule Case To Merits Panel
• KBR Beats Army Bid For Fed. Circ. Retry On $10.4M Dispute
• States Seek New Block On FCC's Inmate Call Rate Plan
• 3rd Circ. Revives Reverse False Claims Case Over Pipes
• 5th Circ. Says Developers' FCA Dallas Suit Is Nothing New
• Chicago Suspends Wells Fargo From City Business For A Year
• Novartis Pays $35M To End Elidel Off-Label Marketing Suit
• Negligence Suit Over Tech Sold To China Will Stay In Pa.
• General Dynamics Prevails In $30M Contract Row With Libya
• Fed. Circ. Refuses Full Hearing Of $411M Air Force Contract
• Feds Move To Nix Seneca Nation's Health Funding Dispute
• Accountant Gets 2 Years For Kickback Scheme In $51M Fraud
• Federal Contractor Accused Of Stealing Top Secret Info
• ICSID Panel Refuses Turkish Builder A $10M Correction
• Woman With Philly Political Ties Slams Multiple Fraud Counts
• Air Force Subcontractor's $9M Claims Move Forward
• The 'Tough Noogies' Doctrine: Rights But No Remedies
• Universal Health Forced Commitment Suit Sent To State
• DOJ Approach To Skilled Nursing Facility Fraud Is Affirmed
• GAO Denies AM Pierce's Helicopter Contract Protest
• OMB Approval Moves FCC Lifeline Update Forward
• Tyson Pays $1.6M To Settle Hiring Discrimination Claims
• UAE Men Fight Cerner's Bid To Seize Condo For $63M Award
• L-3 Keeps $2B Aerial Tanker Contract After AAR Protest
• 5th Circ. Shuts Down C3PO In DynCorp Afghan Contract Row
• Navy Testing Shows It Infringed Hull Patent, FastShip Argues
• ASBCA Says Navy Can't Unilaterally Slash Contract Payment
• Atty Has 5 Days To Return Secret Recordings In Contract Case
• AAI Keeps Pushing for Sanctions in $1.2B Boeing Spat
• GAO Army Contract Case Highlights ITAR Compliance
• 5 Key Details In Tenet's $513M Kickback Settlement
• Fed. Circ. Zaps Suit Seeking To Force Electricity Refunds
• Rep. Urges DOD To Continue To Use SpaceX For Launches
• Energy Co. Lied In EB-5 App For Biofuel Plants, Say Funds
• Panasonic Settles Optical Disk Drive Suit With Florida
• Developers Out On Bail In Bribe Case Tied To Cuomo Aides
• High Court Won't Hear Widow's Wrongful Death Appeal
• Justices Won't Hear Contractor's Affirmative Action Appeal
• Justices Seek Input On FCA Public Disclosure Bar Case
• Pentagon Finalizes Contractor Cyberattack Reporting Rule
• Justices Reject Bias Dispute Over Arbitrator's BigLaw Brother
• Justices Won't Review FCA Disclosure, Pleading Concerns
• Air Force Beats $2M Dosimeter Competitive-Bidding Protest
• Argentina's Challenge To $21M Water Award 'Falls Far Short'
• Wells Fargo Cut Off From Banking On Ill. Investments
• Contractor Had Chance To Fix Flaws In $32M Bid, GAO Says
• False Claims Act Lawsuits Increasingly Target Universities
• Tenet Hospitals To Pay $513M, Admit Kickbacks