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Government Contracts - October, 2017

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• Airbus Says It Gave Feds Wrong Info About Arms Sales
• Puerto Rico To Revise Fiscal Plan In Wake Of Hurricane Maria
• 4th Circ. Finds Medical Necessity Material To Health Fraud
• Tribe Asks Fed Circ. To Revisit Bid For Housing Grants
• Drugmakers Want Chicago's Opioid Suit Paused Pending MDL
• Ex-Crowell & Moring Chair Makes Move To Bracewell In DC
• DOD Keeping More Afghan Force Info Secret, Watchdog Says
• How They Won It: Morgan Lewis Scores 9th Circ. CERCLA Win
• Pa. Biz Owner Cops To $1M Bridge Contract Fraud Scheme
• J&J Unit Hit With Trimmed FCA Suit Over Hip Implants
• How Amazon HQ Search Compares To Gov't Contract Process
• Judging A Book: McConnell Reviews 'Unequal'
• Chemed To Pay $75M In Largest-Ever Hospice FCA Settlement
• Health Care Fraudster Gets 2.5 Years For Role In $175M Plot
• Catholic Health System Pays $6M To Settle Rehab FCA Suit
• Undoing Guardrail Ruling 'Eviscerates' FCA, 5th Circ. Told
• Treasury Stole Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Stock, 7th Circ. Told
• Navy 'Needs Ideas Now' To Meet Future Fleet's 355-Ship Goal
• Health Records Co. 'Not Qualified' To Protest $9B VA Contract
• DHS Says Most Agencies On Track To Cut Kaspersky Products
• Venezuela Again Urges DC Circ. To Nix OK Of $1.2B Award
• FBI Probing Nixed $300M Puerto Rico Power Contract
• Making Pro Bono Work
• Being There: Preparing Witnesses For Depositions
• FCA Decision Tracker: Continued Interpretations Of Escobar
• Lawmakers Probe Mont. Energy Firm's Deal With Puerto Rico
• Last Member Of $374M Medicare Fraud Plot Gets 10 Years
• Zinke Denies Role In Puerto Rico Contract Amid FEMA Probe
• GSA Clears 70 Vet-Owned Firms For $5B IT Support Contract
• Bristol-Myers Dodges Revival Of Abilify FCA Suit At 6th Circ.
• NY Graft Defendants Want 'Problematic' Court Display Hidden
• GAO Denies Bid Protest Over $98M Air Force Tech Contract
• Making Pro Bono Work: The Sidley-Exelon Partnership
• Constantine Cannon Hires Whistleblower Tax Specialists
• Nuke Agency Unveils Final Guidelines For Los Alamos Bids
• Recipe For Legal Project Management: Look To BBQ Champs
• Ambulance Cos. Can't Escape $20M FCA Kickback Suit
• Medco Dodges 4th Version Of Drug Fraud FCA Suit
• Boeing Takes New $329M Hit On Air Tanker Program
• Investor Sues Dialysis Co. Execs Over Insurance Billing Tactic
• Nooksack Members' RICO Suit Paused For Tribe Election
• Man Pleads Guilty To Series Of Online Frauds Worth $3.7M
• Making Pro Bono Work: Can You Practice In Your State?
• Representing Women At The Intersection Of Law And Finance
• Ill. House Can't Override Veto On Right-To-Work Zone Law
• Feds Rip Quicken's Bid To Strike Loan Findings In FCA Suit
• UK Justices Say $9M Award Winner Can Access Iraqi Oil Debt
• AAI Lands Blow To Boeing Doc Bid In $1.2B Contract Row
• BAE Systems, Workers Seek Final OK Of $2.9M Wage Deal
• Baltimore DOT Supervisor Charged In Alleged Bribe Scheme
• San Juan Mayor Wants Contentious Grid Repair Deal Nixed
• Making Pro Bono Work: Building Sponsorship Relationships
• What I Learned In My 1st Year: Be A Sponge
• Tutoring Co. Heads Get 6 Years For $33M Kickback Scheme
• F-35 Program Dogged by Multiyear Maintenance Delays
• Senate Passes $36.5B Hurricane, Wildfire Cleanup Aid Bill
• NJ Duo Confess To Navy Contract Kickback Scheme
• Citing Escobar, 7th Circ. Reverses Ill. Atty's $10M Fine
• Hatch, GOP Rep. Float ACA Deal With Renewed Subsidies
• CliniComp Looks To Revive Protest Of VA Health Records Deal
• Making Pro Bono Work: Beyond The Hurdles
• DOD To Remove Kaspersky Products From Its Systems
• Ex-CEO Seeks New Trial In Armored Trucks Fraud Case
• House OKs Shipping Security, Cuba Travel Bills
• FCA Doesn't Cover Avoidance Of Potential Fines, Judge Rules
• Fla. Woman Gets More Than 4 Years For Medicaid Fraud
• Ukraine Asks Russia's Top Court To Bar $144M Tatneft Award
• Raytheon Can't Duck IP Suit Seeking To 'Firewall' Workers
• Judging A Book: Pryor Reviews 'Scalia Speaks'
• Trump-GSA Lease Info Went To Ex-Counsel For Years: Report
• USPS Delay Moots $20M Birth Suit's Late Notice, 9th Circ. Told
• Arbitration Agreements And FCA: Lessons From 9th Circ.
• The Inside Counsel Revolution
• Army Probed Only 10% Of $455B In Irregularities, Says GAO
• Energy Co. Bringing Turbines To Puerto Rico Faces Obstacles
• Texas AG Investigates Debris Removal Cos. In Harvey Zone
• Seyfarth Scores Sedgwick Construction Partner In Calif.
• IBM FCA Suit Over Emergency Program Settles Before Trial
• Mass. Hospital Double-Booked Surgeries, Whistleblower Says
• GAO Denies Northrop Challenge To $1B DHS Cyber Contract
• How Arbitrators Maintain Proportionality In Discovery
• 4th Circ. Nixes Black Worker's Suit Over Noose, KKK Hood
• Treasury's 'Gotten Nowhere' On Currency For Blind: Judge
• Blackwater Guards Ask DC Circ. To Uphold New Trial Ruling
• Fla. Doctor Faces Health Care Fraud, Obstruction Charges
• Bank Regulator Calls Fintech Charter Fears 'Exaggerated'
• Samsung Loses Bid To Beat Touchscreen Patent at PTAB
• Airport Food Cos. Will Pay NY $13M For Tax Fraud
• Ex-Worker Hit With $170K Sanction For Having Co.'s Docs
• The Law Firm CFO's Role In The Strategic Planning Process
• UnitedHealthcare Seeks Defeat Of Medicare Overpay Rule
• Gov't Owes Surplus Seller $7M In Suit Over Cost Surge
• Texas State Sen.'s Securities Fraud Trial Abruptly Shelved
• $12B Medicaid Procurement Flawed, Pa. Appeals Court Hears
• Law Firms Must Transition To An Industry Sector Approach
• Ex-Army Contractor CFO Gets Probation In $6M Humvee Fraud
• NM, Calif. AGs Challenge Fed Oil & Gas Royalty Rule Repeal
• Verizon To Pay $17.7M To End FCC's Bidding Violation Probe
• 9th Circ. Won't Rethink Class Cert. For Private Iraq Guards
• Investors Say Orbital Withheld Info On $9.2B Northrop Deal
• More Medicare Patients Join Class In Due Process Suit
• NJ Doctor Cops To Bilking Medicare, Others Out Of $3M
• Merck Gave Doctors Hawaii Trip Kickbacks, 9th Circ. Told
• Senate Approves Trump Pick For DOD Deputy Secretary
• Equifax Protest Of IRS Contract Loss 'Unreasonable': GAO
• Judging A Book: Kozinski Reviews 'The Judge'
• Venezuela Says Mining Co. Can't Claim $1.4B In BNY Funds
• Philly Man Cops To Bribing Transit Authority For Biz Permit
• High Court Cancels Leidos Arguments In Wake Of Settlement
• Agents' Vague Answers Mixed Bag For Defense In $1B Fraud
• Fox, Cook County Face Claims Filming Hurt Youth Detainees
• Gorsuch Suggests Nixing Chevron Doctrine In Contract Cases
• Ex-Navy Comptroller To Serve 3 Years For Kickback Scheme
• Leidos Settles Fraud Suit Ahead Of High Court Arguments
• Ghana Wants To Toss $13M Award Over Electricity Row
• Accused ICE Impersonator Denies Role In Bribery Scheme
• Fresenius Can't Duck FCA Claims Over Hepatitis B Tests
• PharMerica Says FCA Whistleblowers Got Info Secondhand
• New Post-Recession Metrics For BigLaw Partner Success
• DOJ Drops Medicare Advantage Suit Against UnitedHealth
• AIG, Office Depot Case May Limit Coverage In Fraud Cases
• Feds Slam Researcher's Bid To Revive FCA Counterclaims
• IRS Suspends Equifax's $7.25M Fraud Prevention Contract
• Time To Lift Student Loan Counseling Restrictions
• Tech Co. Wins Intelligence Agency's $1B IT Management Deal
• AIG Fights Revival Of Office Depot FCA Coverage Battle
• What To Expect As BigLaw Vet Eric Hargan Runs HHS
• GAO Torpedoes S. Korean Co.'s US Navy Contract Protest
• An Important Message For Midsized Government Contractors
• House Passes $36.5B Disaster Aid Bill
• Ex-Army Manager, Biz Owners Get Prison For Humvee Scheme
• 7th Circ. Won't Grant Cert. To Union Fee Challengers
• Retired Colonel Pleads Not Guilty In Haiti Bribe Plot
• How Conduct Abroad Impacts Health Care Business In US
• Ex-Grant & Eisenhofer's Atty Looks To End $7M Fee Fight
• Jury Awards $8.1M In Retaliation Case At Hanford Nuke Site
• House OKs Bills To Help Small Cos. Fight Cyber Threats
• Bank Asks 6th Circ. To Revive $75M FCA Deal Coverage Battle
• Why You Should Consider Hyperlinking Your Next Brief
• ACLU Sues Over Kansas Law Against Boycotts Of Israel
• Builder Entitled To Abatement Law Update, NJ Justices Told
• Buchanan Ingersoll Hires Kirkland Pharmaceuticals Litigator
• Ex-Owners Of Army Contractor Sentenced For $6M Fraud
• Trump Taps Greenberg Traurig Vet As Acting HHS Chief
• Whistleblower Asks 7th Circ. To Save Hastert Lobbying Suit
• Pa. Man Admits To Kickback Scheme Involving Navy Contract
• Justices Give Gov't Go-Ahead To Argue In Leidos Case
• Boston-Area Robotics Company Wins $100M Army Contract
• Asian-Americans Facing Challenges In The Legal Industry
• Contractor CEO Guilty Of Selling Flimsy Trucks To Military
• Heckler & Koch Can't Pause Orbital's $27M Army Deal Suit
• 5 Key Issues To Watch In Defense Bill Negotiations
• Trump Taps Contractor Exec For Army Acquisition Post
• A BigLaw Ladies' Guide To Becoming A 1st-Chair Trial Lawyer
• IBM Can't Exit FCA Suit Over Emergency Response Program
• Red-Light Ticket Co. Can't Stop $130M Class Action
• Agency To Pay $26M In Row Over Unfinished Navajo Homes
• 4 Men Charged In $16M Pentagon Kickback Scheme
• Accused NSA Leaker Reality Winner Denied Bail Again
• FCA Suit Against Alere Unsealed After US Passes On Case
• UnitedHealth Beats DOJ's Medicare Advantage FCA Suit
• Gov't Backs Strict FCA First-To-File Bar In Allergan Case
• Judge Dismisses ERISA Suit Against L-3 Execs
• Judge Strikes Part Of DynCorp's Defense In $135M FCA Suit
• Jilted Pa. Medical Marijuana Bidder Drops License Challenge
• Novartis, Genentech Again Beat Xolair Kickback Suit
• PharMerica Must Face State FCA Claims, Whistleblowers Say
• ICC Tribunal Orders Greece To Pay Shipbuilder €200M
• J&J, DePuy Lose Bid To Pause FCA Ruling At 1st Circ.
• Steps For Government Contractors To Take After Hurricanes
• Employers Should Be Wary Of Turning Over Employee Info
• 5 Tips To Ensure Proper Deposition Behavior
• Retired US Colonel Faces Volley Of New Haiti Bribe Charges
• HCA Hospitals To Pay $8.6M Over Ambulance Co. Kickbacks
• BMC, Tufts Secure MassHealth Contracts Worth $1B Per Year
• EPA Asks Court To Rethink Halting Superfund Cleanup Plan
• Leak Suspect Seeks Classified Docs To Support Defense
• State Street Pays $5M To Escape OFCCP Pay Bias Action
• IRS Head Questioned By Congress On New Equifax Contract
• Gov't Says Warehouse Wrongly Held Military Members' Goods
• Greenberg Traurig Vet Gets Senate Nod For HHS Deputy
• Rave Co. To Pay Coliseum Agency $3.5M To End Bribery Suit
• DOJ Antitrust Deputy Connects Corruption, Competition
• Bill Calls For End To Private Immigration Detention Centers
• Dorsey & Whitney Adds Ex-DOI Policy Adviser As Senior Atty
• GCs Hesitant To Share Cyberthreat Info, DHS Official Says
• Pa. Pharmacy To Pay $2.67M To Resolve FCA Allegations
• PCX Aerostructures Snags $136M In Gov't Contracts
• GAO Revives McCann-Erickson's Bid For $4B Army Ad Deal
• DHS Chief Says Cos. 'Right To Worry' About Cyberthreats
• Equifax Scores $7.25M Fraud Prevention Contract From IRS
• Gilead To Take 9th Circ. Escobar Ruling To High Court
• 3rd Circ. Sinks 'Bare Metal' Defense In Asbestos Suit
• Novartis, Genentech Want 'Hopeless' Kickback Suit Tossed
• Indicted Texas State Sen. Loses Bid To Trim Charge
• Travelers Fights Coverage Of $3.4M Fiber Project Claims
• DOD Wants Kaspersky Halt For Classified Contractor Systems
• FBI Agent Testifies About Search In $1B Health Fraud Case
• Lockheed Martin Wins $1B Navy Ballistic Missile Contract
• VA Awards Slots On $25B Support Services Deal
• J&J, DePuy Ask 1st Circ. For Stay To Appeal FCA Ruling
• Fraudster Wants Verdict Nixed Over Prosecutor's Closing
• Judging A Book: Tunheim Reviews 'Miles Lord'
• Feds Want Testimony Nixed In Armored Vehicle Fraud Case
• House Passes Bills To Tweak Public Land Rules
• 4 Takeaways From Feds' $3.7B Backstop For Ga. Nuke Project
• Arent Fox Snags Former US Attorney Who Prosecuted Shkreli
• High Court Rejects Petitions For Several Immigration Cases
• PharMerica Looks To Duck Last Claims In Kickback Suit
• Technology Assisted Review Can Work For Small Cases
• White House Withdraws Air Force, Army Counsel Nominees
• Justices Won't Hear 6 False Claims Act Appeals
• SEC's Fraud Case Against Roof Co., GC Survives Unscathed
• Orbital Says German Arms Co. Can't Halt $27M Army Deal Row
• Law360 Sizes Up The Term To Come