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Government Contracts - August, 2018

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• 3rd Circ. Frees Ex-Norris McLaughlin Atty For Bribery Appeal
• Hotel Charged After Coast Guard Nixed Rooms, Suit Says
• What Attys Need To Know About FirstNet's Status
• GSA Opens Bid For New Contractor Validation Deal
• What To Watch In Kavanaugh's Confirmation Hearing
• New Pass-Through Deduction Will Pass Over Many Lawyers
• Boeing Wins 'Historic' $805M Navy Deal For Refueling Drones
• How Reckless Judicial Impeachments Threaten Rule Of Law
• Judging A Book: Fogel Reviews 'Good Judgment'
• Rollback Of Executive Orders A Win For Federal Employees
• Sens. Urge Agencies To Address Year-End Spending 'Binges'
• Insurer Must Face $8M Verdict In Mayors' Group Suit
• DOJ Says It Can Prove Novartis Dinners Were Kickbacks
• GAO Says State Dept. Rightly Rejected Embassy Security Bid
• Ex-Pa. Mayor Convicted In Pay-To-Play Scheme
• 10 Ways To Prevent E-Discovery Woes
• UK Plans To Help African Nations Recover $1T In Dirty Money
• India Not Guaranteed US Waiver For Russia Arms Purchase
• Doc Says RICO Suit Was FCA Retaliation, Wants Sanctions
• F-35 Flaws Downgraded Without Fixes In Place, DOD Doc Says
• 4 Health Care Cos. Escape Mass. FCA Suit Over Blood Tests
• 7 Accused Of $35M School Internet Subsidy Scam In NY
• GSA Elevates Acting General Counsel To Permanent Role
• Circuit Split On FCA Pleading Is Real, High Court Hears
• Leidos, Battelle Land $365M DOE Research Support Contract
• Ex-Pa. Mayor Tells Jury He Didn't Take Bribes For Contracts
• Huawei Enlists FTC To Fight US National Security Ban
• Why Courts Should Apply Escobar In Criminal Cases
• Lawmaker Calls VA Project 'Rudderless' After Chief Resigns
• Mattis Won't Back Private Army In Afghanistan
• Landfill Operator Must Face Theft Charges, NJ Court Says
• Sessions Aide Confirmed To Lead DOJ Civil Division
• FCC Web Subsidy Auction Will Cover 700K Locales For $1.5B
• Ambulance Cos. And Clients Ink $21M Deal In Kickbacks Suit
• Kaplan Co. Cleared Of Wage Theft On $6M Playground Project
• 9th Circ. Adds To Growing Consensus On Escobar FCA Test
• CVS Ducks Sentry Data's Antitrust Claim, For Now
• GOP Reps. Urge DHS To Shore Up Cyberrisk Program
• 4 Key Components To New Firm Partnership Agreements
• Hunton Andrews Kurth Snags Ex-OFCCP Chief For DC Office
• DOD Tweaks $10B JEDI Cloud Computing Deal
• Intermountain Assails 10th Circ. Ruling On FCA Pleading
• Army Contractor And Afghan Co. Seek Wins In Contract Row
• GSA Underpriced Revised FBI HQ Plan, Watchdog Says
• Tribe Asks DC Circ. To Speed Up BIA Funding Dispute
• Open The Federal Courthouses
• 5 E-Discovery Hurdles For Government Agencies
• Walmart Says Opioid FCA Suit Doesn't Show Medicare Fraud
• Senate Easily Passes $675B Defense Spending Bill For 2019
• HHS Watchdog Mulls Kickback Leeway For Coordinated Care
• Navy Chooses 5 Cos. For $950M Cyber Mission Contract
• Tanesco Can't Nix $148M Award To Standard Chartered
• Lockheed Escapes Retaliation Suit Due To Repeat Claims
• Whistleblower Tip Leads To Spa's Guilty Plea For Tax Fraud
• New DOL Directive Will Make Pay Audits More Predictable
• Workers' Doc Dump Can't Fix Visa Fraud Suit, Tesla Says
• Construction Co.'s Rent-A-Vet Scheme Gets Owner 1.5 years
• Unknowns Mute Buzz For NJ's Public-Private Partnership Law
• Rehab Co. Pays $6.1M To Settle Nursing Home Kickback Case
• Escobar's FCA Test Is Mandatory, 9th Circ. Rules
• Greenberg Traurig Nabs Government Contracts Shareholder
• DOD Drops R&D Discussion Rule
• Green Groups Ask High Court to Review Border Wall Decision
• DOJ Urges Toss Of FCA Suit Targeting Opioid Sellers
• Consultant Shakes Republican Fundraiser's Hacking Claims
• 6th Circ. Won't Rehear FCA Suit Over Doctors' Certifications
• Reality Winner Hit With Record Sentence Over Hacking Leak
• Disney Rejects $260M Tax Break Before Minimum Wage Vote
• Australia Bans Chinese Cos. From 5G Network For Security
• Gov't Wins $1.6M As Cycling Doping Row Crosses Finish Line
• Doc Gets Year In Prison For Role In $30M Medicare Fraud
• Senate Moves Toward Final Vote On $675B Defense Bill
• Subcontractor Hit With Suit Over Air Force Training Bid
• Officials' Promises Can't Save DC Taxi Driver Antitrust Suit
• Army Acquisition Official Says New IP Policy Coming
• Ga. City Says Carveout Is Bid To Create Whiter City
• 9th Circ. Backs DOI Whistleblower Award For Ex-Tribal Chair
• Protesting A Procurement As A Non-Offeror
• Mass. DEP's Denial Of Harbor Project Upheld On Appeal
• $13.7M Energy Award Row Belongs In Ghana, DC Circ. Hears
• Parking Lot Operator Lands In Jail Over VA Bribery Scheme
• Whistleblower's FCA Suit Says Egg Board Forged Records
• Electronics Co. Asks 9th Circ. To Ax Cleanup Coverage Loss
• Booz Allen Wins $1B DHS Cybersecurity Contract
• 'High Availability' — A Key Term In Law Firm IT Strategy
• Brink's Gets Ax Of FCA Suit Alleging Penny-Swapping Scheme
• Construction Co. Placed Fake Bids With DOE, Jury Told
• Transit Group Unlikely To Dodge Leaning Tower Of SF Suit
• NJ College Dodges Part Of No-Bid Vending Contract Suit
• 3 More Ex-Navy Officers Indicted In 'Fat Leonard' Case
• Sens. Ask Army To Explain Efforts To Address Lead On Bases
• Gov't Lands $5M Judgment In Solar Energy False Claims Suit
• Fed. Circ. Tosses Suit Over Reduced Payments For Birth Injury
• Ex-Pa. Mayor Steered City Work To Donors, Jurors Hear
• California Diaper Co. Can't Dodge Massachusetts FCA Suit
• The 'Post-Fact' Jury In The 'Fake News' Era
• DOJ's New Policy On FCA Dismissals Highlights Circuit Split
• Trump Asks For Stay Pending Appeal Of Emoluments Suit
• Mining Exec Defaults In Oman's Suit Over $5.6M Award
• Lobbyist Escapes Trump Fundraiser's Hacking Suit
• DOD Contract Review Agency Botched Own Deal, Report Says
• Lincare Inks $5M FCA Kickbacks Deal Over Waived Copays
• 2nd Circ. Finds No Bias In Erie Project Contractor Termination
• Boeing Dumping Deadly Chemicals In Wash. River, Suit Says
• SAP Unit To Develop New Business Travel System For DOD
• Insurance Co. Must Cover Contractor In Sports Complex Row
• Aviation Co. Gets Emergency Award OK'd In Contract Row
• Judging A Book: Lipez Reviews 'Last Great Colonial Lawyer'
• Judge Won't Rethink Trim Of Foreclosure Services FCA Case
• Will Law Schools Start Counting 'Generation ADA'?
• White House Objects To Parts Of $675B Defense Bill
• Boeing Must Face Bankrupt Aircraft Co.'s $100M Suit
• NJ College Aims To Toss Suit Over No-Bid Vending Contract
• DC Appeals Court Ends FCA Suit Against Verizon, Comcast
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Allergan Medicaid Rebate Suit
• USDA Must Face Tribe Member's Contract Suit: Fed. Circ.
• A Chat With Ogletree Knowledge Chief Patrick DiDomenico
• Lockheed Wins $3B Air Force Satellite Prototyping Deal
• Kaspersky Presses DC Circ. To Overturn Gov't Software Ban
• House Dems Lose Bid For GSA Trump Hotel Docs
• Ex-Contractor Says 63 Months Appropriate For Classified Leak
• Pratt & Whitney Hit With Defective Military Engine FCA Suit
• Nashville Can't Nix Security Cos.' Antitrust Case Against PD
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Tribe's VA Reimbursements Suit
• Pa. Hospital Chain To Pay $13M To Settle Kickback FCA Suit
• How One Firm Moved The Needle On Disability Inclusion
• DOD Urged To Improve On Cyber, Supply Chain Threats
• FCC To Probe If Mobile Priority Raises Open Internet Snags
• NJ Gov. Signs Bill Encouraging Public-Private Partnerships
• Speaker Program Payments Weren't Kickbacks, Teva Says
• Drug Kickback Suit Against Eli Lilly Dismissed For Now
• Sheppard Mullin Nabs Fried Frank Int'l Arbitration Pro In DC
• Interview Essentials For Attorneys On The Move
• 1 NASA Small-Biz Contract, 1 Giant Leap For Plantkind
• David Boies On How Dyslexia Shaped His Practice
• Relator Dismissed From GE Healthcare False Claims Act Suit
• BigLaw's Mental Health Stigma Shows Signs Of Fading
• OIG Says Gov't Landlord Not Properly Tracking Unused Space
• Hospice Urges High Court To Avoid FCA Pleading Dispute
• Mass. Health Agency Owner Sentenced For Medicaid Fraud
• CFIUS Overhaul Signed Into Law Along With Defense Budget
• Claims Court Again Faults Navy Over $495M Guam Base Deal
• Clerking For Ginsburg
• How The Legal Industry Lets Down Lawyers With Disabilities
• Gaining Access: Disabled Lawyers Share Their Stories
• Navient Ordered To Produce DOE Borrower Docs For CFPB
• UAE Firm Targets Armenia Over Nixed Railway, Road Deal
• BIA Wants Out Of Suit Alleging Land Lease Plot
• Fla. Medical Provider To Pay $2.2M To End Kickback Claims
• Workers Fight To Keep Visa Fraud Suit Against Tesla
• NASA Picks 13 Cos. To Study Commercial Human Spaceflight
• Labor Dept. Wants Religious Freedom Focus In Bias Probes
• Aviation Co. Fights For Award In Helicopter Contract Row
• DC Circ. Revives Ex-DOD Professor's Age Bias Suit
• DC Metro Contractor Sues Insurer, Bond Co. For $2.1M
• Rising Star: K&L Gates' Amy Conant Hoang
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 3 Surprises
• DOJ Focuses FCA Priorities On Small Business Contracts
• Feds To Pay $775K To Resolve Infant Brain Damage Suit
• 2nd Circ. Strict On FCA First-To-File Bar In Allergan Case
• DOD Makes Tech Industry Outreach Program Permanent
• TM Suit Over Historic NOLA Market Survives Bid To Toss
• Top 5 NDAA Provisions On Energy And The Environment
• Dell Unit Whistleblower Can't Get New Award With Bias Claim
• Clerking For Ginsburg: A Superhero Supreme
• Rising Star: Arnold & Porter's Sonia Tabriz
• GAO Says DHS Units Need To Improve On Major Acquisitions
• 11th Circ. Won't Overturn 20-Year Medicare Fraud Sentence
• Former Military Boot Co. CEO Gets Prison For False Labels
• Dem Sen. Seeks More Info On Trump Role In FBI HQ Project
• Ex-Energy Contract Worker Must Repay $2.5M In Bribes
• Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Brian Walsh
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 4 RBG Lessons On Having It All
• AIDS Foundation Can Pay Employees For Referrals: 11th Circ.
• Court Orders Pause Of Use Of Historic NOLA Market Name
• Builder Owes Pump Station's Fired Subcontractor: 8th Circ.
• Most Of Obama Oil And Gas Royalty Rule Kept By Wyo. Judge
• Air Force Narrows Light Attack Aircraft To Two Choices
• Oracle Protests Pentagon's $10B JEDI Cloud Contract
• Feds Fight DynCorp's Bid For Docs In $200M FCA Suit
• Fewer Gov't Contractors Suspended, Debarred In 2017
• Mass. Top Court Nixes 911 Suit, Bars LLC Whistleblowers
• Mylan Wants Investors' 'Copycat' EpiPen Claims Dismissed
• Clerking For Ginsburg: How To Play The Long Game
• Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Jonathan Phillips
• NY Law Firm Settles Former ALJ's Due-Process Claims
• Traffic Camera Co. Wants To Put Brakes On Ticket Fee Suit
• 9th Circ. Says Translation Co. Liable For Staff Polygraphs
• CFPB Says Navient Withholding Docs In Loan Servicing Suit
• GAO Says More Info Needed On Southern Border Wall's Cost
• FCC Eyes Later Deadline For Challenging Coverage Maps
• Rising Star: Akin Gump's Elizabeth Scott
• Clerking For Ginsburg: In Pursuit Of Precision
• Exec For Inmate Medical Co. Can't Dodge Bribery Charges
• DOD Gets New Leader For Tech Repurposing Office
• Morocco Faces $75M Claim If Landfill Deal Pulled, Cos. Warn
• GAO Won't Toss $100M Air Force Deal For Bad Registration
• Prime Healthcare Signs $65M FCA Settlement Over 'Upcoding'
• Djibouti Won't Recognize Award In Port Deal Dispute
• State Dept. Approves $40.4M In Bomb Sales To Kuwait
• Tutor Perini Unit Lands $121M Calif. Water Tunnel Project
• Tab For Dismantling Nuclear Carrier May Top $1B, GAO Says
• Indian Health Service Seeks Nix Of Tribal Health Co.'s Suit
• How Businesses In Mexico Can Prepare For The AMLO Era
• Clerking For Ginsburg: My RBG Guide To Judging
• Endo To Pay Texas $13M Over Off-Label Lidoderm Sales
• Hospital System Will Pay $84.5M To End FCA Kickback Claims
• Mass. Judge Won't Pause Oman's Suit Over $5.6M Award
• Kaspersky Reports Phishing Attacks On Russian Industries
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revisit FBI Field Office Lease Dispute
• DP World Prevails In Row Over Port Deal Nixed By Djibouti
• DLA Piper Affiliate Campos Mello Nabs Arbitration Expert
• Library Of Congress Gets New Data Center In $27M Contract
• Albertsons Says FCA Suit Makes Same Claims As Earlier Ones
• Pittsburgh, Ex-Mayor Seek To Toss FCA Suit Over Housing
• CACI Can't Toss Ex-Abu Ghraib Detainee From Abuse Suit
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 4 Things I Learned
• US Atty For Pa. Creates Civil Enforcement Strike Force
• Raytheon Denied Protest Over Deal Despite Army Mistakes
• Dutch Co. Says Serbia On Hook For $12.4M Arbitral Award
• Senate Sends $717B Defense Bill To Trump's Desk
• White House Sets Out 2020 R&D Focus For US Agencies
• Clerking For Ginsburg: The Equality Lessons