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Government Contracts - January, 2020

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• DOE Loan Buyers Ink $29M Deal To End Bid-Rigging Claims
• DOD Releases Final Cybersecurity Plan For Contractors
• Court Cuts Off Last Avenue For Prototype Deal Protests
• Feinstein Calls On ICE To Halt New Detention Standards
• Foley Recruits Gov't Compliance Pro From Reed Smith
• Insurer Sued For $3.3M Over Miss. Prison Bribery Settlement
• Boeing Undercut $1.3B Air Force Deal Trial, Aircraft Co. Says
• Gov't Contracts Of The Month: Jet, Chopper And Cloud Deals
• AseraCare FCA Ruling Is A Boon For Health Providers
• Most Lawyers Do Not Understand How AI Works
• 4 Considerations When Moving To A New Law Firm
• DOD's Top Weapons Tester Says F-35 Has Hundreds Of Flaws
• Blank Rome Snags V&E's White Collar Chair For DC Office
• Transpo Funding Fix Still Elusive In House Dems' $760B Plan
• Md. Biz That Wasn't 2nd In Line For $21M Deal Can't Protest
• 5th Circ. Upholds Equinor Unit's $400K Fine Over Royalty Info
• Broad Defense Policy Restrictions Put Higher Ed At Legal Risk
• Former Wiley Atty To Oversee Government Acquisitions
• Air Force Faces $34M Suit Over Missing Data In Tanker Project
• A Modest Plan To Streamline Civil Cases In LA Superior Court
• Builder Says Miami Beach Owes $70M For Convention Center
• Ex-Prosecutors Unveil Health Care-Focused Firm In NY
• GAO Says DHA's Talks With $25M Deal Bidders Were Fair
• Miles & Stockbridge Ducks DQ Bid In $100M Army Deal Suit
• Space Telescope Unlikely To Meet New Deadline, GAO Says
• GAO Affirms Broad Scope Of $10B VA Health Record Deal
• Pharma CEO Asks Judge To Toss Opioid Trafficking Charge
• What Courts Are Saying About Litigation Finance Disclosure
• FOIA Ruling For Contractor Workforce Stats Has Limitations
• GAO Tells Booz Allen Best Value More Just Than Price, Rating
• Hemp Co. Says Nev. City Wrongly Denies Permit To Grow Crop
• AIG Tells 9th Circ. It Needn't Cover Office Depot's $78M Deal
• Workers See OT Claims Against Pa. State Contractor Tossed
• Claims Court Nixes Whistleblower's Bid For Denied IRS Award
• GSA In 'Very Rare Circumstance' Amid Trump DC Hotel Sale
• Claims Cut From $2.8B ManTech Army Overbilling FCA Suit
• Spanish Gas Co. Wants To Move Ahead With $2B Egypt Award
• Surefire Marketing Methods To Build Your Legal Practice
• DOJ Details Allscripts Unit's 'Abhorrent' Opioid Kickback Plot
• Baseless IP Suit Over Global Entry, Green Cards Ends In Fees
• Federal Contracting Policy Leaves Mid-Sized Cos. In A Bind
• Feds Challenge Calif. Law Banning Private Prisons
• Ariz. Court Won't Hear Dispute Over Army Helicopter Design
• Health Hires: Latham, Husch Blackwell, Verrill Dana
• Gov. Contractor Says Army Families Can't Sue Over Housing
• 3rd-Party Funding Of FCA Cases Comes Under DOJ Scrutiny
• Setting Boundaries: An Essential Skill For Lawyers
• Justices Ask Gov't To Weigh In On Contractor Immunity Case
• NYC Water Contract Bribery Case In Peril Over Discovery Row
• NJ Transit Wants State High Court To Skip $400M Sandy Suit
• Long Day Brings Hot Heads At DQ Bid Over $100M Army Deal
• Chubb Unit Likens Bad-Faith Claims To 'Shearing A Pig'
• NY State, Mohawk Tribe Ink Enviro Deal For River Site
• FCA's Epic Run In 2010s Will Be Hard To Match In 2020s
• Gilead Says CDC Broke Promises After Taking Free HIV Drugs
• 'Overbuilding' Pits Faster Web Speeds Against New Coverage
• ABA Rules For Departing Attys Set Unprecedented Limits
• Texas Co. Sued Over Funds From $140M Hospital Delay Deal
• Sen. Says Federal Security Clearance Backlog Finally Cleared
• Refusal To End Kickback Suit 'Odd,' 7th Circ. Judge Says
• DynCorp To Pay $1.5M To Settle Worker Kickback Allegations
• $1.8M Deal Wraps Up Parking Attendants' Health Plan Row
• Chicago Dodges Uber's Bike-Share Contract Spat For Now
• Gov't Must Pay Co.'s Atty Fees In FCA Suit Over Army Deal
• Fed. Circ. Opinion Relaxes Contract Disputes Act Jurisdiction
• Gov't Dinged For Not Weighing Lowest Price In Supply Bids
• Securities Law Firms Vie For Lead In Energy Transfer Suit
• Oracle Says Microsoft Winning JEDI Doesn't Moot Protest
• MasTec Says Bribes Cost It $500M In Puerto Rico Work
• Energy Cos. Tell 1st Circ. Climate Case Belongs In Fed. Court
• Dems Say DOD Funds Are For Nat'l Security, Not Border Wall
• Nissan Ex-CEO Illustrates Do's And Don'ts Of Image Repair
• 3 Concerns If Your Witness Becomes Flippant At Deposition
• Reining In Runaway Loss Calculations For Procurement Fraud
• Takeaways From Exxon's Winning OFAC Penalty Challenge
• CACI Wins $13.3M Anti-Drone Deal
• Ill. Chief Judge Claims Immunity Over 'Empire' Use Of Facility
• How OFCCP's Systemic Discrimination Audit Proposal Is Flawed
• Latino Group Challenges Las Vegas' ICE Cooperation
• Tech Biz Says Too Late To DQ Firm In $100M Army Bid Fight
• Stark Law Uncertainty Follows 3rd Circ.'s UPMC Opinion
• Key Trends In Energy Antitrust Enforcement And Litigation
• Medical Device Co. Accused Of Upending $2B VA Contract
• EU Mulls Temporary Ban On Face ID Tech In Public Places
• Hoffmann-La Roche Says Tamiflu FCA Suit 'Ignores Reality'
• GAO Denies Raytheon Protest Over $288M Ship Defense Deal
• Ex-Pa. Mayor Can't Upend 8-Year Sentence For Bribery
• Bradley Arant Nabs Former Assistant US Atty In NC
• Bid Protest Spotlight: 2019's Most Noteworthy Decisions
• House Bill Would Nix Reverse Auctions For Construction Work
• Former Navy Officer Censured Over 'Fat Leonard' Bribes
• FBI Will Now Alert State Officials If Election System Breached
• Army Nixes Major Vehicle Deal After Poor Industry Response
• Mexico Must Share Quinn Emanuel Probe Info In $700M Case
• Feds Beef Up Claims Against Kansas Prof Over China Program
• Feds Fight To Keep $122M Suit Against Texas Hospital
• FIRREA Remains Potent Civil Fraud Enforcement Tool
• US Says Cos. Have 90 Days To Comply With Iran Sanctions
• Ex-Air Force Staffer, Contractor Indicted Over Bribery Scheme
• How Associate Life Has Evolved Over The Past Decade
• ResMed Settles FCA Suits Over Referral Fraud For $39.5M
• Contract Clash Ruling Leaves Fraught Dispute To Congress
• Ex-Attys Can't DQ New Counsel In $350M Shire Deal
• Del. Justices Weigh If Partnership Change Kills Standing
• Claims Court Won't Toss Raytheon's Army Rights Dispute
• Dems Vow Another Vote To End Trump's Border Emergency
• Global Cartel Enforcers Shift Attention To Local Conspiracies
• Gov't Watchdog Finds Lack Of Reliability In DOD Programs
• Ex-Raydon Worker Pushes For Sanctions In ERISA Suit
• NJ Lawmakers Approve Blacklisting Cos. Violating Tax Law
• Watchdog Urges DOD To Seek $43M In Penalties Against Cos.
• White Worker's Race Bias Suit Falls Flat At 3rd Circ.
• Amazon Will Seek To Block DOD's $10B JEDI Deal
• Gov't Contractor Suspension And Debarment: 2019 In Review
• Ohio Co. Says Ex-Partner Used Excuse To Reap $100M Profit
• OFAC's New Iran Sanctions May Not Signal Seismic Change
• 2019 Trends In DOJ Civil Health Care Fraud Cases
• Dems Call For Pause On Detention Center Bid Solicitation
• Tribunal Gives Djibouti 2 Months To Restore Port Rights
• Health Tech Boom In 2020s Will Test Fraud, Privacy Laws
• Md. Construction Manager Gets 3 Years For $1.7M Fraud
• DOD Hit With New Protest Over $1.4B Food Supply Deal
• High Court Rejects 2 VA Contracting Cases
• US Reverses China's Currency Manipulator Designation
• Energy Transfer Faces Another Suit In Mariner East Fallout
• TurboTax Shouldn't Be Called Free In Ads, Users Say
• Asylum-Seeker Who Miscarried In ICE Detention Sues Gov't
• Judging A Book: Dyk Reviews 'Democracy And Equality'
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Fight Over SEC's Pay-To-Play Rule
• The Firms That Dominated In 2019
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• State Dept. OKs $2.75B F-35 Sale To Singapore
• NY Painting Contractor Says Gov't's Fraud Suit Came Too Late
• 2019 Trends In DOJ Health Care Enforcement
• NLRB Says Security Co. Rightly Kept Bechtel Pact From Union
• Defense Contracting Law Developments From 2019
• $99M Navy Training Systems Deal Snagged By Florida Co.
• 7 Insider Tips For Working With In-House Counsel
• US Sanctions Iran's Metal Industry After Missile Attacks
• GAO Backs FEMA Price Analysis On $300M Tech Support Deal
• Dem. Hammers Trump For Not Consulting Tribe Over Wall
• Health Care Fraud Made Up Bulk Of Feds' $3B Recovery In '19
• 5th Circ. Lifts Bar On $3.6B In Defense Funds For Border Wall
• GAO Sinks Verizon Challenge To $1.6B DOI Network Contract
• Ill. Fingerprint Vendor Slapped With Latest Privacy Suit
• 50 Years Later, Interpretive Challenges Remain For RICO
• 7 Ethics Tips For Lawyers' Pretrial Social Media Use
• States Should Not Follow ABA On Attorney Conduct Rules
• Dems Say Bradley Arant Vet Is Too Partisan For Judgeship
• Philly Injury Firm Inks Deal Over Medicare Reimbursements
• Court Orders Mass. Town To Allow Cell Tower Construction
• Detainees Say ICE Prison Contractor's $1-A-Day Pay Is Illegal
• ACA Insurer Wants CVS To Reveal Discounted Drug Prices
• Trump Taps Covington Atty For FCC Inspector General
• DOL Suits Won't Fix Silicon Valley Diversity Issues
• How Courts And Litigants Can Benefit From Special Masters
• Feds Say Enviro Issues Can't Back Border Wall Funding Case
• Hospital, Whistleblower Told To Mediate Atty Fees In FCA Suit
• Whistleblower Fights Safeway's Bid To End Drug Price Suit
• 5th Circ. Won't Upend Software Co.'s Loss In OT Suit
• Uber Policy Calls For Refresher On ABA Confidentiality Rules
• Tribes Say Calif. Stuck In 'Catch-22' In Card Game Rights Suit
• Boeing, Other Cos. Compete For $5.1B Army Tactical Contract
• NASA Moves To Curb Contractors' Use Of Counterfeits
• Challenge To $249M Border Security Contract Is Rejected
• 4 Simple Rules For Witness Note Taking
• Fed. Circ. Provides Clues On Competition In Contracting Issue
• HVAC Business Can't Shove Competitor Off NJ School Project
• Miles & Stockbridge Hit With DQ Bid In Army Contract Case
• Teva To Pay $54M To End FCA Suit Alleging Bribes To Doctors
• Tribes Ask 9th Circ. To Review Card Game Exclusivity
• NJ College To Pay $4.8M To Settle Veteran Fraud Claims
• Perkins Coie Reps Okla. In Suit Over Future Of Tribal Casinos
• Mental Health Clinic Inks $1.65M Deal To End FCA Suit
• BIA, Arapaho Tribe Reach Deal To End Contract Suit
• Navy Picks General Dynamics For $98M Ship Overhaul
• Commerce Rules May Heighten Network Security Enforcement
• SBA's Proposal Would Help Small Business Teaming
• 2 Overlooked Advantages Of Hourly Fees
• VA Told It Needs Better Way To Measure Health Facility Costs
• GAO Shuts Down Translation Deal Protest For Tardiness
• Mass. Missile Joint Venture Inks $90M Saudi Contract Via DOD
• BAE Lands $175M Navy Cruiser Modernization Deal
• Whistleblower Says IT Contractors For Military Weren't Vetted
• Pa. Justices To Mull If Subcontractors' Docs Are Protected
• Private Prison Co. Calls Calif. For-Profit Detention Ban Illegal
• 9th Circ. Won't Touch FCA Suit Over Off-Label Opioids
• BAE Scores $180M Deal To Operate Ammo Plant
• Gov't Contractors' Top FCA Compliance Risks
• 9th Circ. Won't Enforce Wall Construction Block Amid Appeals
• Cashless Tolls Vendor Gets Miami Contract Win Affirmed
• GAO Backs Challenge To $2.1M Air Force Training Deal
• Cuomo Gunning To Restore Net Neutrality In New York
• Exxon Escapes $2M Russia Sanctions Penalty
• Lockheed Awarded $2.3B In F-35 Deals
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