Government Contracts Archive » January, 2018

Government Contracts - January, 2018

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• Toll Contractor Wins $53.3M For Miami-Dade Contract Breach
• Renal Clinics Will Pay $4M To Settle Investors' Fraud Claims
• General Dynamics Unit Pushes Maine For $60M In Tax Credits
• Coast Guard Spent $60M On Failed Health Records System
• DOJ, NY Strike $6.4M False Billing Deal With Health Care Co.
• Army Awards Raytheon $2.3B Deal For Patriot Missile Support
• 9th Circ. Won't Hold Twitter Liable For Fatal ISIS Attack
• GAO Blocks Big Biz Protest On FDA Small Biz Software Deal
• Witness Atty Slams Cuomo Aide's Bid To Bar Him From Trial
• NNSA Needs To Contain Nuke Life-Extension Costs, GAO Says
• Centers Of Influence Are Key To Small Law Firm Rainmaking
• 20th Navy Officer Pleads Guilty Over 'Fat Leonard' Bribes
• Revolving-Door Roundup: Sidley, Clifford Chance, Venable
• IT Staffing Firm Snaps Up Gov't Contractor In $775M Deal
• Rebuilding Texas: Protections And Limitations For Designers
• Trump Reaches Out To Reluctant Dems In State Of The Union
• Whistleblower Given 1 Month To Save Cancer Center Claims
• Mass. AG's Medicaid Fraud Dept. Got $45M Back In 2017
• FCC Proposes $18.7M Fine For Rural Health Program Fraud
• Fla. Ambulance Co. To Pay $5.5M For Medicare, Tricare Fraud
• 5th Circ. Nixes DOJ Health Care Fraud Win On Paltry Evidence
• House Passes $659B Defense Funding Bill For Third Time
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Sanctions Against DOJ Atty In Contract Row
• Budget Cuts Shrinking Defense Industrial Base Significantly
• Lockheed Wins $150M Navy Laser Weapons Contract
• New DOJ Memo Will Make Waves In Fraud Cases
• Australia To Spend $3.1B To Expand Global Arms Exports
• Political Consultant To NJ Agency Pleads Guilty To Fraud
• Jury Sees Angry Emails In Cuomo Aide's Graft Trial
• UnitedHealth Nears Nixing FCA Claims, But DOJ Row Not Over
• From Law Firm To Newsroom: An Interview With Bob Woodruff
• 21st Century Oncology Urges Ch. 11 Court To Toss FCA Suit
• 2nd Swipe At 'Secret' USPTO Program Fails At Claims Court
• DFW Airport Board Asks Texas Justices To Nix Contract Suit
• Previewing The Administration's Infrastructure Policy
• Judging A Book: Kendall Reviews 'On The Jury Trial'
• Infrastructure, Immigration To Headline State Of The Union
• 11th Circ. Says FCA Helicopter Suit Needs Escobar Analysis
• Kmart Must Follow FCA Settlement Or Be Sanctioned: Court
• GAO Won't Reconsider Protest Over $50M Leidos Contract
• Probe Of Afghan-War Food Supplier Keeps FCA Suit On Ice
• Ala. Man Cops To $16M DOD Telecom Contract Fraud
• How Cos. Can Take Advantage Of DOJ False Claims Act Memo
• GAO Puts Fed. Security Clearance Process On High Risk List
• FCA Memo No Proof Of New DOJ Direction On Dismissals
• Guam Businesses' Suit Over H-2B Visa Denials Can Proceed
• Fraudster's Atty Increased His Prison Time, Judge Says
• F-35 Program 'Stagnant' As Repair, Test Delays Mount
• $1.6B Hydro Power Line Wins Mass. Clean Energy Contract
• Gun Part Co. Says Smith & Wesson Cut It Out Of Sales Deal
• Attys React To DOJ's New Memo On FCA Dismissals
• Albania Beats Italian Power Co.'s €137M Arbitral Claim
• Do I Need New Trial Counsel? 9 Questions To Ask
• Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Wiley Rein
• 5 Takeaways From Bipartisan BuyAmerican.gov Bill
• How Legal Finance Helps The Energy Sector Access Capital
• Ex-Navy Contractor Pleads Guilty to $2.8M Bribery Scheme
• Feds Push To Expand FCA Billing Suit Against Fresenius
• GAO Rejects Challenge To $4B Army Radio Contract Terms
• Former City Atty Employee Sentenced For Embezzling $700K
• GAO Denies Protest Of $335.5M Afghan Embassy Contract
• Medical Device Co. To Pay $7.6M In Electrode FCA Suit
• Cuomo Atty Tells Jury Accused Ex-Aide Was NY Power Broker
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive $320M Fla. Hospice FCA Case
• $8.5M Award Enforcement Violates Public Policy, DC Circ. Told
• DOD, Sikorsky Get Claims Trimmed In FOIA Data Fight
• Heckler & Koch Must Produce Docs In Orbital ATK Dispute
• Pa. Man In Transit Agency Bribe Scheme Wants No Jail Time
• Armored Truck Fraudster Denied Bid To Set Aside Verdict
• Mayors Group Wins $8M From Retirement Plan Administrator
• Gov't Contracts Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling
• Understanding New IRS Rule On Contractor Tax Compliance
• Rebuilding Texas: Sealed Proposals And Job Order Contracts
• Cuomo Aide's 'Old Fashioned' Corruption Trial Opens
• GSA Finalizes Rule For Incidental Supply Schedule Buys
• 'Brazen' Bid To Freeze Assets Of Nursing Co. In FCA Suit Fails
• Fraud Low In Fed. Health Insurance Marketplace, GAO Finds
• US-Funded Afghan Forces Assaulted Children, Report Says
• Lessons From President Trump's Failed Judicial Nominations
• Fed. Circ. Pulls Check On Army's Sole-Source Chopper Plan
• Zydus Gets FCA Claims Trimmed In Generics Pricing Row
• Patient Info Not A Kickback, MedImmune Says In Fraud Suit
• Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Pillsbury
• Pa. Man Dodges Prison For Kickbacks Involving Navy Parts
• The Government's Big Stick For Fighting Small Biz Fraud
• Lockheed To Pay For Selling Coast Guard Defective Comms
• Furniture Co. Wants FCA Duty Evasion Suit Tossed
• The Next Shutdown: How Gov't Contractors Can Prepare
• Justices Reject Solar Co. Suit Over Conn.'s Regulatory Power
• Attorneys Squabble Over Cut Of $785M Pfizer FCA Deal
• 11th Circ. Won't Lower 10½-Year Medicare Fraud Sentence
• Trump Signs Bill To Reopen Federal Government
• Industry Asks FCC To Revise Broadband Subsidy Terms
• State Dept. OKs Possible $6.5B Sale Of F-35s To Belgium
• Pa. Mayor Sold Contracts For Campaign Cash, Jurors Told
• Samsung, Oman Reach Deal On Refinery Bidding Row
• Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Fried Frank
• Jersey City Loses Bid To Sink Marina Plan
• How To Control Data As Technology Complicates E-Discovery
• Attorneys Preparing Clients For A Costly Shutdown
• Immigration Standoff Keeps Government Shuttered
• DOD Sees Bigger Threats As Strategy Turns Away From Terror
• No Plea Talks For Cuomo Aide, Others Eyed In Albany Graft
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Medco's Win In FCA Kickback Suit
• $240M FCA Suit Ends With Dropping Of BofA, Wells Fargo
• Kuwait Co. To Get Up To $1.3B To Supply Food To US Troops
• Breaking Down The Sprawling Ex-Cuomo Aide Corruption Trial
• KBR Investors Defend Suit Over UK Fraud Investigation
• Strong Case Outweighed 'Improper' Closing, Says 1st Circ.
• Gov't Contracts Group Of The Year: Crowell & Moring
• 2017 Health Care Enforcement Review: Final Thoughts
• You've Got Mail Problems: A Safety Net For 'Late' Proposals
• Ex-DOD Official Says Gov't Hasn't Backed Fraud Indictment
• State Dept. OKs $500M Saudi Arabia Missile Support Deal
• Wash. Urges 9th Circ. To Nix Tribe's Win In Landslide Row
• Sherwin-Williams Trims Prison Contractor's Flaky-Paint Suit
• Contractor On $42M Pa. Bridge To Cop To Enviro Crimes
• Kaspersky Wants Judge To Block Federal Software Ban
• Cardno Says Bid To Vacate $15M Award Is Time-Barred
• 2017 Health Care Enforcement Review: Materiality Under FCA
• Greenberg Traurig Faces DQ Bid By Onetime Vet-Led Client
• DOJ Trying To 'Eviscerate' Escobar, UnitedHealth Says
• GAO Backs Protest Over 1 Award In $1.6B DHS Cloud Deal
• House Republicans Advance Funding Bill Without Dems
• Furniture Co. Pays $10.5M To Settle Duty Evasion Claims
• US Backs Whistleblower's Ch. 11 Suit Against Cancer Center
• Fed. Circ. Says DOD Properly Terminated Fuel Supply Deal
• J&J Unit Can't Nix FCA Suit Over Hip Implants Yet
• 7th Circ. Upholds Nurse's 6-Year Sentence For $15.6M Fraud
• 3-D Printing, ITAR Issues Not At High Court — Yet
• Rebuilding Texas: Design-Build In Public Procurement
• 2017 Health Care Enforcement Review: FCA Case Law
• A Chat With Davis Wright CSO Mark Usellis
• Tribal Construction Co. Wants Quick Win In FCA Suit
• Immigration Key Sticking Point As Gov't Shutdown Looms
• GSA Dinged For 'Unnecessary' Telecom Contracting Risks
• The Latest Bid Protest 'Reform' Should Be Repealed
• Atlanta Procurement Official Gets 2 Years For Taking Bribes
• FCC's Pai Floats $500M Rural Broadband Funding Plan
• 9th Circ. Revives FCA Suit Against Ex-Lockheed Health Co.
• 2017 Health Care Enforcement Review: Trends In FCA Cases
• The Firms That Dominated In 2017
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Nuclear Co. Exec Charged In Russia-Linked FCPA Scheme
• Relators Push Back On Wells Fargo's Bid To Toss FCA Suit
• Sikorsky Wants Feds' 'Excessive' FCA Claims Nixed
• Nursing Home Co. Sues Ill. Over Medicaid Review Delays
• Gov't Must Pay Halted ACA Funds, Insurer Says
• DeVos-Linked Firm Wins Ed. Dept. Deal Ahead Of Ruling
• Pfizer's Hospira Billed Gov't For Faulty Pumps, Suit Says
• Municipal ISPs Offer Better Value, Harvard Study Suggests
• How Tax Reform Will Change FCA Settlements
• DOJ Ups Estimate Of FCA Whistleblower Recoveries
• NASA Space Station Contractor Falling Short, Watchdog Says
• Mich. Man Pleads Guilty To Role In $131M Medicare Scheme
• FCC Agrees To Look Harder At Wireless Efficacy In Crises
• Billions In Federal IT Spending Lacks Oversight, GAO Says
• Escobar Erases Nursing Co.'s $350M FCA Verdict
• Fla. Compounding Pharmacy, Execs Escape Rep's FCA Claims
• US Blasts Raytheon Escape Bid In Mass. Cleanup Liability
• Crystallex Seeks 3rd Circ. Redo In $1.4B Venezuela Mine Row
• 6 E-Discovery Predictions For 2018
• Reps Say Navy, DOD Push For Secrecy Is Counterproductive
• BP Pays $102M To Settle Calif. Gas Overcharge Suit
• Reject The Mistaken Qui Tam FCA Resealing Doctrine
• Fed. Circ. Lets Telecom's NASA Contract Challenge Lie
• Mass. Judge Says Preemption Can't Absolve Student Loan Co.
• Pharma Charity's Suit Tests OIG's Kickback Oversight
• DOJ Cements $24M FCA Deal Over Bogus Dental Care
• VA Wants Veteran Ownership Determinations In SBA Hands
• New Sanctions Sought For Deion Sanders' FCA Suit No-Shows
• Rebuilding Texas: The 2 Types Of Construction Management
• 6 Roles To Embrace In An Evolving Legal Industry
• CMS Medicaid Change Without Public Input Vexes 1st Circ.
• Study Rebuts Bid Protest Concerns But May Not Halt Critics
• CEO In Texas State Senator's Securities Case Pleads Guilty
• County, Las Vegas Airport Dodge Landowner's FCA Suit
• Feds Fight UnitedHealth's Bid To Ax Medicare FCA Suit
• Whistleblowers Destroyed Evidence, SuperValu Says
• UnitedHealth Says Books Demand Can't Rest On $1B DOJ Suit
• LA Developer Can Redo Lewis Brisbois Office Fire Claims
• Orbital Seeks Docs From Heckler & Koch In $27M Army Suit
• CMS Told To Speed Up Collection Of State Medicaid Data
• New Magnitsky Sanctions Expand Enforcement Authority
• Crystallex's Implications For Holders Of Venezuelan Debt
• This Year, Let's Invest In Lawyer Resiliency
• DHS, DOC Release Draft Report on Cybersecurity Threats
• Leidos Retaliated Against Whistleblower, DOD OIG Says
• Doc's Attys Duel Over Fee Split In $785M Pfizer FCA Deal
• Contractor-Held Docs Not Covered By FOIA, 10th Circ. Rules
• Pentagon Shuffles Staff Of Cloud Tech Acquisition Group
• 5 Legal Technology Predictions For 2018
• Report Says DOD Spent $675M In Afghanistan Without Goals
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revisit Tribes' Housing Grants Bid
• Ariz. Tribe Can Proceed With Trust Mismanagement Claims
• Gold King Mine Spill Suit Halted Pending MDL Decision
• BofA Inks $5M Foreclosure FCA Deal After US Intervenes
• Waste Hauler Drops Challenge To SBA's Navy Contract
• Investors Can't Prove It Knew Of Medicare Fraud: Chemed
• OIG Allows Free Drugs After Axing Charity's Kickback Shield
• Afghan Air Force Training Needs Improvement: Watchdog
• Mental Health Centers Submitted False Claims, Mass. Says
• Post & Schell Adds Pa. Construction Pro To Practice Group
• Judge Sticks By Approval Of $350M Shire FCA Deal Split
• Health Hires: DEA, Womble Bond, LeClairRyan Bulk Up In DC
• Woman Gets 4 Years Over $2M Medicare Kickback Scheme
• Utah Wants Gold King Mine Suit Halted For Deal Talks
• What To Expect From FCA Investigations This Year
• Gilead Takes Key FCA Battle To Supreme Court
• More Relators Push FCA Cases To The End In 2017
• Airbus Wants Arbitration After Poland Axed Helicopter Deal
• 11th Circ. Affirms Convictions In $64M Medicare Fraud
• Ex-DOD Official Seeks To Toss Fraud Indictment As 'Vague'
• Ex-US Diplomat Can't Escape Verdict In Trafficking Suit
• VA To Take Steps To Speed Up Health Provider Payments
• Protesting With Less Than A Full Deck At GAO
• Litigation Finance Trends To Watch In 2018
• DOD Shakes Up Background Checks In Takeover
• Feds Can Intervene In BofA Foreclosure Suit, Judge Says
• Relator Can't Sue Gov't For FCA Settlement, 11th Circ. Rules
• DOJ Accepting Apps For Tribal Safety Improvement Grants
• Senate Confirms Lockheed Exec As Pentagon Policy Chief
• LeClairRyan Sued For Malpractice By Ex-Blood Test Exec
• Conservative Group Blasts Municipal Broadband 'Hypocrisy'
• Academi Broke Clear Terms Of State Dept. Deals, GAO Says
• Ambac Can't Move Mortgage Fee Suit To NY, Judge Says
• Ex-NSA Contractor Will Admit To Hoarding Secret Docs
• Jersey City Sues NJ, Developer Over Marina Plan
• Former Och-Ziff Exec Charged With Investment Fraud
• JPMorgan, Citigroup Released From $240M FCA Suit
• The Enneagram And The Practice Of Law
• Alissa Starzak On Net Neutrality, US Army, Leap To Startup
• Rebuilding Texas: An Overview Of Public Procurement Issues
• 3rd Circ. Rules Against Crystallex In $1.4B Enforcement Suit
• When Gov't Knowledge Of Industry Practice Bars FCA Claims
• ID Screener's Loss Of Navy Contract Takes It Into Ch. 11
• Gov't Seeks Default Entry Against Furniture Co. In FCA Suit
• Fed. Circ. Says FCC Clear Of $21M Spectrum-License Suit
• ASBCA Refuses Army Corps Clawback In Construction Deal
• Blind People Got Short Shrift In Currency Fight: DC Circ.
• Judging A Book: Tymkovich Reviews 'Gorsuch'
• 50 States To Use AT&T's National First Responder Network
• East Timor Fuel-Supply Row Belongs In Court, ICSID Says
• Industry Groups Urge Justices To Hear Right-Of-Way Case
• DFARS Cyber Rule Considerations For Contractors In 2018
• Congressional Forecast: January
• Gov't Contracts Policy To Watch In 2018
• Gov't Contracts Cases To Watch In 2018