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Government Contracts - March, 2018

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• US Awards Boeing $1.2B For Fighter Jets For Kuwait
• 6th Circ. Flips Former Air Guard Recruiter's Theft Conviction
• Getaway Driver For Crooked Atty Who Jumped Bail Pleads Out
• Pharmacy Owner Gets 13 Years For $4.3M Kickback Plot
• Consovoy McCarthy Will Represent Trump In Emoluments Suit
• Supreme Court Urged To Review LAX 'Labor Peace' Deals Spat
• SF Owes $28M For Uber, Lyft's Taxi Biz Takeover, Suit Says
• Gov't Can't Expand FCA Case Over Hep B Tests, Judge Says
• Goodwin Liu Talks Academia, Constitutional Law, Oxtail Stew
• Construction Co. Looks To Shut Down Power Outage Suit
• VA Counsel Pulled Strings To Get Wife Hired, Probe Finds
• Disgraced Ex-Lobbyist's Fraud Conviction Stands
• BigLaw Doesn't Have A Diversity Problem
• Cancer Centers Will Pay Up To $11.5M In Kickback Suit
• Judge Explains Pillsbury DQ From ED Contract Row
• Mylan Must Face Many Of Investors' EpiPen Fraud Claims
• Ex-City Atty Wrong To Suggest Self For Posts, Court Says
• ACLU Plugs Municipal Broadband As Net Neutrality Patch
• AT&T Defends FCC Mobility Fund Map For Underserved Areas
• Defunct Pharmacy Must Face Ex-Worker's Retaliation Claim
• GAO Offers Hollow Victory In Protest Over Navy Washer Deal
• Anti-Amazon Ad Urges Trump To Intervene In DOD Cloud Deal
• Roman J. Israel, Esquire, Meet Donald J. Trump, POTUS
• Whistleblower Atty Says Shield 'Came Up With' FCA Scheme
• Emoluments Suit Against Trump Can Proceed, Judge Says
• Gov't Can DQ Biz From Contract Over China Ties, Judge Says
• Mass. Yanks $1.6B Eversource Project, Eyes New Energy Deal
• Poland Inks $4.75B Deal For Patriot Missile System
• Blank Rome, Cipriani & Werner Cash In On Gerrymandering
• CACI Pulls CSRA Bid As Target Backs General Dynamics Offer
• 3rd Circ. Revives FCA Suit Over Pittsburgh Grant Funds
• 9th Circ. Won't Reinstate Atty DQ'd Over Secret Recordings
• Pharmacy Owner Gets 5 Years For $10.5M Tricare Fraud
• 5th Circ. Affirms Conviction Of Sleep Center Fraudster
• We Need A Cybersecurity Framework For Law Firms
• DHS Seeks End To Kaspersky Software Ban Challenge
• KBR Owes Army $12M For LOGCAP Subcontract Overcharge
• Cherokee Say Opioid Claims Don't Belong In Federal Court
• Sen. Wyden Asks Police Body Cam Co. About Data Security
• IRS Plans To Limit Contracted Law Firms' Role In Audits
• DOD To Release 2nd Draft Of Cloud Computing Solicitation
• Equity Partnership Isn't What It Used To Be
• Pa. Justices OK Noneconomic Damages For Whistleblowers
• Cybersecurity Of Toll Roads: Are We There Yet?
• Assessing Changes To The Jones Act Litigation Landscape
• Feds Seek Lesser $3M Fine Against Ill. Atty In HUD Row
• Trump Fundraiser Accuses Qatar Of Hacking, Leaking Docs
• Ex-Atty Wants Counts In $550M Social Security Fraud Tossed
• Pillsbury DQ'ed From Row Over Ed Dept. Debt Collection Deal
• General Dynamics Fights $876M Intelligence System Deal
• Impac Mortgage Says RMBS Whistleblower Not An Insider
• Demo Co. Not Owed Debarment Hearing After Error: 3rd Circ.
• Judging A Book: Hardiman Reviews 'Without Precedent'
• DOI Coal Lease Enviro Study Can't Be Forced, DC Circ. Told
• Objections Mount Over Model For DOD Cloud Contract
• Developer Beats City Of Miami In Suit Over $400M Project
• Energy Firm Wins OK Of $13.7M Award Against Ghana
• Willis Towers Watson To Pay $40M To Settle Pension Row
• Bayh-Dole Could Be A Drug Pricing Fix, If The Feds Want It
• NC Outer Banks Blackout Negligence Suit Moved To Fed Court
• Alere, Feds Reach $33.2M Deal In Medical Device FCA Suit
• Cherokee Push Judge To Send Opioid Suit To State Court
• Top Tax Changes For Law Firms: What Lawyers Need To Know
• Trump Signs $1.3T Spending Bill After Mulling Veto
• Bolton To Replace McMaster As National Security Adviser
• Google Cloud Wins Provisional Authority For Gov't Bids
• Boston City Hall Aides See Extortion Case Thrown Out
• Telecom Groups Praise Broadband Funding In Budget Deal
• 11th Circ. Won't Take Appeal Over Navy Aircraft Crash
• Congress Averts Shutdown With $1.3T Spending Package
• Defense Gets Big Boost In $1.3T Federal Spending Bill
• Tech Cos. Want Security Cameras Supplier Held In Contempt
• Companies Should Avoid The BigLaw Bonus Structure
• Ex-Akin Gump Atty Says Feds Handed Him Stolen Complaints
• Congressional Leaders Agree To $1.3T Long-Term Funding Bill
• Ex-Lab, Marketing Execs Denied Retrial Over Juror's Posts
• OPM's Post-Breach Security Efforts Worry Lawmakers
• Boston City Hall Trial's Start Axed Over Extortion Definition
• GAO Rejects Challenge To AT&T's $2.6B NSA IT Services Deal
• Gazprom Said To Eye Arbitration Over $6B Ukrainian Fine
• Suit Challenging Miami Airport Luggage-Wrap Contract Tossed
• Ex-Judge Found Liable In FCA Suit Over Social Security Docs
• FCC's O'Rielly Slams 911 Fee Diversion By RI, Other States
• Calif. Medical Supplier Fights DOJ's Entry Into FCA Suit
• Prof To Pay Feds $132K To End Grant Fraud Allegations
• Conn. Man Must Pay $1.2M Over Stadium Fraud Scheme
• How To Interpret A Contract? Ask Those Who'd Sign It
• Chief Innovation Officer — The New Star On Legal Teams
• NASA Reaches $15M Deal After Breaching Audit Contract
• Humana To Pay $2.5M To Resolve DOL's Pay Bias Claims
• IBM Can't Escape Army's $5.9M Clawback Bid On IT Contract
• Medicaid Rule Can't Govern Radioactive Drugs, Suit Says
• Tribe Tells 9th Circ. It Has Immunity From Wash. Landslide
• Relator Assails Early Out For Janssen, J&J In Off-Label Row
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Ex-Cadwalader White Collar Pro In DC
• Oshkosh Says Marines Overreached On Technical Data Rights
• AAR Denies DynCorp Claim That Trade Secret Deal Is Far Off
• Walgreens Strikes $5.5M Drug Overcharge Deal With Mass. AG
• General Dynamics Offers $9.7B In Jostle For IT Contractor
• EXCLUSIVE: Behind The Downfall Of Latham's Chairman
• Acetris Questions Made-In-US Standard For Drugs
• National Lawyers Need National Licensing For National Courts
• DynCorp Wants AAR Trade Secret Case Revived After Impasse
• Feds Must Meet High Extortion Bar In Boston City Hall Case
• UnitedHealth Unit Can't Trim FCA Suit Over Inpatient Billing
• Ariz. Tribe Defends Redo Bid In Trust Mismanagement Suit
• Insurer Fights Coverage Of Row Over Texas Sports Complex
• Tatneft Can't Get $112M Ukraine Award OK'd Just Yet
• Feds Finalize E-Commerce Buying Plan, But Seek Law Tweaks
• Justices Won't Hear Bid To Overturn 'Auer Deference'
• Philly Cardiologist Settles Federal Stent Fraud Allegations
• High Court Won't Review FCA First-To-File Case
• NJ Man Indicted In $1M Medicare DNA Testing Scheme
• Law360's Government Contracts Editorial Advisory Board
• Ex-Air Force Officer Can Recant Plea Over Bad Counsel
• Private Equity FCA Suit More Likely Outlier Than Omen
• Drug Cos. Say Cherokee Opioid Suit Must Stay In Fed. Court
• Test Of Percoco Verdict Will Shape Corruption Law
• Ill. Lottery Manipulation Suit Will Stay In Federal Court
• Feds Should Own Gilead Hep C Patent, Nonprofit Says
• Lockheed Martin Snags Army Training System, F-35 Contracts
• Lockheed Martin Nabs $200M Air Force Training Contract
• A Chat With Littler Info Chief Durgesh Sharma
• 3 Fla. Home Health Co. Owners Charged With Medicare Fraud
• 9th Circ. Revives Whistleblower's FCA Row Against Merck
• Trump, Air Force Put Pressure On Boeing Over Military Jets
• Cost Error Gives Defense Co. 2nd Shot At $40M Navy Deal
• Feds Settle Bulletproof Vest Claims With Toyobo For $66M
• Ex-Siemens Exec Admits To $100M Argentine Bribery Ploy
• GSA Taps 4 Companies To Start Federal IT Overhaul
• Long-Running L-3, Serco Subcontract Dispute Tossed
• Abbott Says Ex-Employee Should Pay For Dismissed FCA Suit
• Ex-Boston Top Cop Backs Hair Drug Test To Screen Officers
• Key Statistical Issues In Eye Doc Fraud Sentencing
• Pa. Bridge Contractor Charged With Deadly OSHA Violation
• False Claims Act An Unlikely Tool In Opioid Crackdown
• Feds Fight Narrow Definition Of Extortion In City Hall Row
• Microsoft Drops Protest Of Transcom Cloud Contract Award
• Lockheed Martin Nabs $1.5B For F-35s From DOD
• Skateboard Ramp Cos. Unveil New, Cashless FCA Settlement
• Army Plant FCA Suit Against Tribal Construction Co. Tossed
• 115 Face Felony Charges In $5M Fla. Food Stamp Investigation
• Maryland Co. To Pay $2M Penalty For Bribing Russian
• Former Ill. Public Housing Vendor Accused Of $193K Fraud
• GAO Says Bidder's Brevity Ended Its Air Force Protest
• Missed Deadline Leads To Toss Of Man's Sex Bias Suit
• Calif. Genetic Test Co. Pays $11M To Resolve FCA Claims
• Lawyering A La Carte: Unbundled Dispute Resolution Services
• Sentences Trimmed For 2 Fla. Women In $74M Medicare Fraud
• Moody's Dodges Bid To Revive Securities Ratings FCA Suit
• 7th Circ. Won't Restore Relator In Settled $20M Bribe Suit
• Rolls-Royce Wins Bids To Exit FCA Suit, DQ Atty
• Medical Monitoring Co. Ends FCA Case For $550K
• Tillerson Fired, CIA's Pompeo Tapped To Head State Dept.
• FCA Materiality May Return To High Court
• Jury Convicts Ex-Cuomo Aide In Mixed Bribery Case Verdict
• Dem Urges Trump Org, Treasury To Explain Foreign Payments
• With FCC On Sidelines, Mayors Move To Protect Net Neutrality
• ManTech, 2 Others To Dole Out $1.18M In Missed OT Pay
• House Asks ICE For License Plate Reader Contract Info
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Ex-Ogletree Deakins Employment Atty
• Deal Bars Subcontractor From Seeking Army Corps Clawback
• Graft Trial Judge Won't 'Coerce' Deadlocked Jury
• ViaSat Unit To Pay $12M To End False Claims Act Allegations
• Pharmacist, Employee Get Prison For $30M Tricare Fraud
• Feds Fight Guam Businesses' Bid For Cert. In H-2B Visa Suit
• You're Perfect, Now Change: Perfectionism Hurts Lawyers
• Air Force Awards $961M Drone Fleet Support Contract
• Fed. Circ. Implies Narrowing Of Claims Court Jurisdiction
• Grassley, Feinstein Debate Judicial Vetting, Obstruction
• Why The 'Blue Slip' Battles Are Becoming White Hot
• Senior Judges Fill The Void Left By Rampant Vacancies
• How Far Right Can The President Pull The Courts?
• Nooksack RICO Suit Doesn't Fit In Fed Court, 9th Circ. Told
• Ghana Can't Call On Foreign Orders In $13.4M Row, Cos. Say
• Dr. Reddy's Escapes FCA Suit Over Drug Packaging
• Veolia Unit Seeks Conciliation With Gabon Over Nixed Deal
• Raytheon, Palantir Nab $876M Army Intelligence System Deal
• Dollar General Slips Investor Suit Over Gov't Benefit Cuts
• DOJ Turns Down 4 ManorCare FCA Suits After Stinging Loss
• Former Army Corps Staffer Gets 8 Years For Afghan Bribery
• Angola Says $52M Electricity Contract Row Must Be Arbitrated
• DC Circ. Revives Fired Defense Base Workers' Claims
• Eye Doc Convicted Of Medicare Fraud Wants Bond, New Trial
• How Settling With The Gov't Is Costlier Under New Tax Law
• Atty. In Pa. Pay-To-Play Schemes Faces License Suspension
• State Dept. Approves $467M In Raytheon Foreign Sales
• DOJ Leaning More On FCA In Fight Against Opioid Abuse
• GAO Denies Bid Protest Of $785M Army Services Contract
• Shipbuilder Looks For Court's OK Of $129M Venezuela Award
• Heart Pump Maker Pays $3.1M To Settle Kickback Charges
• Contractor Fights Austin's Bid To End $50M Tunnel Contract
• Two More Navy Officers Plead Guilty Over Bribery Scheme
• Pharma Co. Tells CIT Its Drugs Are Made In U.S., Not India
• VA Watchdog Slams Mismanagement At DC Medical Center
• DOD Intends To Give One Contractor Valuable Cloud Deal
• Pai Seeks $954M For Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands Networks
• Ex-Akin Gump Atty Gets 2.5 Years In DOJ Suit-Selling Case
• NASA Supplier Wins $3.1M In Suit Against Turncoat Salesman
• 4th Circ. Mostly Backs BAE In F-16 Deal Dispute With S. Korea
• UPMC, Medicor Ink $21M Deal To End Kickback Claims
• DOJ Civil Division Pick Promises A False Claims Focus
• Boston Hospital Says Lack Of Billing Info Sinks FCA Suit
• Juror In $17M Fraud Case Faces Hearing Over Facebook Posts
• Feds Say Extortion Case Dead Unless Judge Alters Jury Plan
• Claims Court Tosses PwC VA Deal After Ernst & Young Protest
• Fraud Conviction Stands Despite Lack Of Trial ID: 7th Circ.
• Forum Owner Sues Calif. City Over New, Rival Clippers Arena
• Senate Dems Want Answers On EPA Head's Security Chief
• 3 Jurors Want Out Amid Deadlock In Trial Of Ex-Cuomo Aide
• Air Force Awards $418M Radar System Contract
• Ex-Newark Cop Latest To Face Water Agency Kickback Rap
• Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty To Retaining Gov't Secrets
• Congressional Forecast: March
• 10 Tips For Working With IT To Preserve Data
• Ex-Akin Gump Atty's Wife Pleads For Speaking Tour, Not Jail
• NY Graft Trial Jury Looks Set For Deep Dive Into Evidence
• Whistleblowers Assail Gilead's Escobar Defense At High Court
• Feds Defend Duty-Evasion Claims Against Furniture Importer
• Fed. Circ. Backs GSA In FBI Field Office Lease Dispute
• DOJ Antitrust Worries Spike $234M Navy Supplier Merger
• Feds Fight Ariz. Tribe's Redo Bid In Mismanagement Row
• DOD Reduces Criticized Cloud Deal From $950M To $65M
• State Dep't OKs $47M Anti-Tank Missile Sale To Ukraine
• Baker Donelson Can't End Billing Advice Malpractice Suit
• Naftogaz Says Gazprom Owes It For Natural Gas Stopgaps
• Waiver Dooms Pa. Town's Bid To Shield Docs In Contract Fight
• High Court Asks Gov't For Views On FCA 1st-To-File Case
• NJ Firefighter Cops To Role In $50M Drug Fraud Scheme
• FCA Decision Tracker: Continued Interpretations Of Escobar
• EPA Restores Chesapeake Bay Paper Funding After Outcry
• Skelos, Son Seek To Dismiss Case Citing McDonnell
• Graft Trial Judge Discloses Clerk's Jury Room Cookie Raid
• BigLaw Life Drove Him To Crime, Ex-Akin Gump Atty Says
• Jury Convicts Pa. Mayor, Atty In Law Firm Bribery Case
• Communications Trade Group Devoted 2017 To Disaster Relief
• Student Loan Co. Cannot Dodge Mass. AG's Overcharge Suit
• Ex-Lab Execs Fight $17M Medicare Fraud Jury Verdict
• Mortuary Hit With $15M Judgment In Whistleblower Suit
• NY Graft Case Goes To Jury After Atty Warns About Witness
• Whistleblowers Get $1.3M Cut Of $4.4M Mt. Sinai FCA Deal
• Lockheed Too Firm In F-35 Deal Talks, Program Chief Says
• Gazprom Cries Foul Over $2.56B Naftogaz Award
• Boston City Officials Can't Dodge Union Extortion Charges
• DOD Awards Lockheed Martin $158M For F-35 Jet Support
• Protecting Privilege In Litigation Financing Negotiations