Government Contracts Archive » June, 2021

Government Contracts - June, 2021

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• Construction Cos. End $226M Feud With Mexican Utility
• Reps. Mull Expanding NTIA's Cybersecurity Responsibilities
• House Panel Approves $706.5B Defense Bill For 2022
• ICE Detention Facilities Struggled To Quarantine, GAO Finds
• COVID-19 IP Waiver Supporters Splinter On What To Cover
• Pot Software Co. Says Contract Suit Counterclaims Too Thin
• Navy Will Upgrade Pearl Harbor Wastewater Plant In EPA Deal
• Tit-For-Tat Sanctions With China May Put Companies In A Bind
• Belgian Security Co. Indicted Over Alleged Bid-Rigging
• State Courts' Stark Lack Of Diversity Demands Action
• Gov't Contracts Of The Month: Nukes, Missiles, Antivirals, IT
• Biden's New Judicial Picks Include Noms For 4th, 9th Circuits
• House Budget Trims ICE Funding, Ends Local Deputy Program
• High-Ranking DOD Official Suspended Over Alleged Data Leak
• Oracle Urges Justices To Take Up $10B JEDI Protest
• Devas Goes After Air India In Fight For $1.3B Arbitral Award
• GEO Group Can't Nix Detainee Class In $1-A-Day Wage Suit
• High Court Won't Hear $600M Medicare Fight Over Chevron
• Microsoft Says SolarWinds Hackers Breached 3 Clients
• Feds Say Tribe Members' Claims Over Highway Widening Fail
• Witness Who Pinned Bribes On Mass. Mayor Avoids Prison
• Justices Won't Weigh In On FCA Whistleblower Standard
• Giuliani Suspension Highlights Ethical Pitfalls For All Lawyers
• High Court Won't Hear Military Contractor Immunity Case
• Warden Wants 7th Circ. To Review Detainees' 'Empire' Suit
• G4S Reaches $15M Deal Over Belgian Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Judge Says Army Fraud Case Defendants Denied Due Process
• Communications Co. Settles Kickback Claims For $12.8M
• 7th Circ. Rejects Antitrust Claims In Milwaukee Towing Suit
• Wash. State Says Retrial In GEO $1-A-Day Wage Suit Is Urgent
• Gov't Pulls Prolonged Suit Against SC Nuke Site Contractor
• State Dept. Approves $2.6B Arms Sale To The Philippines
• Earlier Suit May Void Gilead Whistleblowers' Kickback Claims
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• GAO Won't Rethink Ending VA Lease Award Protest
• GAO Says Iron Mountain Owed Costs After Slow VA Deal Fix
• Biden, GOP Senators Strike $1.2T Infrastructure Deal
• Polaris Can't Duck Claims Seat Paralyzed West Point Cadet
• Voluntary CFIUS Filings May Limit Uncertain Outcomes
• Senate Confirms Carnahan As GSA Administrator
• NJ Senate Votes To End Immigration Detention
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Trials Co-Chief From Mayer Brown
• Tech Group Urges Biden Admin To Reform Gov't Contracts
• Court Rules Committee Moves To Stiffen Expert Standard
• Steinmetz May Drop $10B Guinea Mining Suit Against Soros
• Abu Ghraib Contractor Presses Justices To Review Its Case
• Chicago's $1.16B Parking Deal Faces Antitrust Lawsuit
• Bill Would Make Ligado Pay For GPS Interference Costs
• Staffing Firm CEO Admits Media Agency Bribe Scheme
• Where FCA Litigation Stands 5 Years After Escobar
• Biden Sanctions Reinforce Trump-Era Foreign Policy
• Local Gov'ts Must Note Lessons In Religious Exception Ruling
• Ex-AstraZeneca Rep Wins $2.4M Verdict On Retaliation Claim
• In Arthrex, Justices Deal New Blow To Agency Independence
• Claims Court Explains Why VA Can't Revisit Contract Transfer
• IHS Urges DC Circ. Not To Revisit Tribal Health Costs Ruling
• GOP Halts Voting Bill That Takes On Court Ethics, Donor Rules
• FERC Hit With $234M Complaint Over Edenville Dam Bust
• Ex-NFL Player's Sentence For $40M Tricare Fraud Reduced
• Navigating Inadvertent Attorney-Client Privilege Waivers
• Real Estate Rumors: Lennar, CTL Capital, Westdale
• Fed. Circ. Will Return To In-Person Arguments In August
• 5 Mistakes Gov't Contractors Make When Shipping Cargo
• Challengers Say $23B UAE Arms Sale Dispute Should Proceed
• NJ Assembly Passes Immigration Detention Ban
• Justices Won't Review ACA Pay Issue Fight
• Amazon Asks High Court Not To Take Oracle JEDI Case
• Attorneys Beware: Zoom Depositions Are Likely Inadmissible
• Jury Says Service Member's 3M Earplug Injury Worth $1.7M
• Biden Loosens Sanctions For COVID-19 Equipment Shipments
• Meet Biden's HHS Watchdog Pick, Who Stoked Trump's Ire
• Judge OKs Honeywell Appeal Of FCA Damages Offset Denial
• GAO Calls Out Risks In Army Corps' Border Wall Approach
• Energy Deal Spat Faces Hurdles In Angola, Judge Told
• King & Spalding Nabs Former US Atty In Calif.
• Claims Court Won't Let VA Revise Med. Supply Deal Transfer
• Senate Confirms Citigroup Exec As DHS Deputy Secretary
• Ex-Merck Sales Rep Asks 9th Circ. To Revive Kickback Fight
• Mistrial Declared In GEO $1-A-Day Wage Suit
• Sheppard Mullin Hires Gov't Investigations Pro From Dechert
• Rising Star: Wiley Rein's Tara L. Ward
• Justices Back Foster Agency That Refused Same-Sex Couples
• Escobar 5 Years Later: How FCA Earthquake Is Reverberating
• Feds Ask For Toss Of Gila River Tribe's $225M Investment Suit
• HHS Secretary Becerra Defends $132B Budget Request
• 5 Ways To Make The Most Of GSA's New Gov't Contracts Site
• Cities Rebuff Texas' Bid To Reinstate Public Charge Rule
• Federal Claims Judge Confirmed To Md. District Court
• Law Firm Talent Must Reflect Shifting US Demographics
• San Antonio Man Admits To Role In Air Force Fraud Scheme
• Rising Star: Blank Rome's Stephanie M. Harden
• Feds Say No To Vacating Guilty Plea In $42M Pollution Case
• Ex-Texas Secretary Of State Joins Kelly Hart In Austin
• Thorny Issues Posed By WTO Vaccine Patent Waiver
• La. Judge Blocks Biden's Ban On New Oil And Gas Leases
• GEO Put Profits Before Labor Laws, Jury Hears In Closings
• Gilead Wants Whistleblowers' Drug Rx Kickback Suit Killed
• Small Biz Says Package Change Shouldn't Doom VA Contract
• NJ Panel Won't Revive IBEW's Suit Over Navy Solar Farm Job
• Man Admits Using Fake Cos. To Score $20M In Virus Loans
• Mortgage Co. Nutter Home Loans Can't Dodge Fraud Suit
• GAO Says Border Wall Funding Freeze Was Legal
• Engineering Firm Gets $8M Award Against Guinea OK'd
• Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Stacy Hadeka
• VA's OIG Says PPE Plans Created Pre-COVID Weren't Utilized
• Prison Co. Exec Says ICE Approval Needed To Pay Min. Wage
• Centene Settles Ohio, Miss. PBM Claims, Sets Aside $1.1B
• GAO Says Unusual DOD Deal Wasn't Based On Lowest Price
• ​​​​​​​Biden Admin. Asks Justices To Erase Border Wall Rulings
• Court Of Claims Backs Army Award Of $999M Health Contract
• Biden Keeps Trump's Proposal To Curb March-In Rights
• Rising Star: Crowell & Moring's Eric Ransom
• White House Issues Waiver Plan For 'Made In America' Order
• DOD Issues $2.2B Building Plan After Canceling Border Wall
• Low Wage Is Fine When State Is Paying, GEO Witness Says
• Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Carla Weiss
• Biden Admin. Puts Tighter Oil And Gas Regs On The Table
• Dems Call For DOJ To Drop California Private Prison Ban Suit
• Medical Device Cases Show Increased Sunshine Act Scrutiny
• Feds Restore $929M Calif. High-Speed Rail Grant To End Suit
• A Gov't Contractor's Road Map To Biden Cybersecurity Order
• Interior Dept. Floats NY, NJ Offshore Wind Lease Sale
• A Biz Strategy Model To Improve Lateral Atty Hiring Diversity
• Judge Grants Partial Cert., Further Trims 'Empire' Filming Row
• Bid Protester Can't Get Costs After GSA Redoes $15B IT Deal
• GEO Hints At Banned Email As $1 Wage Defense Begins
• Trucking Co. Rebuffs Concerns Over $700M COVID-19 Bailout
• Claims Court Says DLA Could Remove Co. From Vendor List
• JetBlue Workers Among 5 Charged With $1M Virus Loan Fraud
• CFPB Wants Truce In Student Loan Servicing Oversight Suit
• Avis Car Rental To Pay $10M For Overcharged Insurance
• 'Hijacked' Telecom's Investors Enter Brawl For $1.3B Award
• Biden Admin. Moves To Revoke Trump Royalty Valuation Rule
• Ill. Court Rules Home Health Co. Took Kickbacks
• Texas Military Housing Providers Accused Of Being Slumlords
• GAO Won't Revisit Denial Of Protest Over $535M Navy Deal
• COVID Vaccine IP Waiver Talks Heat Up At The WTO
• Fed Circ. OKs State Dept. Refusing Contractor Outbreak Costs
• Nixon Peabody Adds Top DOJ Enforcer To White Collar Group
• NJ Hospital Loses Bid For Cut Of $24M Medical Ed Subsidy
• Smaller Firms Need Employee Wellness Programs, Too
• Sweden Charges Former Bombardier Employee With Bribery
• Detainees' 'Payroll' Line Item Isn't Payroll, Jury Told
• 'Friendly' Ukraine Asks DC Circ. To Pause $112M Tatneft Suit
• Fed Circ. Backs Tossing Of $38M Census Bureau Deal Dispute
• Michigan Loses Bid To Keep PFAS Suit Out Of MDL
• Seneca Nation Says NY State Can't Nab Gambling Payments
• Wary Fed. Circ. Mulls DynCorp's Protest Over $82B Army Deal
• Ex-Olympic Skater Accused Of $1.6M Virus Relief Fraud
• Bid Protest Spotlight: Clarity, Timeliness, Agency Deference
• Michael Best Expands In NC With Litigation Atty Pair
• Biden Aims To Jolt Lagging Supply Chains
• Ex-CBCA Chair Joins Jenner & Block Gov't Contracts Group
• Fed. Circ. Hears $1.25M Fight Over Contract Paused By Ebola
• 9th Circ. Appeal Fizzles In Sharks' Transit Expansion Fight
• Detainee's No-Work Status No Problem For GEO, Jury Hears
• GAO Says Air Force Wrong On Experience For $113M Deal
• US Recovers Millions In Ransom Paid To Pipeline Co. Hackers
• High Court Skips Case Over German Imperial Africa Atrocities
• Gov't Contractor Seeks Quick End To $13M Subcontract Spat
• Egypt In Default In Iron Ore Investor's $115M Arbitration Suit
• ​​​​​​​Contractor In $7B Nuclear Cleanup Settles False Claims Suit
• House COVID Panel Probes 'Troubling' $700M Security Loan
• DOD Chief Approves Unified Battlefield Network Plan
• White House Warns Cos. To Shore Up Ransomware Defense
• EU Won't Budge On COVID-19 Vaccine IP Waiver
• Gravel Co. To Pay $1.75M To Settle False Claims Act Case
• Adjusted Ruling Sends Kickback Claims Against KBR To Trial
• Social Services Workers Say Gov't Contractor Owes OT Pay
• Stop Networking, Start Relationship Marketing
• Biden's DOI Can't Get Suit Over DOI Coal Leasing Paused
• Biden's Anti-Corruption Vow Could Supercharge Enforcement
• $1-A-Day GEO Work Was Real Job, Ex-Detainee Testifies
• Biden Unveils Plan To Crack Down On Corruption, Tax Havens
• Docs Show ICE Didn't Track Consent For Alleged Sterilization
• Tatneft Urges DC Circ. To Affirm $112M Award Against Ukraine
• W.Va. Justices Won't Make Nurse Arbitrate Harassment Suit
• House Dems Urge Review Of COVID Telework Cybersecurity
• Mass. Sheriff Demands DHS Explain Closing Of ICE Center
• Pa. Town Fears Imminent Harm From Sewer Tunneling Project
• Feds Slam Real Estate Co.'s Bid To Delay ICE Construction
• What Attorneys Should Know About Fee Deferral
• GEO Exploited Detainees To Run Large ICE Site, AG Tells Jury
• Mille Lacs Band Urges 8th Circ. To Preserve Police Power Suit
• Northrop Grumman Entity To Pay $350K Over Enviro Claims
• Contractor Owes No Penalty After Slow Gov't Cost Cap Update
• Ukraine Must Post Bond To Pause $112M Award Enforcement
• GAO Backs Choice Of Lower-Rated Bidder On $38M DLA Deal
• KBR Won $557M Air Force Support Deal Fairly, Court Rules
• Justices' Guam Ruling May Give New Life To CERCLA Claims
• Predictions On Pandemic's Lasting Impact On Legal Education
• ​​​​​​​Prison Co. Wants Detainee Class Tossed In $1 Wage Suit
• Ecuador Gets Nearly $36M Trimmed From Oil Profits Award
• DynCorp Wants $35M FCA Overcharging Case Tossed
• Pay Stubs Needn't Distinguish OT Rates, Calif. Panel Says
• BCLP Picks Up NY Prosecutor With Crypto, FCPA Chops
• Pro-Border Wall Group Challenges Asset Freeze At 2nd Circ.
• VA Wants Suit Paused As It Revisits Deal With Defense Agency
• Jurors To Hear About Whistleblower's Lost Texts, Judge Says
• Global Orgs. Unite For COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Push
• Justices Won't Review Qatar's Immunity From Hacking Claims
• DC Circ. Says Manager Can Badmouth Union For PTO Mix-Up
• DOD To Keep Fighting For $10B JEDI Deal For Now
• Lawyer Perfectionism Is A Disease We Can Control
• High Court Won't Hear Suit Over Fatal F-16 Crash In Gulf