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Government Contracts - June, 2017

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• Venezuela Defends Push To Stay $1.4B Award Without Bond
• Top Gov't Contracts Policies Of 2017: Midyear Report
• $400B In Fed. Contracts To Sunset Amid Trump Shake-Up
• Trump Angers China With $1.4B Taiwan Arms Sale Approval
• Lockheed, Boeing JV Beats SpaceX For $191M Contract
• Ex-GSA Chief Threatened To Transfer Whistleblower, OIG Says
• Developer Sues Philly Housing Agency Over Contract Row
• Industry Groups Target 'Trends' Disclosure Duty At High Court
• Engine Maker Can't Escape $2.75M Airplane Crash Verdict
• 3 Key Areas Legal Operations Teams Should Focus On
• What The Experts Said About High Court Rulings This Term
• House OKs 'Kate's Law,' Bill Targeting Sanctuary Cities
• 2018 Defense Bills Offer Competing Views On DOD Priorities
• Alaska Native Co. Loses Bid To Nix FCA Suit
• GAO Finds Potential Waste, Fraud In FCC's Lifeline Program
• The State Of Suspension And Debarment In Fiscal Year So Far
• Cuomo Signs Emergency Order To Fix NY Transit System
• Pentagon Urged To Rethink 'Disorganized' Drone Policy
• US Law Firms Face Discovery Of Foreign Clients' Records
• Incentivizing Brand Pharma Cos. To Manufacture In The US
• The Future Of Law And The Demise Of The Midsize Firm
• 7th Circ. Ends Home Health Care Co.'s Suit Over Bankruptcy
• Fed Circ. Asked To Lift Bar On $2.8B Debt Collection Deal
• Fraud Scheme Nets Defense Contractor 30 Months In Prison
• Ex-WellCare GC Pleads Guilty To Fla. Medicaid Fraud
• 2nd Circ. Backs Conn. Clean Energy Solicitation Program
• Claims Court Rejects Protest Over $4B Air Force Deal
• LA Hospital Agrees To $42M FCA Settlement Over Kickbacks
• The 10 Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• The Most Talkative Justice Of The High Court Term
• The Cases That Got The Justices Talking
• Trump Names Textron CEO To Lead Pentagon Acquisitions
• Army Wasted $53M On Transportation Deals, Watchdog Says
• How Discovery Has Changed Under New Federal Rules
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Pre-Voir Dire Questions
• By 423-4, House Passes Bill Backing NATO's Article 5
• Defense Pushes For Prosecutor Testimony In $1B Fraud Case
• Gorsuch And Thomas Becoming Fast Friends At High Court
• DOJ Says Challenge To Trump's 2-For-1 Order Is Premature
• NC Defense Contractor Cops To $15M Fraud
• 5 High Court Concurrences That Read Like Dissents
• The Sharpest Dissents From This Supreme Court Term
• FCC Must Allow $1.5B Sale, Inmate Calling Co. Says
• GAO Says NASA Unfairly Marked Bidder On $182M Contract
• BMS, Sanofi Escape Plavix FCA Suit Under Escobar Standard
• White House Signs Off On $2B Drone Sale To India
• Lincare Pays $20M To Resolve False Billing Probe
• Feds OK'd To Reopen Evidence In $65M Blimp Damage Suit
• Insurers Prevail In $75M Coverage Suit Over Bank's FCA Deal
• Banks Accused Of $240M Foreclosure Scam Against Agencies
• Air Force IT Contractor Wins Deferred Compensation Costs
• Nigeria Knocks Ex-Enron Unit's Fee Bid In $21M Award Row
• Limits On 'Self-Help' Discovery In FCA Cases
• An Interview With Floyd Abrams
• House Appropriations Panel Seeks $658B In Defense Funding
• Tatneft Fights Stay Of $112M Enforcement Suit During Appeal
• High Court Won't Hear Whistleblower's Wiretapping FCA Suit
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• IP Cases Led The Pack In High Court Amicus Briefs
• Armed Services Panel Introduces $697B 2018 Defense Bill
• Psychologist Seeks Toss Of $550M Social Security Fraud Case
• Senate OKs Trump Nuclear Regulatory Commission Pick
• Bucking Tradition: NewLaw And The Coming Millennials
• Diagnostic Labs Pay $13.45M To End Medicare Fraud Suit
• BIA Must Rethink Some Arapaho Contract Bids, Judge Says
• Officer Faces Navy Court In 'Fat Leonard' Bribery Case
• Sens. Accuse IRS Debt Collector Of Illegal Practices
• Top Senate Democrats Call To Lift Gov't Spending Caps
• Feds Say Evidence In Soccer Stadium Fraud Suit Is Hearsay
• The Risks Of Releasing Privileged Investigative Reports
• Corker To Block Gulf Weapons Sales Over Qatar Dispute
• Orbital ATK Says Rival's Data Breach Suit Is Retaliation
• Plaintiffs Bar Perspective: Susman Godfrey's Matthew Berry
• Why Actuarial Equivalence Matters For Medicare Advantage
• Gray Matters: We Feel, We Decide
• Workforce Cuts Stymie Army War On Weapons Systems Waste
• Venezuela Can't Stay $1.4B Award Without Bond, Court Told
• Ill. AG Can Represent State Worker In Workers' Comp Row
• Dialysis Co. Says United Is Dragging Its Feet On Discovery
• Engineer Gets Time Served For Military Documents Theft
• Heckler & Koch Can't Arbitrate Army Weapons Suit, Court Told
• 9th Circ. Raises The Bar On Misprision Of A Felony
• $50B Price Tag Likely Spells End To Talk Of F-22 Revival
• Pfizer Wins Interlocutory Review In Vfend Whistleblower Suit
• House Passes DHS Buying Tweaks, Property Oversight Bills
• Ind. Pharmacy Heads Charged With Selling Misdosed Drugs
• Intel Contractors, Employees Must Report Foreign Travel
• 11th Circ. Keeps Health Workers' Convictions In $63M Fraud
• Trump Treasury Assistant Secretary Pick Wins Senate OK
• Afghan Army's Spendy Fashion Costs US Taxpayers $28M
• Ambiguous Regulation May Not Preclude FCA Liability
• Justice Kennedy's Moderating Influence On The High Court
• Senate Confirms Treasury Undersecretary Pick
• Justice Sotomayor On The Power Of Dissent
• High Court Urged To Deny 2nd Circ.'s 'Trends' Disclosure Duty
• Sen. McCaskill Presses Booz Allen On Unsecured Server
• Feds Seek To Oust Texas Politico's Atty Over Client Conflict
• VA To Dispose Of Or Reuse 430 Vacant Buildings In Two Years
• Cerner Looks To Keep Man From 'Spiriting Away' Award Funds
• House OKs Faster Energy Co. Tree Clearing On Federal Land
• How The FCA Is Weeding Out Medicare And Medicaid Fraud
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Juror-Posed Questions
• Canadian Judge OKs $3.1M Award To Dominican Republic
• OIG Says Former GSA Chief Retaliated Against Whistleblower
• 2nd Circ. Throws Out Iraqi Contractor's Misconduct Case
• Medtronic Beats 'Free Services' Kickback FCA Suit, For Now
• Inside DOD's Changing Approach To Industrial Security
• GAO Says DOD Needs To Better Track Energy Efficiency Deals
• 5th Circ. Says Fannie Shareholder's Claim Belongs In CFC
• Booz Allen Faces Stock-Drop Suit After Revealing DOJ Probe
• House OKs Extension Of Nuclear Power Tax Credit
• AIDS Nonprofit's Referral Bonuses Not Kickbacks, Court Says
• Watchdog Says NSA Still Vulnerable To Insider Leak Threats
• 4th Circ. Finds Insufficient Evidence For RICO Sentence
• ASBCA Trims Contractor's Suit Over Toxic Paint At Navy Site
• Senate OKs Trump Pick For FEMA Director
• FCA Lessons From A Year Of Escobar
• How Prison Factories Pluck Jobs From The US Economy
• FCC Urged To Reject $1.5B Inmate Calling Co. Sale
• Justice Sotomayor On Working A Room And The Post-Scalia Void
• Prosecutors Face DQ Bid In $1B Medicaid Fraud Case
• Judge Axes Chopper Blades FCA Suit Against Sikorsky
• Nursing Supervisor Gets 1.5 Years For Role In $20M Fraud
• Ex-Navy Capt. Gets 3-Plus Years Over 'Fat Leonard' Bribes
• CORRECTED: ASBCA Awards KBR $44M For Iraq War Convoy Security
• GAO Axes Raytheon's Protest Over Army Software Deal
• Air Force Contractor Looks To Nix Subcontractor's $9M Suit
• GAO Backs Protest Over $1.6B DHS Computing Services Deal
• Public Input Sought On Which DOD Buying Rules To Cut
• IRS Lacks Immunity In Fraud Inquiry Suit, 9th Circ. Rules
• Texas Steel Bill Raises Questions For Construction
• Vets Getting More Biz Post-Kingdomware, But Work Remains
• PDVSA Unit Fights Crystallex's $1.4B Award Suit In 3rd Circ.
• Enviro Hits DHS With FOIA Suit Over Border Wall Records
• Genesis HealthCare To Pay $53.6M To Settle FCA Allegations
• Ex-Commerce Employee Found Guilty On Bribery Charges
• Booz Allen's Gov't Contract Billing Under DOJ Inquiry
• W.Va. Paid $5M In Unallowable Costs To Telecom: Report
• Gov't Must Face Protests On $2.8B Student Loan Contracts
• The Latest On Escobar's FCA Impact
• Calif. Panel Says City Must Return $2.6M In Project Funds
• Workers Lose OT Suit Over Army Contract In Afghanistan
• One Year Later, Escobar Is Roiling FCA Landscape
• Health Hires: McGuireWoods, Polsinelli
• Eni, Nigerian Oil Co. Units Move To Enforce $500M Award
• Aviation Gas Cleanup Costs Wrongly Assigned, Fed. Circ. Told
• Gov't Statements Show Expansive View Of Escobar Liability
• American Airlines, TSA Test New 3-D Scanner In Phoenix
• Attys Dish On Escobar's FCA Impact One Year Later
• FCA Decision Tracker: Continued Interpretations Of Escobar
• Escobar FCA Impact Clearer After A Year Of Interpretation
• Tips For Complying With ABA's New Encryption Guidance
• Feds Say FCA Suit Against BofA Isn't Barred By Settlement
• Fla. Gov. Signs 2 Construction Law Bills Backed By Builders
• Kickback Suit Against Fla. Anesthesiologists Dismissed
• Mother, Daughter Get Over 11 Years For $20M Medicare Plot
• Mesa Power Can't Get $584M Claim Against Canada Revived
• Ill. Panel Won't Force Budgetless State To Pay Social Services
• US-Qatar $12B Arms Deal Advances Amid Political Turmoil
• 6th Circ. Says Ky. Hospitals Can't Recoup Full Indigent Care
• Navy Secretary Nominee To Close Company If Confirmed
• House Passes Tax Credit Fix For Veterans Under AHCA
• Justice Ginsburg On Oral Argument And 'Imperious' Attorneys
• FCC Inmate Calling Loss Leaves Advocates With Few Options
• Contractor On $42M Pa. Bridge Project Can't Nix CWA Charges
• Ariz. Irrigation District Sues DOI, Claims Inflated Rates
• Passport Co. Can't Auction Niger-Owned Mansion Yet
• Hacker Possibly Violated Release Terms, Judge Says
• Reps. Rip DOD For Lack Of Transparency On IT Spending
• NJ Towns, Counties Breached $9M Salt Contract, Suit Says
• Investors Say Orbital Knowingly Hid Ammo Contract Losses
• South Texas Woman Gets 12 Years For $2.5M Medicaid Fraud
• $3.9B Fuel Oil Contract Suit Stays In Puerto Rico: 1st Circ.
• Ukraine Seeks Stay On $112M Award In Russian Oil Co. Spat
• Misapplying FOIA To Confidential Info In Gov't Contracts
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Preliminary Instructions
• Ill. Should Not Keep Paying State Employees, Justices Told
• Raytheon Says Alleged Whistleblower's Claims Fall Short
• DC Circ. Nixes FCC Cap On Intrastate Inmate Call Rates
• DOI Blasts Nooksack Group's Bid For Redo In Funding Row
• DOD Must Address Key Management Challenges, GAO Says
• Texas Medicare Fraudster Gets 17 Years Behind Bars
• Due Diligence From The Lateral Partner's Perspective
• Senate Rejects Proposal To Block $500M Saudi Arms Sale
• Venezuela Wants Stay Of $1.4B Crystallex Judgment
• FCA Settlement Raises Questions For Health IT Industry
• Ga. Pharmacy Pays $2M To Resolve False Claims Act Probe
• Ex-FDOT Worker, Husband Charged With Federal Funds Theft
• Biz Groups Call For Steady Hand In NAFTA Revamp
• Lateral Partner Due Diligence: Where Should A Firm Begin?
• Justice Ginsburg On Diversity And Persuading Her Colleagues
• Judge Won't Toss Ill. Medicaid Application Backlog Cases
• Niger Wants $46M Arbitral Award Stalled Over Alleged Fraud
• Open Internet Shift Threatens Universal Service: FCC Dem
• Boston Heart Lab Still On Hook In False Claims Suit
• ASBCA Blames Contractor For $4M In Unplanned Costs
• Pa. County Can Pursue 911 Undercharge Suit Against Telcos
• DOJ Urges NY Court To Toss Trump 'Emoluments' Suit
• DISA Owes $2.3M After Canceled Telecom Deal, ASBCA Rules
• Northrop Grumman Settles 401(k) Fee Class Suit For $16.75M
• Crystallex Gets $1.4B Judgment Registered In Delaware
• Nepalese Workers Ask Justices To Take KBR Trafficking Suit
• A Closer Look At OSHA's Broken Regulatory Process
• Contractor, Cos. Must Pay $4.58M Over Mont. Tribe Scandal
• Army Did Its Homework On $142M IBM Contract, GAO Says
• Ex-Pepper Hamilton Atty, Former Casey Aide Start New Firm
• FCC Fines Calif. Co. $975K For Neglecting Federal Programs
• No Perjury Prosecution Over Costly Denver VA Hospital: DOJ
• DHS Improperly Dinged Cloud Computing Contractor: GAO
• USAID Official Pleads Guilty In Contract Steering Case
• USCIS Contractor Can't Boot Subcontractor In $49M Row
• Twitter Gets Backup In 9th Circ. Appeal Of Tossed ISIS Suit
• Wash. Supreme Court Revives Enviros' Open Meetings Case
• Judge Orders Speedier Payment Of Ill. Medicaid Bills
• Passport Co. Slams Niger's Bid To Hold Onto NYC Mansion
• Moody's Slams Bid To Revive Securities Ratings FCA Suit
• CMS Insider Trading Case Gets New Judge After Complaints
• Fed. Circ. Tosses Kan. Tribal Group's Trust Suit Against Gov't
• Texas Treatment Center Settles FCA Claims For $3M
• NY Ruling Curtails Contractors' Additional Insured Coverage
• Whistleblower Says Ex-Speaker's Sanctions Bid Too Late
• Johnson Controls Pays $3.3M Over Cape Canaveral Cleanup
• US Intervenes In FCA Housing Suit Against Los Angeles
• Trump Says Wine Bar Can't Delay Dismissal Hurdle
• NJ High Court Limits State's Subpoena Power In FCA Action
• EU Launches €5.5 Billion Defense Fund
• DOJ Weighs In On Wells Fargo FCA Appeal After Escobar
• Reps. Float Bill To Eliminate Kingdomware 'Loophole' For VA
• Sessions Stops 3rd-Party Donation Settlements
• Judge Tosses Suit Over Revoked Wis. Waste-To-Energy Permit
• Testing Professional Services Exclusions To FCA Allegations
• EOIR Executive Abused Post For Friends' Benefit, DOJ Says
• Power Cos. Lose Fee Recovery Bid In Spent Nuke Fuel Case
• SpaceX Beats Tech's $6M Whistleblower Firing Suit At Trial
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Setting Trial Time Limits
• Jury To Decide If SpaceX Tech Whistleblower Or Paranoid
• Nooksack Members Fight Tribal Judge's Latest Immunity Bid
• Texas State Sen. Moves To Nix Feds' Kickback Case
• State Dept. OKs $1.4B In Military Sales To Saudi Arabia
• GAO Denies Glock Protest Over $580M Army Handgun Deal
• Big Business Lobby Tries To Hobble Litigation Finance, Again
• Feds In Balancing Act When Pursuing Individuals In FCPA Cases
• Senate Passes VA Reform Bill Allowing For Easier Firing
• USCIS Contractor Wants Injunction Lifted In $49M Row
• GAO Says Bidder Cost Itself Deal Through Contingency
• Air Force Secretary Calls For More Stable Defense Budget
• Niger Claims Fraud Resulted In $46M Arbitral Award
• GAO Partially Upholds Protest Of $32M Navy Radar Contract
• Ky. Doctor Gets 4 Years For Bad Opioid Rx, Medicaid Fraud
• Lessons From Risk Minimization FCA Cases Post-Escobar
• A Review Of Recent Cases Against Execs: Part 2
• SpaceX Can't Nix Firing Suit Ahead Of Closing Arguments
• CMS Scraps Nursing Home Arbitration Ban
• NM, Calif. Seek Quick Win In Energy Royalties Fight
• Contractor Charged With Leaking Top Secret Doc To Press
• Prison Health Co. Settles Kickback, FCA Claims For $2.5M
• Trump Taps Investment Executive For Navy Secretary
• Baltimore, Richmond Accuse Chemical Cos. Of Bid-Rigging
• VA Picks Cerner For New Electronic Health Records System
• DHS Cites List Of Flaws In Canceled $1.5B FLASH Contract
• UnitedHealth Challenge Of $58B In Tricare Contracts Tossed
• Scientists Weigh In Against Trump's 2-For-1 Regs Order
• Former Enron Unit Seeks Fees In $21M Nigeria Award Fight
• Ky. Atty Guilty Of $550M Social Security Fraud Is Missing
• India Hits Back At Energy Co.'s Bid To Enforce $162M Award
• A Review Of Recent Cases Against Execs: Part 1
• Lincare FCA Settlement Awaits DOJ Approval
• Congressional Forecast: June
• Leidos' $170M Contract Valid Despite Cheaper Option: GAO
• UAE Food Contractor Can't Escape False Claims Suit
• Drug Return Co. Wants Acquittal, New Trial In $116M Fraud
• Probe Reveals Navajo Nation's Misuse Of Housing Funds
• CMS Abandons Nursing Home Arbitration Appeal
• Judge Recuses Self From FCA Suit Over Cancer Center Ties
• Health Hires: Epstein, Greenberg, McDermott, Polsinelli
• Romania Can't Get Co.'s Appointee DQ'd In €100M Arbitration
• Claims Court Says FBI Lease Terms Were Reasonable
• Fed. Claims Court Won't Halt Disputed Marines Cyber Contract
• Judge Consolidates ConocoPhillips Suits Against Venezuela
• 2 More Ex-Birdsall Execs Get Jail In NJ Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Armed Services Want Extra $32B For 'Unfunded Priorities'
• Booz Allen Can't Regain $27M Navy Cyber Contract At GAO
• Gov't, BAE Resolve Army Truck FCA Suit For $3M
• Rehab Cops To $27M Medicaid Fraud, Will Pay NY Millions
• High Court's Snub Shows FCA Disclosure Bar Still Strong
• Contractor's $6M Suit Survives Army Corps' Dismissal Bid
• With No Budget Deal, Ill. Credit Drops To Edge Of Junk Status
• Canada's Defense Minister Threatens To Pull Boeing Contract
• Chicago Wants Car Charger Co. Execs To Pay Up After Fraud
• Tech Co. Freezes Partnership Changes In $49M USCIS Deal
• OFCCP And EEOC Merger Bolstered By Proposed Budget
• Judge Knocks BigLaw, DOJ During Och-Ziff Fixer's Sentencing