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Government Contracts - December, 2016

216 articles

• 6 Key Commercial Litigation Finance Trends For 2017
• 2016 Environmental Case Law Highlights: Part 1
• 2016 Kept Employers On Their Toes, Expect The Same In 2017
• Hope For Commercial Item Contractors In 2017
• 5 Ways To Fight Costlier Legal Malpractice Claims In 2017
• Whistleblower Protection Rule Issued For Nuclear Employees
• Phone Co. Accused Of Abusing Lifeline Program To Pay $30M
• Do Not Expect Lax Financial Enforcement Under Trump
• Mediating E-Discovery Disputes Can Save Time And Money
• ICANN Likely Can't Award .Africa Domain Yet, Judge Says
• Tenet Board Faces Shareholder Suit Over $513M FCA Case
• State Dept. Clears $1.75B Norway Plane Buy From Boeing
• GAO Clears GSA On Audit Points System For $50B IT Project
• Colo. Tribe Says BIA Whistleblower Report One-Sided
• New Obama Innovation Hub Targets Artificial Skin For Soldiers
• Boeing Nabs $207.5M Missile Contract With Foreign Gov'ts
• What To Know About New HHS Civil Monetary Penalties
• Firms Fight For Equal Fees In $785M Pfizer FCA Deal
• Prime Healthcare Looks Unlikely To Shake Feds' Fraud Suit
• Trinidad Pushes For Fees In Metal Co.'s Award Challenge
• Military Vendor Sues Navy, Claiming 'De Facto' Debarment
• Philly Schools Denied $2.3M Contract Discrimination Retrial
• Ill. Court Revives Termination Suit In Anti-Nepotism 'Saga'
• Probe Of United Launch Exec's Comments Finds No Bid Bias
• EPA Out Of Enviros' Suit Over Road Project
• National Lab Physicist Gets 18 Months For Fraud Scheme
• Boosting Contractor Employee Whistleblower Protections
• Building Momentum For The Pay Equity Movement In BigLaw
• Are You Prepared For A 'Post-Fact' Jury?
• Judge Tosses FCA Suit On EB-5 Project, With Leave To Amend
• RPM International Can't Move SEC Suit Over $61M Deal
• SEC, MSRB Fight GOP's Challenge To New Pay-To-Play Rule
• La. Medicaid Fraudster Will Pay Nearly $7M In Restitution
• Contractor Accused In FCA Suit Of Acting As Pass-Through
• USMC Gets Software Co.'s $22M Licensing Misuse Suit Pared
• BB&K Nears Win In Ex-Bell City Officials' Malpractice Suit
• Insurance Co. Stuck In Payment Row On Navy Wharf Project
• Wis. Supermarket Should Face FCA Suit, Pharmacist Says
• GE Paying Over $2.5M To Resolve DOD Contract Claims
• Engineer Pleads Guilty To Giving Military Docs To China
• Ex-Fla. Official Channels McDonnell In High Court Appeal
• McCain Blasts $13B In Defense Spending As Waste
• Gallup Slams DOD For Reserving $45M Contract For Small Biz
• UPDATE: Whistleblower Drops FCA Suit Against Fla. Eye Clinic
• Mass. Nonprofit Health Insurer Hits Feds With $30M ACA Suit
• Trump Picks NHL Team Owner For Army Secretary
• Trump Vows Lifetime Industry Ban For F-35 Officials
• Keeping Pro Se Litigants At Bay
• CenturyLink To Provide Senate Offices With Comms Platform
• 10 Tips For Presenting Complex Cases In Arbitration
• Ill. Court Affirms Theft Conviction In Contract Steering Suit
• Ex-Cyberonics Sales Rep Can't Bring FCA Suit: 1st Circ.
• Texas Court Upholds Builder's $20M Win Against Houston Port
• GAO Sided With Bid Protesters More Often In FY 2016
• Pfizer And Subsidiaries Shake FCA Pain Patch Suit
• DOD Challenges Include Terrorism, Strategic Force, Money
• BIA Removed Whistleblower Who Irked Colo. Tribe, Says OSC
• GAO Dings Navy's Inadequate Cost Scrutiny On $176M Project
• NASA Issues Contractor Reporting Rule For $10M Of Property
• Pharmacy President Dropped From FCA Kickback Suit
• More Nurses Plead Guilty In $45M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• 'Widespread Corruption' At Mont. Tribe, DOI Watchdog Finds
• Blue Cross Wants Tribe Sanctioned Over Extension Motion
• Are Courts In The Discovery Driver's Seat?
• Investor Suit Against Auction Co. Execs Given The Boot
• 9th Circ. Upholds Contractor's 4-Year Tax Evasion Sentence
• LA's $70M Deal Ending Power Billing Suits Gets OK At Last
• 4 Key Takeaways From The DOJ's $4.7B FCA Haul
• War Complicates Contracts, DynCorp Says In FCA Suit
• NY Presses Case At FCC For $170.4M Broadband Funding
• Feds Dispatch $500M To Fort Worth-Airport Rail Project
• $38M FCA Payout Ends Kickback Suit Against Forest Labs
• The 7th Circ. Stance In Uhlig V. Fluor
• Think Tank Urges DOD To Diversify Its Tech Strategy
• Germany Said To Penalize Airbus Over Delivery Delay
• DOD Going Too Fast With IR&D Rule, Contractor Group Says
• 4th Circ. Says Contractor Must Face $80M Bid-Rigging Suit
• Mont. Contractor Pleads Not Guilty To New Corruption Counts
• DOD, Sikorsky Tell 9th Circ. FOIA Docs Would Aid Rivals
• Armored Vehicle Contractor Can't Duck Fraud Charges
• Gov't Ethics Dir. Says Trump's Biz Plans Breach Policy
• Northern Arapaho Tribe Says BIA Must Award Contracts
• House Dems Ask Pence For DOE Climate 'Litmus Test' Info
• Suburban Philly Councilman Arrested In Kickback Scheme
• Canada Still Open To F-35 Fighter Purchases, PM Says
• Alleged Health Fraud Ringleader Held After Making Threats
• East Texas Lab Pays $3.75M For Falsified Medicare Billing
• FCA Crackdown Nets $4.7B In 2016, Capping Historic Run
• Government Contracts MVP: Perkins Coie's Andrew Shipley
• 5th Circ. Slices Ex-DuPont Worker's Chemical Leak FCA Suit
• Bon Secours Delayed FCA Suit In Bad Faith, Fired VP Says
• US Ducks Hospital's Indemnity Suit Over Malpractice Case
• Gov't FCA Suit Fails Escobar Test, Hospice Chain Says
• FCC's Clyburn Slams Inmate Call Cos. For Excessive Charges
• Army Contractor Stumbles In $198M Message System Protest
• Texas Oyster Firms Take Bay Leases Fight To Federal Court
• 2nd. Circ. Lifts Injunction In Conn. Clean Energy Fight
• Liberty Decries Coverage For Suits Over Contract Bribery
• Rules Of Civil Procedure Updates Affect E-Discovery
• The Path To The California Bench
• Co. Can't Undo Error That Cost It $34M DHS Contract
• BigLaw Alums Q&A: Capital Appellate's Larry Ebner
• Reducing Military, Weapons Could Save Billions, CBO Says
• Gov't Contracts Policy Developments Of 2016: Year-In-Review
• 3rd Circ. Hands HHS Win In Pa. Nursing Home Payment Fight
• Lockheed, Northrop Dodge FCA Suit Over F-35 Program
• Government Contracts MVP: Jenner & Block's Mark Nackman
• 3 Tips To Avoid Being On The Outs With In-House Counsel
• Doc In Menendez Case Can't Challenge Drug Rules, Feds Say
• $8B In Chopper, Missile Contracts OK'd For Middle East Allies
• USDA Contractor Loses $4M Claim At Appeals Board
• Kasowitz Can't Use FCA For Unlevied Fines: Chem Cos.
• Blue Cross Wants Irrelevant Claims Data, Tribe Says
• Ohio Hospital Chain, Radiology Co. Escape Kickback Suit
• J-M Pipe Buyers Must Clarify Damages Theory In FCA Suit
• Top Gov't Contracts Cases Of 2016
• Ax Of $42M Guinea Arbitral Award Was Tainted, Getma Says
• Justices Won't Hear San Diego $1.3B Development Appeal
• Gov't Contracts MVP: Covington & Burling's Jay Carey
• How An Acquisition Can Jeopardize Pending Bids
• Water Projects Bill Passes Despite Enviromental Concerns
• After Miner Benefit Feud, Gov't Funding Passes Congress
• NM Official Gets 1 Year For Role In $33M Kickback Scheme
• Och-Ziff Contractor Cops To Bribing African Officials
• Oversight Reps Probe DOD's Withdrawn $125B Waste Report
• Contract Awarded For New Federal Courthouse In San Antonio
• Doctor In Home Health Fraud Hit With 3-Year Sentence
• Taxation With Representation: Davis, Wilson, Freshfields
• NLRB Orders 2nd Union Vote After Voter List Snafu
• 2nd Circ. Poised To Clear Conn. For Clean Power Contracting
• The Horrible Conflict Between Biology And Women Attorneys
• Tribe Blasts Blue Cross Hidden Email Claim In ERISA Suit
• Chadbourne Says Sanctions Unwarranted In Congo Spat
• Co. Says Lockheed's Promise Of F-35 Work Was $7.6M Fraud
• Leidos Lands $350M Air Force Engineering Contract
• How Latin America Is Stepping Up Anti-Corruption Efforts
• Grifols Accused Of Off-Label Drug Uses In FCA Suit
• House Passes Water Infrastructure Bill With Flint Aid
• NASA Launches Idea To Award High-Performing Contractors
• Metal Co. Asks 11th Circ. To Void $2M Award To Trinidad
• FCA Suit Witness 'Disobeyed' Subpoena, Whistleblower Says
• House Passes Gov't Funding Bill With Uncertain Senate Fate
• Lawyer EQ: Finding Success In Every Interaction
• FCA Decision Tracker: Continued Interpretations Of Escobar
• Hospital Allegedly Using Sour Grapes Excuse To Ax FCA Suit
• Congress Passes $619B Defense Policy, Reform Bill
• FCA Seal Opinion Lacks Needed Guidance
• Korea's F-16 Contract Beef Is With US, Not BAE, Judge Says
• GAO Denies Protest Of $444M Air Force IT Contract
• Managing Intergenerational Differences Within Your Law Firm
• 3rd Circ. Wants Whistleblowers' FCA Sharing Deal Unsealed
• Mich. Tribe, Blue Cross Both Seek Wins In ERISA Suit
• CIT Deems Military-Grade Flashlight A Chinese Product
• Ohio Residents Want 6th Circ. To Rehear Fracking FCA Case
• Fla. Orthopedic Center Pays $4.5M To End FCA Claims
• NSA Properly Rejected Co. From $800M Contract, GAO Says
• Florida Hospital To Pay $12M To Settle FCA Claims
• Defense Authorization Bill Clears Senate Hurdle
• 2 Companies Say Ariz. County Must Pay Them Before IRS
• Fla. Surgical Center Escapes Anesthesia Kickbacks Suit
• Halliburton Moves To Duck Navy Licensee Patent Suit
• Ex-Navy Officer Gets 6 Years For Role In Bribery Scheme
• House To Vote For Funding Bandage To Hold Gov't Until April
• Antitrust Concerns In Defense Transactions Under Trump
• Philip Hirschkop: Quietly Making Noise For 50 Years
• When Punishing FCA Seal Violations, Avoid Taxpayer Harm
• Atty Gets Bond Waived While He Fights $10M HUD Penalty
• Medical Co. Owner Hit With Suit Over False Medicare Claims
• Forest Blasts Attys' 'Shameful' Conduct In FCA Suit
• HHS Must Put End To Medicare Appeals Backlog
• Body Armor Co. Urges 11th Circ. To Revive Contractor Suit
• ACC Joins $3.8M Fight Over Sheppard Mullin Conflict Waiver
• HHS OIG Expands FCA Safe Harbors In Final Rule
• State Dept. Clears $939M Worth Of Foreign Military Sales
• DOD Revamps Cleanup Coverage Claims For Closed Bases
• Pentagon Hid Study On $125B In Wasted Spending: Report
• Roper Technologies Pays $2.8B For PE-Backed Deltek
• Fallout From DOD Stance On Waste, Fraud And Abuse Tips
• Violating FCA Seal Doesn't Mandate Dismissal, Justices Say
• US Units Want Pause In Suit Against Venezuela's Oil Arm
• Calif. Drought Fight Threatens Water Projects Bill
• More than 5K Contractors Certify Insider Threat Programs
• Pentagon Issues Guidelines On Recent IR&D Rule
• Sawmill EB-5 'Shotgun' Claims Can't Survive, Judge Says
• J&J Asks 1st Circ. To Halt Hip Implant FCA Suit
• NY Judge Sends $2.4B Suit Against Citigroup To State Court
• Atty Wants Bond Waived In Appeal For $10M HUD Penalty
• Kimberly-Clark, Others Fight Sheppard Mullin Over $4M Fee
• Air Force Officer Gets 2 Years' Probation For Contract Bribery
• Claims Court Nixes Protest Over $10M Premium On Army Deal
• CSRA Can't Reclaim HP's $443M Stratcom Contract
• Feds Unroll Proposal To Adjust Small Biz Contract Regs
• FCC Seeks Feedback On Plan For National Lifeline Verifier
• House Passes $619B Defense Spending, Reform Bill
• Landfill Co. Prevails In Authority's $6M Appeal At 11th Circ.
• Fla. Man Gets 150 Months For Gov't Bond Fraud Scheme
• Fed. Circ. Reinstates Prison Factory Whistleblower's Case
• The Trump Infrastructure Plan And Its Legal Implications
• 5 Insights From Airbus Group's Joshua Walker
• 21 At Texas Med. Center Charged In Massive Bribery Scheme
• Florida Nursing Homes Must Face $300M FCA Suit
• Safeway Must Face Inflated Drug Price Suit
• NJ Woman Admits Role In $1M DNA Testing Medicare Fraud
• Army Contractor Can't Get Jury Trial In Kuwait Project Dispute
• Defense IR&D Policy Shift Is Unnecessary, Counterproductive
• EU Unveils Plans For Common Defense Fund With Over €5B
• Calif., NY Back Conn.'s Renewable Certificate Program
• 3rd Circ. Backs Sentences In $136M Transpo Contract Fraud
• FTC Contest Didn't Create Procurement Contract: Fed. Circ.
• Trump Picks Former Marine Corps Gen. For Defense Secretary
• Texas Jury Slaps Mortgage Lenders, CEO With $93M Verdict
• House Dems Raise Conflict Issues Over Trump's DC Lease
• Contractor Seeks New Trial Over Mont. Tribe Scandal
• DC Judge Won't Confirm Hardy's $74M Award Against India
• GAO Says It Lacks Authority Over Protest Of IT Task Order
• Former Cuomo Aide, Ex-SUNY Prez Deny Graft Charges