Government Contracts Archive » November, 2019

Government Contracts - November, 2019

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• Man Burned At Army Base As Toddler Gets Win Against Feds
• Teva Slips FCA Suit, Giving DOJ Another Granston Memo Win
• Most Recent ICE Detainees Found To Lack Criminal Record
• Why The FBI's Former Top Lawyer Now Embraces Encryption
• Tracking 3 Enforcement Trends In Health Care
• Gov't Contracts Of The Month: IT, Satellite And Engine Deals
• Contractors Irked By Fewer Search Options In New Database
• Oracle Asks Fed Court To Rein In DOL 'Power Grab'
• Boston Heart Settles FCA Suit Over Referral Fraud For $26.7M
• DOD Finalizes Fixed-Price Contract Preference In New Rules
• 'Enough Is Enough' In State Farm Medicare Suit, Judge Says
• AIG Must Cover Office Depot's $78M Settlement, 9th Circ. Told
• Claims Court Won't Revisit Ruling In Air Force Crypto Dispute
• Commerce Tees Up Rules For Trump's Network Security Order
• Esformes Can't Use Frozen Assets For Appeal, Feds Argue
• MVP: Wiley Rein's Scott M. McCaleb
• Whistleblowers Get $2.6M In Hospital 'Assembly Line' Case
• US Sues Contractor Over 'Sham Office' Used To Earn $52M
• Ex-China Diplomat Hit With 16 Years On Forced Labor Rap
• Boston Scientific Gets Sanctions Nixed In FCA Suit
• NY MTA's New 'Debarment' Regs Unconstitutional, Suit Says
• GAO Issues Full Ruling Backing Blue Origin Air Force Protest
• Book Review: Who's To Blame For The Broken Legal System?
• Justices Decline Pfizer's LA Court Fight, Hospital FCA Cases
• MVP: Miller & Chevalier's Jason N. Workmaster
• Alstom UK Unit Ordered To Pay £16.4M For African Bribes
• Contractors Exposed To Civil Suits Under New Reporting Rule
• Former Raytheon Worker Wins $1M In Whistleblower Suit
• DOL Contractor Watchdog Won't Use EEOC Pay Data Survey
• Feds Look To Toss Standard Chartered Whistleblower Suit
• MVP: Covington & Burling's Jay Carey
• Alstom Asks For Lenient Sentence Over Africa Bribes
• Boustani Atty Downplays Bribery To Close $2B Fraud Case
• HHS Attys Say High Court Ruling Curbs Billing Enforcement
• OIG Says Part Shortage Forcing Navy To Take From Other Jets
• Camera Suppliers Owe Contractors $2M, Judge Suggests
• Gov't Expands Counterfeit Reporting Rule To All Contractors
• Contractors Shouldn't Panic Over Record OFCCP Recoveries
• HHS Anti-Kickback Plan Could Boost Patient Engagement
• Drone Maker Strikes $1M Deal To End Trade Violation Claims
• FCA Applies To Fed Banks In Wells Fargo Suit, 2nd Circ. Says
• Defense Co. Was Upfront In Saudi Bomb Deal, 1st Circ. Finds
• Esformes Told To Pay $44.2M In Massive Health Fraud Case
• Air Force Planning IP Rights Changes To Keep Up With Foes
• DOD Deputy Talks Up Progress Made After Second Audit
• Fund Pays $4M To Settle Mass. Medicare Kickback Probe
• Moog Lands $400M Lockheed Contract For F-35 Fighter Work
• Feds Say Houston Doc Billed $69M For Unneeded Treatments
• Key Aspects Of DOJ's Gov't Procurement Antitrust Initiative
• State Dept. Approves $5.27B In Sales To Morocco, India
• DOJ, AseraCare Clash Over Next Steps In FCA Saga
• US Owes Anthem Units $107M Over ACA Risk Promise: Suit
• Boustani Denies Bribes, Says He 'Tangoed' With Mozambicans
• PDVSA Contractor Gets 18 Months In Prison For Bribery
• Ex-Executives Ran JFK Airport Bribery Scheme, NY AG Says
• Air Force Stands By Launch Program After Blue Origin Protest
• True Health Ch. 11 Plan Draws Feds' Fire Over CMS Claims
• How To Hire Lateral Partners More Effectively
• Steel Co. Settles $1M Dispute Over Chicago Transit Work
• Republican FERC Nominee, DOE Head Advance To Full Senate
• Boustani Testifies Of African 'Gold Rush,' Denies $2B Fraud
• Boeing Disputes NASA OIG's Critical Contract Review
• Court Rejects $100M Cap On NJ Transit's Sandy Coverage
• GAO Says EPA Must Improve Superfund Climate Resiliency
• DC Says No-Bid Sports Betting Contract Was Legal
• FCC Subsidy Program Still Susceptible To Fraud, GAO Says
• Investors Knew Of Mozambique Graft, Boustani Jury Hears
• Sutter Health, Doctors To Pay Combined $46M Over Kickbacks
• Claims Court Tosses Challenge To $991M Army Bundle Deal
• Indivior Can't Duck Opioid Marketing Fraud Indictment
• Senate Bill Aims To Reduce Indian Medical Staffing Shortages
• 5 Takeaways As DOJ Finds Footing In FCA Dismissal Crusade
• Fed. Circ. Says DOD Can't Deny $253M Northrop Cost Claim
• Suspension And Debarment: FY 2019 By The Numbers
• Wildfire Responses Resonate Beyond California
• Mozambique Maritime Deals Were Legit, Boustani Jury Hears
• Amazon Plans To Fight Microsoft's Win Of $10B JEDI Contract
• 9th Circ. Judge Calls DOJ's Appeal In FCA Suit 'A Mistake'
• Bid Protest Successes Counter Agencies' Frivolity Concerns
• Gov't Tells Jury Ex-Nuke Exec's Role In Kickbacks Is Clear
• Calif. Opens Investigation Into Utilities' Power Shutoffs
• Hungary Must Pay €7M To British Agricultural Co.
• NY Hits Tech Retailer B&H With Tax Dodge Suit Over Rebates
• Feds Rest In Case Of Alleged $2B Mozambican Loan Fraud
• Israeli-Owned Co. To Pay $2.8M Over US Military Contract
• Pa. Woman Cops To Multimillion-Dollar Medicaid Fraud Plot
• Cell Tower Co. Sues Mass. Town Over Rejected Permit
• F-35 Still Way Behind DOD Goals For Mission Availability
• HHS Beats Suit Over Radioactive Drugs In Medicaid Program
• 3rd Circ. Slams J&J Bid To Out HIV Drug Suit Whistleblowers
• Privacy Group Sues DHS For Border DNA Testing Info
• Esformes, Feds At Odds On Frozen Assets To Cover Legal Bill
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear $298M Verdict Against Mortgage Cos.
• DOD Clarifies Contractor Cybersecurity Certification Process
• Texas Could Take Page From Mass.'s Judicial Selection Book
• Trump Can't Take Wall Money From Military, 9th Circ. Told
• Ill. Union Must Still Represent Nonmembers, Judge Says
• 9th Circ. Backs Boeing's $200M Win In Ukraine Space Co. Row
• 2 DOE Contractors Won't Add Whistleblower Clause, OIG Says
• Jones Day Picks Up Ex-SDNY Fraud Unit Co-Chief In NY
• Justices Won't Hear Corps Contractor's Mistaken Bid Dispute
• Genetic Testing Gold Rush Gives Rise To Fraud Allegations
• Judging A Book: McKeown Reviews 'Conversations With RBG'
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms
• Fusion GPS Target Says Judge Should 'Resign From Bench'
• Fund Lost Millions In Mozambique Loan Fraud, Jury Told
• Facebook Enters Uncharted Legal Waters With Spyware Suit
• SBA Moves To Merge Mentor-Protege Programs
• OFCCP Placing Spotlight On Disability Bias, Chief Says
• Frost Brown Lands Former Federal Contractors' GC
• Bid Protest Spotlight: Jurisdiction, Standing, GAO Limits
• New Ethics Framework May Draw AI Firms To DOD
• $12M FCA Suit Over 'Assembly Line' Care Settled By Hospital
• New Report Shows Feds' Nuanced Approach To Contractors
• Nuclear Exec Left Paper Trail Of Bribery Scheme, Feds Say
• Biogen Owes $6M For Firing Over FCA Reporting, Sex Bias
• Pharma Supplier Inks $22M Deal With DOJ Over Inflated Prices
• Calif. Group Can't Use Housing Law To Block Clippers Arena
• Fed Contractor Suspensions, Debarments Down Again In 2018
• Moving Co. Says DOD Unit Wrongly Denied $4M In Invoices
• Feds Say Security Co. Sold US Vulnerable Chinese Gear
• Contract Terms Justified $2.7M Arbitration Award, Judge Says
• Former Exec In Kickback Scheme Pressed On Inconsistencies
• Abbott Scores Win In Ex-Researcher's Retaliation Suit
• Fed. Circ. Restores Fight Over Calif. Hydropower Payment
• Regulators, Schools Must Expand Connectivity Vision: Report
• Gov't Wins Bid To Drop FCA Suit Against UnitedHealth
• Contractor Says It's Owed $1.4M For Army Blast Door Order
• Tenet Nears $66M Deal With DOJ In Okla. Kickback Suit
• Fight Over Proposed Clippers Arena Takes To The Courtroom
• Nuke Exec Helped Steer Russian Kickback Scheme, Jury Told
• 2nd Stopgap Funding Bill Planned Amid Border Wall Fight
• 5th Circ. Upholds Houston Doc's 5-Year Fraud Sentence
• Boustani In On Loan Scam, 2nd Ex-Credit Suisse Banker Says
• Pakistan Settles $846M Dispute With Turkish Energy Co.
• DOJ Launches Gov't Procurement Antitrust 'Strike Force'
• Medical Transport Co. Appeals Antitrust Loss To 4th Circ.
• Shredding Co. Can't Protest Contract It Couldn't Have Won
• GAO Says DISA Properly Revisited Bids In $173M IT Deal Row
• Oracle Urges Fed Circ. To Revisit $10B DOD JEDI Deal
• Raydon Must Face ERISA Suit Over Plan's $60.5M Share Buy
• Wash. Judge Tosses Whisteblower Suit Over Tribal Firing
• DC City Council Skirted Law In $215M Gambling Contract Row
• 9th Circ. Won't Reopen Boeing Fatal Crash Suit
• Flat-Fee Legal Billing Can Liberate Attorneys
• Trump Repeals Contract Worker Right-Of-Refusal Order
• Pa. Doctor To Pay $1.4M To Settle Opioid Prescription Claims
• Sysco Strikes Deal To Quell DOL's Hiring Gender Bias Claims
• Enviros Seek Records On White House Climate Change Denial
• Chancery Orders Release Of $3M To Seller Of Boeing Supplier
• Huawei Ban's Compliance Rules Too Taxing For Contractors
• Contract Copy Needed In Co.'s Suit Against Navy, Judge Says
• Spoliation Rule Remains Ambiguous Despite Amendments
• NY Painting Contractor Inks $3M Deal To End Feds' Fraud Suit
• Latham, Weil Lead PAE Blank-Check Deal To Create $1.5B Biz