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Government Contracts - April, 2018

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• Mass. Mental Health Facilities Must Face FCA Suit
• Panasonic, In-Flight Unit To Pay $280M To End FCPA Probe
• Slew Of Defense Acquisition Rules On Chopping Block
• Nev. Surgery Practice Pays $1.5M To End FCA Allegations
• EU Greenlights Italy's €8.5B Highway Improvement Contracts
• Fed. Circ. Says Bid To Revisit VA Contract Ruling Too Late
• The Fastest Federal Civil Court For A Decade
• Pa. Turnpike Agency Inks $2M Deal To End IT Contract Row
• Orbital Must Share Internal Probe Docs, Pensioners Say
• Gov't Urges 18-Month Sentence For Atty In Pa. Graft Case
• Biogen Must Face FCA Suit Minus 17 State-Level Claims
• Conn. Man Fights Restitution Bid In Stadium Fraud Suit
• Russia Sanctions Hurt US Arms Sales, Defense Chief Says
• Energy Exec Accused Of Percoco Bribe Appears To Plead Out
• 2 Charged In Fla. Scheme To Defraud Kids Food Program
• Microsemi Sued Over Missing Info On $8.35B Microchip Deal
• Sens. Move To Block Sending F-35s To Turkey
• ConocoPhillips Bids To Enforce $2B Venezuela Oil Co. Award
• GAO Can't Hear Protest Over Tribally Awarded Contract
• GAO Tells DOD To Do Better At Sharing F-35 Lessons Learned
• House Military Panels Push More Ships, Better Cybersecurity
• Sen. Slams Alleged DOD Mismanagement Of Afghan Program
• Pharmacy Owner Gets 15 Years For Role In $100M Scheme
• Kendall Brill Snags 2 Crowell & Moring White Collar Attys
• Israeli Gov't Contractor Agrees To $3M Deal In Securities Suit
• Ex-Nuke Lab Officer Gets 3 Years For $2.3M Contract Fraud
• Judge Strikes Down Discovery Motion In FCA Suit
• Trump Taps Judges For 2nd, 4th Circuits
• Judge Won't Wait For EPA In NRDC's Advisory Committee Suit
• Texas Lab Wants Judge To Rethink $30.6M FCA Judgment
• LAX Asks High Court To Reject 'Labor Peace' Deals Spat
• Rivals Airbus, Dassault To Collaborate On New Jet Fighter
• GAO Slams DOE's Contractor Oversight At Nuke Waste Site
• Alaska Nonprofit Pays $2.3M To End Medicaid Fraud Claims
• Drinker Biddle Picks Up Gov't Contracts Team From Dentons
• ConocoPhillips Wins $2B In Claim Against Venezuela Oil Co.
• 11th Circ. Decision Deepens An FCA Circuit Split
• DOJ Demands Must End After FCA Suit Declined, Clinic Says
• 11th Circ. Backs Sentences In $37M Gov't Contracts Scheme
• Convicted Hospital CEO Says He Owes Nothing In FCA Suit
• Armstrong Case Shows Whistleblowers Are Key To Doping Fix
• Fla. State Sen. Joins Morgan & Morgan In Fort Lauderdale
• Low Bidder Won't Get Contract For NJ Enviro Cleanup
• Tiversa Faked Breaches For Fed Contracts, LabMD Prez Says
• Call Center Workers Tell DOL General Dynamics Stole Wages
• Whistleblower Says Gov't Stiffed Him On $1M FCA Reward
• Advocate Hospital, Physician Must Face FCA Claims
• Defense Agency's $124M Contract Properly Awarded: GAO
• Genetics Co. Hid Cancer Test Overbilling, Investor Says
• Orbital ATK Ordered To Fork Over Docs In Securities Suit
• Janssen Escapes Whistleblower Suit Over Off-Label Opioids
• Ex-Worker's Age Claim Not Nixed By ERISA, Fla. Judge Says
• Navy Sec. Seeks Way To Keep Adversaries Out Of DOD Deals
• GAO Says Challenge To Bid Process On $17B IT Deal Too Late
• Whistleblower Claim Window Would Quadruple In Pa. Bill
• DOD Stresses Contentious JEDI Deal Not Locked For Decade
• Will High Court Ever End Circuit Split Over FCA Pleading?
• Morris Manning & Martin Launches Gov't Contracts Practice
• Pa. Court Won't Derail State's Medical Marijuana Program
• Update For Gov't Contractors On Settled Suit Cost Recovery
• NJ Panel Revives Claims Against Cos. In Turnpike Death Suit
• 9 Cos. Indicted For NYC Water Contracts Bribery Plot
• Gov't-Wide Report Finds Funding, Ethical Issues And More
• Texas Atty Gets 10 Years For $26M Workers' Comp Fraud
• Lockheed Wins $928M DOD Hypersonic Weapon Deal
• Audit Doesn't Bar Best Buy FCA Suit, Appeals Court Says
• Senate Confirms Trump's NASA Administrator Pick
• Lance Armstrong Pays $5M To Settle USPS Fraud Case
• White House Releases New Arms, Drone Export Policy
• When To Accept ADR For Defense Contractor Reprisal Cases
• Boeing To Get $51M From Gov't For Enviro Cleanup Costs
• Pharmacy, PE Fund Owner Want Tricare FCA Suit Trashed
• Man Gets 3 Years For $3.7M Series Of Online Frauds
• Best Practices For Building A Better Meeting
• Air Force To Shake Up Space Center, Speed Up Acquisition
• Coast Guard Chief Pushes Back Against Transgender Ban
• VA Sets Aside $685M For Construction, Renovation Projects
• Textron Bid To Stifle Deposition 'Just Too Broad,' Judge Says
• Chicago Beats Antitrust Suit Over City Lighting Contract
• Zinke Declines To Lower Offshore Drilling Royalty Rates
• DOD OIG Finds Europe Telecom Contracts Properly Awarded
• Deal Could End Sanctions For Hastert Whistleblower
• FCC Advances National Security Plan With Assurances
• 5 Ways Law Firms Are Becoming More Like Hotels
• Ukraine Asks DC Circ. To Nix $112M Award Enforcement
• Allergan To Pay $3.5M To Resolve Lap-Band FCA Allegations
• India Energy Row Award Missed A Crucial Point, Judge Says
• Armed Services Chair Seeks To Shake Up DOD Agencies
• Why BigLaw's Partnerships Are Shrinking
• Dropping Ranks: Andrews Kurth's Pre-Merger Dip
• Dropping Ranks: Lathrop's Rough Patch
• Dropping Ranks: Stroock's 'Shrink To Grow' Strategy
• Sheppard Mullin Enters Texas Market With Dallas Office
• DOD Sticks With Single Cloud Vendor In New Deal Draft
• AAI Fights Boeing's Bid To Stall Sanctions In $100M Suit
• Gorsuch's 1st Year Shows He Is A Conservative Activist
• ASBCA Rightly Spurned $128M Iraq Claims Row: Fed. Circ.
• Orbital Investors Demand More Info In Securities Suit
• J&J Won't Get High Court Look At FCA 'Particularity' Rule
• Supreme Court Seeks Gov't View Of Gilead FCA Case
• The Law360 400
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• Megafirms Find New Heights In Grounded Market
• How 5 Firms Grew Without Merging
• Lawmakers Seek To Bolster DOD Supply Chain Cybersecurity
• Top DOD Official Cites 'Sloppiness' In Lockheed's F-35 Work
• Tax Increment Financing Faces New Scrutiny In Missouri
• Afghan Fuel Contracts Lack Oversight, Watchdog Says
• More Than Half Of GAO Protests Resolved In Under 30 Days
• A Chat With Baker Botts CMO Gillian Ward
• DOD To Set Up New Artificial Intelligence Office
• Sanofi's FCA Suit Docs Not All Privileged, Ex-Worker Says
• Roving FCA Whistleblower Gets Latest Win In $18M Deal
• Gov't Subcontractor's Breach Row Was Tardy, 4th Circ. Says
• 11th Circ. Clarifies Statue Of Limitations In FCA Cases
• GAO Denies IBM Protest Over $48M TSA IT Support Deal
• Nooksack Ask 9th Circ. To End Their Appeal In RICO Row
• DOD Stops F-35 Deliveries Over Repair-Cost Dispute
• J&J Unit Wants Whistleblower Docs In Hip Implant FCA Suit
• Drugmakers Duped Medicaid Rebate Regulators, 3rd Circ. Told
• Finance-Savvy Millennials Are Shifting Business Of Law
• Nooksack Tribal Officials Denied Way Out Of RICO Suit
• LA City Council OKs $4.9B Deal For LAX Train
• Ala.'s Shelby To Take Over Senate Appropriations Committee
• HUD Awards Record $28B In Disaster Recovery Grants
• Subcontractor Allowed To Intervene In Military Patent Case
• Massport Says Much Of $2.7M Lufthansa Runway Suit Barred
• Attorney-Client Privilege Is Alive And Well
• Dissolving Practice
• Coast Guard Will Join DOD Electronic Health Record Deal
• DOD Reveals US Tech Targeted Most By Foreign Intelligence
• Waste Co. Asks 5th Circ. To Revive RICO Suit Against Rival
• Federal Defense Spending Varies From State To State: Report
• Treasury Finalizes Rule For IRS Contracting Officers
• Dialysis Co. Agrees To Boost Compliance Dept. In Billing Suit
• Claims Court Judge Suggests Hands Tied In TSA Deal Protest
• Chicago Officer Who Dragged Man Off Plane Sues United, City
• State Dept. OKs Proposed $300M Weapons Sale To Qatar
• Dissolving Practice: How To Fix A Dysfunctional Law Firm
• Courts Remain Skeptical Of FCA Statistical Arguments
• Fed. Circ. Backs Claims Court On $181M Contract Ruling
• Org Says FCC Security Proposal Could Hurt Small Businesses
• Waste Co.'s Enviro Incident Not Material In FCA Trash Case
• NY Cracking Down On Local Cartels With Criminal Charges
• L3, Boeing Nab DOD Contracts Worth Millions
• DOD Outlines New 2-Step Test For Cyber Vulnerabilities
• Limo Owner Gets 14 Months For Bilking State Dept.
• Dissolving Practice: Partner Agreement Clauses That Can Help
• GAO Bid Protest Overhaul Brings Welcome Changes
• Medical Device Cos. Deny FCA Suit's Excess Blood-Test Claim
• GAO Rejects Protest Over $362M Army Support Services Deal
• Co.'s 4th Amendment Rights Violated By DOL, Judge Says
• Relator In FCA 1st-To-File Suit Has Died, Justices Told
• Shipbuilder To Open Frozen Venezuelan Account To Crystallex
• FCC Releases Delayed Final Order Covering Tribal Broadband
• Dissolving Practice: The Unfinished Business Doctrine
• Drug Cos., Pharmacies Want Pause In Cherokee Opioid Suit
• Judge Stands Firm On Sanctions In Hastert Whistleblower Suit
• Mining Investors Threaten Och-Ziff's $413M FCPA Deal
• Ill. Pharmacist Gets 4 Years For $2.4M Insurance Fraud
• New Orleans Sues St. Roch Market Biz Over Miami Location
• Nonprofits Urge HHS To Take Over Sarepta's Exondys Patents
• FCC Regimen Could Help Prevent False Alerts, Official Says
• Engineering Firm Can't Dodge Flint Water Crisis Bias Suit
• State Dept. Approves $4B In Foreign Military Sale Deals
• Menendez Friend Gets $10M Tacked On To $42.6M Fraud Tab
• White House Says Trump Won't Interfere With DOD Cloud Deal
• Navajo Nation Sues DOI For Full 2018 Judicial Funding
• Valero Must Redo Suit Over WWII Waste Cleanup, Judge Says
• McKesson Hit With FCA Suit Alleging Misbranded Drugs
• Hogan Lovells Adds Former Acting DOD General Counsel
• DOD Estimates Major Acquisition Programs Will Cost $1.9T
• Ex-Tribal Construction Exec Gets 3 Years For $5.3M Kickbacks
• Lockheed Nabs $248M Contract For Quiet Supersonic Plane
• Arbitrator OKs Canadian Mining Co.'s Plans For Greek Plant
• DOD Will Hand F-35 Program Management To Services
• Baker Donelson Billing Advice Malpractice Suit Dismissed
• 3 New Settlements Highlight DOJ Scrutiny Of Device Makers
• Feds Charge Construction Co., Owners With $200M Fraud
• Gov't Doesn't Owe Bechtel $500K For Discrimination Suits
• Challengers Of Trump's '2-For-1' Order Seek To Revive Suit
• Raytheon, Peraton Settle Trade Secrets Dispute
• 1st Circ. Reconsiders Maine Gov.'s Alleged Abuse Of Power
• Energy Co. Says Angola Can't Force Arbitration In $52M Spat
• NIH Awards 38 Small Businesses Roles In $20B IT Contract
• Texas Lab Must Pay $30.6M For Inflated Mileage Charges
• Gov't Coy On Retrial For Exec Accused Of Cuomo Aide Bribe
• Lobbyist Can't Nix Fraud Claims As Untimely, Gov't Says
• DOJ Sues Calif. Over Federal Land Protection Bill
• Boeing Numbers Among Winners Of Sizable DOD Contracts
• Ice Miller Adds Jenner & Block Partner To Privacy Group
• Air Force To Trim Airmen Rules, Improve Acquisition Process
• Defense Firm's Arbitral Award Over Floating Armory Upheld
• Key Takeaways From The NY Buy American Act
• Shulkin's VA Exit Opens Up Privatization, Legal Fights
• Feds Escape Tribes' Challenge To Calif. Highway Project
• High Court Turns Away 3 Employment Cases