Government Contracts Archive » September, 2018

Government Contracts - September, 2018

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• Supreme Court Cheat Sheet: 8 Cases To Watch
• Tribe Gets Partial Win In HHS Clinic Funding Suit
• United Launch Inks Rocket Engine Deal With Rival Blue Origin
• Compounding Pharmacy, Owner Ink $1.2M Deal In FCA Case
• Fox Rothschild Scores Partner From Pepper Hamilton
• Texas Justices To Hear DFW Airport's Bid To Ax Contract Row
• GAO Backs VA Denial Of Construction Bid For Unclear Bond
• DOD, Lockheed Reach $11.5B Deal For 141 F-35s
• Dismissing FCA Cases: The Granston Memo In Action
• Boeing Wins $9.2B Air Force Deal For Training Aircraft
• AT&T, Microsoft Win $121.7M Air Force Prototype IT Deals
• Construction Co. Gets Army Facility Contract Suit Trimmed
• Pa. Can't Hide Medical Marijuana Permit Reviewers' Names
• Suit From CVS, Others To End Opioid Tribal Court Case Axed
• Supreme Court To Weigh HHS Billing Notice Duties
• Galveston Must Pay $14.7M For Ike Recovery Work, Jury Says
• Air Force Subcontractor Demands Pay For Work On Base
• Army Awards 135 Cos. Spots On $12B IT Deal
• Medco Exec Tells 3rd Circ. FCA Suit Based On Nonpublic Info
• House Passes $857B Bill To Fund Defense, Avert Shutdown
• Allergan Medicaid Rebate Suit Redo Denied At 3rd Circ.
• $78M Award Can Be Scrutinized In India, High Court Says
• Lawmakers Push Back On DOD Progress Payment Proposal
• Contractor's Ex-Attys Dodge Sanctions In $77M Forfeiture Suit
• DOD Says Bids For $10B JEDI Deal Must Be Hand-Delivered
• How Contractors Can Ring In The New Gov't Fiscal Year
• 5 More GC Tips For Succeeding As A New Associate
• Hospital Chain To Pay $260M Over False-Billing Claims
• Admiral Nominee Defends Integrity Amid 'Fat Leonard' Link
• NJ Housing Agency Can't Shake Whistleblower Suit
• Afghanistan Mine Owner Found Guilty Of Ripping Off Gov't
• Boeing Gets $2.4B Air Force Deal To Replace Iconic 'Huey'
• China Slams Pending $330M US Military Deal With Taiwan
• Release Doesn't Bar In-Home Aides' False Billing Claims
• Judging A Book: Block Reviews 'Tough Cases'
• Fed. Circ. Ruling Highlights Bid Protester Standing Issues
• Pentagon Spectrum Expert Predicts More Dynamic Sharing
• Defense Dept. Falling Short Of Cost Savings Goals, GAO Says
• Group Eyes Quick Win In DC Student Loan Servicer Regs Suit
• Ala. Hospital Reaches $4.3M FCA Deal Over Toxicology Tests
• OMB Unveils New Cloud Strategy In Tech Modernization Push
• Ex-Symantec CEO To Lead DOD Tech Outreach Unit
• The Insurance And Tax Consequences Of Settling FCA Cases
• 8 Innovative Ways To Empower Jurors
• United Technologies Lands Parts Contract Worth Up To $2.5B
• Labs Lose Challenge To 'Industry Crippling' Medicare Pay Cut
• VA Overhauls Vet-Owned Small Biz Ownership Verification
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Sandia Can't Pause Discovery In Gender Bias Action
• Sens. Urge DOJ Watchdog To Probe FBI HQ Project
• Armstrong Doping Whistleblower Appeals Denial of Damages
• $13B Cost Estimate For Space Force Overblown, Analyst Says
• Cloud Computing Clearly The Future For Small Firms
• Debarred Subcontractor Sinks Army Deal, GAO Finds
• Cybersecurity Soon To Be Key To DOD Deals, Official Says
• White House Cyber Plan Calls For Deterrence, Legal Revamp
• Award In Saudi Contract Row Should Be Nixed, Court Hears
• Leveraging Today's Lateral Associate Market
• Chicago Train Subcontractor Says It's Owed $8M For Work
• Cuomo's Former Right-Hand Man Gets 6 Years For Bribery
• Trump Slams $857B Defense Bill Over Lack Of Border Funds
• Gov't Contractor Aims To DQ Saudi Co.'s Atty In Contract Row
• Feds Correctly Sank $40M Navy Contract, ASBCA Says
• Navy Calls For Bids To Supply Leased Intranet Hardware
• Fed. Circ. Rejects Challenge To $10B VA Health Records Deal
• Contractor Says Insurer Can't Appeal Sports Complex Fight
• Novartis Warping Kickback Standard In FCA Case, DOJ Says
• Back To School: Stanford's Jeff Fisher Talks Supreme Court
• Consultant Gets 4 Years For Kickback Scheme At NJ Agency
• OSHA Fines Contractors For Deadly Fla. Bridge Collapse
• Northrop Blocks NASA From Releasing Contract In FOIA Filing
• AbbVie Kickbacks Tainted $1.3B In Humira Claims, Calif. Says
• Canadian Miner Seeks €750M From Greece Over Permit Delays
• Senate Passes Final $857B Defense, Health Bill For 2019
• Mass. Hospital Rips FCA Claims Med Students Not Supervised
• Aviation Watch: Why The F-35 Has Struggled To Take Flight
• Fed. Circ. Case Steers Agencies Toward Commercial Vendors
• Wynn Resorts Hit With $1B RICO Suit Over Mass. Casino
• Israeli Gov't Contractor Settles Securities Suit With $3M Deal
• No Kickback Fines For Implant Refunds, HHS Watchdog Says
• Education Dept. Ruled Irrational In Nixing Debt Collection Deal
• Secretary Says Current Air Force Too Small For Demands
• Feds Can Still Seek Settlement Of Miss. 'Patient Dumping' Suit
• IHS To Shift $25M Over Tribal Leaders' Objections
• Lockheed Wins $7.2B Air Force Deal For New GPS Satellites
• How A Hurricane Affects Gov't Contractors
• Calif.'s New Rules For Lawyers Move Closer To ABA Model
• Proskauer Atty Who Settled Bias Claims Joins Polsinelli
• Army Wrongly Ignored Palantir In $206M Deal, Fed. Circ. Says
• Logistics Co. Can't Protest $1.4B DOD Food Supply Deal
• Fox Rothschild Adds GrayRobinson Real Estate Partner In Fla.
• Balkan Energy Tells DC Circ. Ghana Can't Escape $13M Award
• Philly Sheriff Contractor Can't Dodge Corruption Conviction
• Relators Slam Teva's Quick Win Bid In Overpaid Speaker Suit
• Know The Limits To Atty Public Statements During A Trial
• Nigeria's Assets Safe In Bank In $276M Dispute, Court Told
• Federal Acquisition Issues Linger For Years, GAO Says
• $3M Deal In Private-Prison Wage Suit Needs Do-Over
• House Passes $147B VA, Energy Bill For 2019
• Centene Seeks To Avoid Class Action Over Provider Network
• Software Issues Delay Key Testing Phase For F-35
• In Calif., Questions Remain On Law Firm Conflict Waivers
• A Chat With Faegre Client Development Chief Melanie Green
• McCabe Weisberg Exits Foreclosure Services FCA Case
• Too Soon To Decide Boeing Spat With Air Force, Judge Says
• Law Schools Struggle To Find Themselves In Post-Recession Market
• Ex-Detroit IT Official Gets 20 Months For Taking Bribes
• FCA Thunderbolt Lurks In UnitedHealth Overpayment Ruling
• $350M FCA Win Rightly Axed Under Escobar, 11th Circ. Told
• How DOD Plans To Change Commercial Item Contracting
• How A 'Lost Generation' Of Associates Bounced Back
• No Quick Win For Insurer In Coverage Suit Over Contract Row
• ASBCA Won't Reconsider Raytheon Allowable Cost Ruling
• Former Construction Exec. Gets 2 Years For Defrauding Feds
• Lawmakers Agree To $146B VA, Energy Funding Bill For 2019
• VA Hospital Isn't Liable In Shrimp Allergy Death, Judge Says
• Air Force Adds $2.9B To Boeing KC-46 Tanker Contract
• Air Force, Navy Struggling With Aircraft Availability, GAO Says
• Navy Rightly Denied Torpedo Defense Contract, Judge Says
• Can BigLaw Avoid Another Associate Purge?
• Atty Gets 15 More Years For Fleeing US After $550M Scam
• Rural Broadband Funds Shouldn't Overlap, O'Rielly Says
• Ex-Worker Hit With 13 Months For Bilking State Dept.
• Small Cos. Awarded Spots On $17.5B DOD Tech Deal
• 9th Circ. FCA Ruling Undermines Escobar
• Has BigLaw Recovered From The Financial Crisis?
• Measuring The Recession's Toll On The Legal Industry
• Gov't Can Refile FCA Suit After Tired Relators Quit: 5th Circ.
• KPMG Denied Injunction Over Air Force Audit Prep Deal
• DOD Research Unit Launches $2B Plan For Next-Gen AI
• FCC Needs Better Data On Tribal Broadband, GAO Says
• Health Hires: Pepper Hamilton, Perkins Coie, Davis Wright
• Ferrovial Unit Wins €308M Texas Road Work Contracts
• A Look At OIG's Medicare Exclusion Analysis Under FCA
• UnitedHealth Wins Challenge To Medicare Overpayment Rule
• DynCorp Loses Protest Over $2.2B Air Force Support Deal
• NJ City Says Developer Is Using Kushner To Push Project Row
• Defense Contractor's Owner Indicted For $7M Fraud Scheme
• Mistrial Declared In Ex-Blackwater Guard's Murder Retrial
• Mylan Investors Push Back At Bid To Toss EpiPen Claims
• Rite Aid Can't Escape Calif. Whistleblower's FCA Suit
• Kuwaiti Contractor Sues Over $17M Owed From Iraq Contract
• Ill. Energy Co. Says US Treasury Owes For Solar Grant
• Top Armed Services Democrat Wants Lower Defense Spending
• Tribes Can't Have Opioid Suits Sent To State Court From MDL
• KBR Still Owes Army $12M Over Meal Contract, ASBCA Says
• Ukraine Says Russian Energy Co. Can't Enforce $112M Award
• ACA Cost-Sharing Payments Mandatory, Claims Court Rules
• Feds Settle License Credit Fraud Case With Radio Co. Owner
• Why Escobar Materiality Rule Applies To California FCA
• 3rd Circ. Revives FCA Case Against PharMerica
• ACA Funding Case Doesn't Need Full Fed. Circ., DOJ Says
• House Passes 11 Homeland Security Bills
• VA Defends Disabled Contract 'Lane' After Kingdomware
• DOD Eases Deadline For Bids On $10B JEDI Cloud Deal
• Back To School: Widener's Rod Smolla Talks Free Speech
• What Contractors Can Do When Gov't Makes Options Mistakes
• FAR Council Seeks To Clarify That Rentals Count As Leases