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Government Contracts - February, 2017

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• Trump Pledges Health Care, Safety And Jobs In First Address
• Pension Bill Falters, 'Grand Bargain' Moves Forward In Ill.
• Nooksack Judge Claims Immunity From Disenrollment Suit
• Lincare Dodges FCA Claims But Not Retaliation Allegations
• HHS Asks Justices Not To Review Medicare Billing Suit
• Humana Medicare Advantage FCA Suit Has Legs, Judge Says
• NJ City's Stance On Riverfront Project Faces Skepticism
• 16 Texans Charged In $60M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Army Hit With 6 Protests Over $5B IT Contract
• New Air Force Nuclear Missiles Could Cost $100B: Report
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Spine Device False Claims Act Suit
• Agency Law Is Center Stage In Psychologist Torture Case
• How 401(k) Benefits Can Attract Millennial Legal Talent
• How The Courts Review Executive Orders
• Alleged Leader Of $45M Medicare Fraud Blames 'Dictator' Mom
• Pentagon IG Report Blasts Defective Parts Response Process
• Judge OKs Class Of 50K Detainees In TVPA Suit Against Geo
• Feds Blast Drug Return Co.'s 'Puffery' Defense In $116M Fraud
• Retroactive Fix Can't Save $26.4M Easement Deduction: IRS
• 1st Circ. Affirms Conviction In $19.9M Mass. Medicare Fraud
• Lab Exec Fights 'Hitler' Comparison In FCA Retaliation Suit
• Ex-Clinic Owner Given 5 Years In $70M Medicare Scheme
• South Texas Woman Convicted In $2.5M Medicaid Fraud
• Gov't Contractor Must Pay $1.2M To Spurned Subcontractor
• L3 Pressed On Secret Side Deal In $34.5M Fraud Settlement
• AAR Employee Solicited Rival's Salary Info: OIG Report
• Battery Maker Says DOE Loan Denial Row Belongs In DC Circ.
• Airbus Probed By Austria For Eurofighter Contract Fraud
• Tax Court Says NJ Overtaxed In Sale-Leaseback Adjustment
• DIA Properly Granted $38M Accounting Support Deal: GAO
• DOI Slams Brakes On Mineral Royalty Rule Amid Court Fight
• DOJ, Nevada Hospice Plan To Settle FCA Suit
• Trump Says Border Wall Is 'Way, Way, Way Ahead Of Schedule'
• Logistics Firm Sues Navy To Halt Rebidding For $26M Contract
• What Lawyers Can Learn From Kellyanne Conway
• Baker Donelson Sued For Reversal On CMS Retroactive Billing
• NM Tribe Wants Tough Sentence For Ex-Construction Co. Head
• AECOM Ended Union Contract Properly, Judge Says
• Sessions Ditches Obama Policy Curtailing Private Prison Use
• GSA Signals Move Away From Contractor Numbering System
• Public Interest Groups Urge FCC Not To Undermine Lifeline
• Medical Supply Co. Owner Gets 27 Years In $3.5M Fraud
• GAO Denies Protest Over $36M Navy Ship Repair Contract
• 'Puffery' Isn't Fraud, Says Drug Return Co. In $116M Case
• L3 To Pay $34.5M To Settle Accounting Fraud Class Action
• Universal Health Wants Escobar FCA Suit Trimmed
• $69M Suit Says Ex-Biz Partner Hijacked Transpo Contract
• The Mistakes Lawyers Make When Copying And Pasting
• Inside New FAR Rule On Untimely Payment To Subcontractors
• 7 Takeaways From The New DHS Immigration Memos
• IG Says DOD Euro Unit Not Fully Monitoring Defense Exports
• Fla. House Speaker Sues Lottery Over New Vending Machines
• Mining Co. Delaying Inevitable With Service Row, Court Told
• Jury Awards $2.8M In Forest Service Airplane Crash Suit
• Telephone Co. Sues Navy Over Brand-Name Phone Restriction
• Law360 Government Contracts Editorial Advisory Board
• Defense Chief Wants DOD To Combine Common Biz Services
• Activist Groups Wants Compliance In $250M Mining Row
• FCC's GC Defends Backing Down On Inmate Calling Rate Caps
• Calif. Court Gets Automatic Funding Disclosure Right
• Scientists Ask 11th Circ. To Nix $10.6M Fraud Conviction
• Texas Barred From Cutting Planned Parenthood Funding
• Sidley-Authored Report On 9/11-Era Torture Defamatory: Suit
• Contractor Asks Fed. Judge To Ax Calif. Court's $1.1M 'Error'
• DHS Releases Guidance On Immigration Executive Orders
• GSA Watchdog Criticizes Tech Unit's IT Security Compliance
• Dubai-Backed Port Co. Prevails Over Djibouti Corruption Claim
• Military Base Contractor Cops To Bribes, Kickbacks
• Air Force Leaders Urge Congress To Pass Spending Bill
• Xerox Asks Texas High Court To Limit $1B Medicaid Fraud Suit
• FastShip Seeks $44M From Navy For Allegedly Cribbing IP
• Trump Considering 'Big Order' Of Boeing's F/A-18
• High Court Rejects Plane Parts FCA Revival
• Justices Revive FCA Suit Against Wells Fargo, Citing Escobar
• Enviros Ask 9th Circ. To Revive PG&E Water Pollution Suit
• Kuwaiti Cos. Can't Exit FCA Suit Over Service Process
• DHS Watchdog Vows Close Watch On Border Wall Project
• Feds Join FCA Suit Targeting UnitedHealth Billing
• Nigeria's Counsel Allowed To Withdraw In $276M Award Case
• FCA Decision Tracker: Continued Interpretations Of Escobar
• Exxon, Shell Defend Docs Request In $1.8B Award Row
• DC Circ. Upholds KBR Win In Whistleblower FCA Suit
• House Panel Investigating CENTCOM WebOps Anti-ISIS Effort
• Corruption Trial To Begin For Dallas County Commissioner
• Bills Floated To Move Lifeline Provider Approval To States
• Nursing Home Operators Face Over $115M For Medicare Fraud
• Calif. High Court Tosses Contractors' Prevailing Wage Fight
• F-35 Program Chief Says Costs Set To Drop Further
• Telco Stripped Of Lifeline Eligibility Asks FCC For More Time
• House Acts To Clear Way For Planned Parenthood Defunding
• Gorsuch Nomination Hearings To Kick Off In March
• Air Force Beats Contract Award Protest In Fed. Claims Court
• Nigeria's Oil Co. Fights Doc Request In $1.8B Award Case
• Mulvaney Gets Senate Approval As Trump Budget Officer
• Relearning The Lessons Of Korematsu's Case
• What A Justice Gorsuch Might Portend For FCA Enforcement
• How A General Counsel Should Think About AI: Part 2
• Telecom Cos. Settle Improper Billing Allegations For $9.1M
• Rauner Asks For Pension Reform, Power To Cut Ill. Budget
• Miami-Dade Gets New Judge In Toll Contractor's $58M Suit
• FCC's Lifeline Backtrack Foreshadows Program Changes
• Mattis Voices NATO Support, Says Members Must Chip In
• Texan Gets 5 Years For Role In Miss. Prison Kickback Scheme
• Nooksack Tribe Accuses Feds Of Illegally Denying Funding
• Blackwater Fights To Keep Out Testimony In FCA Suit
• GAO Targets 34 Areas Of Concern In Federal High Risk List
• CUNY Athletics Official Charged With Embezzling $600K
• FCA Relator Seeks Cut Of Deutsche's $7.2B RMBS Deal
• NJ Ordered To Defend Atlantic City Layoffs, Contract Changes
• Trump Budget Pick Heads To Final Senate Vote
• How A General Counsel Should Think About AI: Part 1
• A New Element In Awarding Calif. Public Works Contracts
• Ill. Gov. Sues To Block Employee Pay Cutoff Motion
• Chicago Schools Sue Over 'Discriminatory' State Funding
• BAE Lands $64M Deal To Keep Making F-35 Missile Jammers
• Whistleblower Counsel Seeks Fees For Role In $18M FCA Deal
• DOT Overstepped With Rail Safety Order, DC Circ. Told
• Lawmaker Tries To Block L-3's $418M Aircraft Sale To Kenya
• Dana Gas Group Gets $121M Arbitral Award In Kurdistan Row
• Trade Group Asks FCC For More Broadband Build-Out Funds
• DC Circ. Asked To Review Deal To Close Santa Monica Airport
• State Dept. Contractor Beats Whistleblower Retaliation Suit
• Major FCA Sampling Feud Gets Squelched At 4th Circ.
• Hospice Owner Seeks Light Sentence For $9M Medicare Fraud
• Claims Court Sends $182M Deal Back To Forest Service
• Ex-Health Exec Blasts Tribe's Dismissal Bid In FCA Suit
• BIA Asks 9th. Circ. To Nix Injunction In Contract Row
• BAE Ship Workers Get Early OK Of $2.9M Deal In Wage Suit
• Reps Urge FCC To Undo Lifeline Eligibility Reversal
• Defense Spending To Be Key Focus Of NATO Meeting
• Argentina Slams Arbitrator's Ties To Contractor At DC Circ.
• Raytheon Challenging $222M Sole-Source Army Contract
• Trump, Lockheed And The Art Of The Government Deal
• Korea F-16 Appeal No Longer Has Wings, BAE Tells 4th Circ.
• McMahon Approved To Lead Small Business Administration
• Lewis Brisbois Nabs Locke Lord, Dentons Trial Pros
• Medtronic Dodges Spine Device FCA Suit, For Now
• Saving Lawyers 1 Less Drink At A Time
• Miss. AG Seeks To Reclaim $800M From Bribery Scheme
• House Passes Tweaks To VA Contracting, Veteran Hiring
• Lance Armstrong Can't Outrace USPS FCA Suit
• NJ Whistleblower Denied Shares Of States' FCA Settlements
• Doctors' Counsel Ask Court To Divide Fees In $12M FCA Deal
• FCC's O'Rielly Targets School Broadband Overbuilding
• GAO Says Army Bid Assessments Were Fair On $158M IT Deal
• Navy Reactor Contractor Gets Nearly $800M In Work
• Raytheon Can't Snatch $54M Nuke Bunker Contract At GAO
• Raytheon Ducks 'Incomprehensible' $1B Satellite FCA Suit
• Italian Co. Wins Enforcement Of $27M Award Against Morocco
• Lawyers Cannot Stay Silent While Trump Belittles The Courts
• At Least 5 Cos. Swallowed By GAO Authority 'Doughnut Hole'
• Head Of Italy Defense Group Slams US Over F-35 Program
• Senate Dems Urge FCC To Return Lifeline Eligibility To Cos.
• Sanofi Says Amphastar, Ex-K&L Atty Doctored Evidence
• GAO Backs Marines In Armored Vehicle Bid Protest
• Atlantic City Fire Union Wins Remand In Suit Against NJ
• Judge OKs $20M Bribery Deal Despite Ex-Relator's Opposition
• Justices Urged To Keep Medicare Row In Bankruptcy Court
• Chadbourne Says Sanctions Info Misleading In Congo Case
• Understanding CMS' New Settlement Reporting Thresholds
• DOE Says Loan Denial Row Doesn't Belong In DC Circ.
• NJ Biz Barred From State Contracts Over Political Donation
• Northrop, BAE, Raytheon, Others Net $3B Missile Contract
• Marketing Basics For Solo Practitioners And Small Law Firms
• El Paso Hospital Pays $860K To Settle FCA Kickback Claims
• GAO Nixes Raytheon's Protest Of Marines Vehicle Contract
• Senate Confirms Price For HHS Secretary
• 9th Circ. Urged To Revive Spine Device FCA Suit
• Service Agencies Sue Ill. Gov. For Nonpayment Of Contracts
• DOD Can't Produce Comprehensive Spending Info, GAO Says
• Judge Denies Bid To Delay Trial In Blackwater FCA Suit
• Gov't Contracts Group Of The Year: Wiley Rein
• Vanguard Debtors Say FCA Row Belongs In Bankruptcy Court
• NJ, Atlantic City Fire Union Battle Over Case Jurisdiction
• Kuwait Logistics Co. Seeks To Arbitrate $380M Row With Iraq
• Gov't Fights Health Care Cos.' Evidence In $45M Fraud Case
• No Need For Air Force To Look At Benefits In $13M Bid: GAO
• Cobalt Says No Charges In 2nd FCPA Probe Of Angolan Ops
• Chicago Faces Class Action Over Minority Contract Terms
• Mountjoy Wants Others To Join Tech Co.'s Negligence Suit
• So You Want To Supplement The Record At Claims Court
• Post-Spokeo Issues Emerge In The 5th Circ.
• Law Firm Margin Improvement: The Long Game
• Bizarre Bid To Sell FCA Suit Shows Value Of Secrecy
• BigLaw's Latest Bad Boy Made Name As FCA Prosecutor
• Court Keeps Medicare Patient Class Action Alive
• Co. Stripped Of Lifeline Eligibility Hits Back At FCC
• Rebuffed Whistleblower Objects To Deal Ending Bribery Suit
• Military Contractor Asks For Revival Of $10B Barclays Suit
• Contractor Indicted Over Alleged Top Secret Info Theft
• Blackwater Whistleblowers Attack Bid To Delay Trial
• EPA Contract Freeze May Pave Way For Similar Reviews
• Leonardo Re-Enters Competition For $16.3B Air Force Deal
• FCC's Dem Slams States For Not Capping Inmate Call Rates
• Air Force Wins GAO Case Over Flight Training Contract
• DOD OIG Calls Buying Official's Ethics Failure Inadvertent
• Anti-Arms Trade Group Fights Weapons Sales To Saudi Arabia
• DC Circ. Urged To Reverse FCC's Lifeline Change
• Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Pillsbury
• DOJ Criminal Division In 2016: Fraud Section Rising
• Whistleblower Protections: What To Expect In The Trump Era
• 2017 Check-Up: Is Your Law Firm Positioned For Success?
• Ill. Lotto Players Allege Northstar Lottery Manipulated Games
• Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block
• FCC Defends Revocations Of Lifeline Broadband Providers
• Ex-Ala. Doc Gets 15 Years, Loses $13.4M For Pill Mill
• $18M Deal Ends FCA Suit Over Doc's Allegedly Brazen Fraud
• House Passes Resolution Aimed At BLM Planning Rule
• GAO Grants Co. Costs For Protest Of $45M Air Force Contract
• Feds Hope To Duck $482M In ACA 'Risk Corridor' Payments
• Venezuela's Mining Co. Says It Hasn't Been Properly Served
• Clinic Manager Cops To Role In $70M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Senate OKs Trump Education Pick As VP Pence Breaks Tie
• The Missing Key To 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• OFCCP Continues To Crack Down On Pay Discrimination
• LA Hospital Looks To Trim FCA Suit Before April Trial
• Relator Who Dropped L-3 FCA Case Denied Cut Of Settlement
• Conn. Man Pleads Guilty To Soccer Stadium Fraud
• Fed. Circ. Won't Rethink Freeing US From Electricity Refunds
• Ex-NJ Lawmaker Gets Prison For Defrauding Investors
• NJ Gov't Contractor To Pay $1.5M To Settle FCA Allegations
• Fed. Circ. Reinstates Surplus Store 'Surge' Suit Against DOD
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Whistleblower's Wiretap Suit
• DC Circ. Should Halt Action In Lifeline Case, FCC Says
• Cigna Escapes Medicare Fraud Suit But Addus Stays In
• ConocoPhillips Hits Back At Citgo Parent's Stay Bid
• Advocates Defend Inmate Call Rate Caps As FCC Backs Off
• Claims Court Rejects Indirect Dispute Over Army Corps Deal
• Health Care Co. To Pay $60M To End Whistleblower Fraud Suit
• Watchdog Finds Price Errors In Rolls-Royce Defense Contract
• Ex-Chicago Contractor Pays $20M To End Bribery Suit
• Blackwater Successor Wants Trial Delayed For 4th Circ. Ruling
• Dem Sens. Ask GSA Watchdog To Review Trump Hotel Lease
• 2 Men Enter, 1 Man Leaves In KBR Kickback Case
• Courts Rejecting Connection Between FCA, Medical Necessity
• Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Fried Frank
• In Congress: Cabinet Approvals, Disapproval Resolutions
• VA To Pay $538M In DaVita Dialysis Fees Dispute
• DOD Officials Failed To Properly Rate Contractors, IG Says
• Atlantic City Fire Union Sues Over Layoffs, Contract Changes
• Industry Asks Pentagon To Pull R&D Shake-Up
• Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Crowell & Moring
• Trump Faces Tough Challenges In Bolstering Cybersecurity
• Lockheed Finalizes $8.5B F-35 Deal With Pentagon
• It's Full Steam Ahead For DCAA In 2017
• Controversial Trump Education Pick Clears Senate Hurdle
• NJ Inmate Call Co. Sues Gov. Christie Over Rate Caps
• House Moves To Nix Fair Pay And Safe Workplaces Rule
• Northrop, BAE Won't Chase $16.3B Air Force Trainer Deal
• Contractor's Own Bid Cost It $26M Army Project, GAO Says
• Citgo Parent Blasts ConocoPhillips 'Rehash' Of Fraud Claims
• CBCA Awards Blanket Co. $900K After GSA Deal Cancellation
• GOP Trio Pushes Trump To Protect Whistleblowers
• DOD Outlines Civilian Exemptions To Federal Hiring Freeze
• Trump Budget Pick Heads To Full Senate After Panel Approval
• WWII Contract Breach Decision May Open Pandora's Box
• Can Federal Agencies Reverse Course Under Trump?
• Ex-Tenet Exec Decries Fraud Rap Over $400M Immigrant Scam
• The 4 Wittiest Dissents By Gorsuch
• Gorsuch's Opening Words Speak Volumes About His Style
• OMB Gives New Guidance On Federal Hiring Freeze
• Senators Flirt With Nuclear Option Over High Court Pick
• Plea Agreement Reached In South Dakota EB-5 Visa Case
• Similar On The Law, Gorsuch Differs From Scalia In Style
• Drug Refund Co. Slams $116M Theft Claims In Trial Opener
• Attys React To Judge Gorsuch's Supreme Court Nomination
• Doctor To Pay Feds $20M To Settle Health Care Fraud Suit
• TRO Denied For Tribe Facing Ex-Heath Exec's FCA Suit
• Ex-USDA Worker Cops To Awarding Contract To Wife's Co.
• Senate Approves Tillerson As Secretary Of State
• TWC Wants Fed. Court To Take Calif. City's Suit Over Fees
• Insurer Must Split Army Depot Injury Defense, 5th Circ. Says
• The Myth Of The Forceful Mediator