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Government Contracts - September, 2021

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• Infrastructure Bill In Limbo As House Continues To Mull Vote
• $115M Fight With Iron Ore Investor Isn't Over Yet, Egypt Says
• Cherokee Co., Workers Dodge IT Firm's Poaching Suit
• Fed. Circ. Revives Afghan Penalty Reimbursement Dispute
• 11th Circ. Rejects City Clerk's Bias Claims Over Power Battle
• Co. Accused Of Firing Atty Who Rejected CEO's Advances
• Gov't Contracts Of The Month: Antibodies, Prototype Weapons
• Mass. Man Convicted In $50M Federal Energy Grant Scheme
• GAO Affirms Noblis' $263M Contract Win Over Incumbent
• Vax Mandate Adds Wrinkle In Shutdown Prep For Contractors
• Siemens Energy Settles GE's Trade Secrets, Bid-Rigging Suit
• Split Conn. Top Court Affirms State's Power Plant Approval
• US, EU Vow To Avoid New Trade Barriers For Critical Sectors
• Sens. Float 24-Hour Rule To Report Ransomware Payments
• Boeing Case Highlights Risk For Health, Life Sciences Boards
• Ex-Mass. Mayor Must Pay Back $566K For Fraud Scheme
• What 9th Circ. Privilege Test Means For Dual-Purpose Advice
• Missourians Say Northrop Downplayed Toxic Water Pollution
• Ex-Insys Sales Rep Admits Guilt On Day 4 Of Kickbacks Trial
• Holmes Texts Show Investor Cash Poured In As Lab Struggled
• Puerto Rican Utility Can't Shed $3.9B Vitol Fuel Contracts
• FAR Council Seeks To Speed Up Small Biz Contract Payments
• Chicago Parking Wants To Escape Suit Over $1.16B Deal
• Haiti Can't Halt Engineering Co.'s Fuel Contract Arbitration
• The DOJ Should Ramp Up FCA Focus In PPP Enforcement
• Venezuelan Mining Co. Says $188M Award Can't Be OK'd
• Biden Deals Final Blow To Trump-Era Royalty Valuation Rule
• Minn. Contractor Admits To Rigging Public Contracts Bids
• DOL Sued For Pegging North Nevada Wage To Clark County
• Lifting The Veil On The Supreme Court's Shadow Docket
• How Federal Contractors Can Prepare For An Oct. 1 Shutdown
• Claims Court Acquisition Ruling Limits Protest Avenues
• Parents Lose Religious-Belief Bid To Halt School Mask Order
• USPS Violated Artist's Free Speech Rights By Blocking Stamp
• How Federal Vaccine Mandate Will Affect Gov't Contractors
• Devon Energy Pays $6M To End Federal Royalty Claims
• McKesson Tells 9th Circ. Opioid FCA Suit Correctly Dropped
• Salt Lake City Says Telecom Owes For Equipment Relocation
• Calif. Increases Migrant Health, Hate Crime Protections
• NJ Judge Refuses To Knock Down Rutgers Vax Requirement
• Gov't Contractor Directors To Pay $3M To Settle ERISA Claims
• Embracing ESG: United Natural Foods GC Talks Bottom Line
• Bad Record-Keeping Marred Afghanistan Withdrawal, IG Says
• GAO Urges Congress To Break Nuclear Fuel Storage Impasse
• Contractors Given Dec. 8 Deadline For Federal Vax Mandate
• Subcontractor Seeks $3M From Arlington Road Job
• Marketing Exec Wants High Court To Review FCA Judgment
• 3 Attorney Ethics Considerations For Litigation Funding
• House Approves $768B Defense Bill For 2022
• DC Circ. Mulls Iraqi Immunity In $89M Gov't Contract Fight
• Mich. Doctor Convicted In $100M Injections-For-Pills Scheme
• Tribes, NCAI Tell 10th Circ. Feds Must Cover Health Costs
• Blue Origin Says NASA Ignored Safety For $2.9B SpaceX Deal
• Commercial Takeaways After Tech Co. Faces Export Fine
• MVP: Sanford Heisler's Vincent McKnight
• Shipbuilding Cos. Escape Faulty Navy Ship Pipes Suit
• NJ Bar President Aims To Exit Atty's Suit Over City Contract
• Pa. Suppliers Can't Deduct Local Costs From Foreign Steel
• ICE Wants Contractor To Help Run Gitmo Migrant Facility
• FDA Greenlights Pfizer Vaccine Boosters For COVID
• NY Eatery Exec Was Fired For Alleging PPP Fraud, Suit Says
• Watchdog Says DOD Drug Supply Chain At Risk For Upheaval
• House Dems Push For Tax Breaks For Municipal Broadband
• How ABA Opinion Shifts Alternative Biz Structure Landscape
• Telehealth Providers Must Beware Of Fraud As Industry Grows
• Senate Panel Grills Biden's Pick For HHS Watchdog
• FCA Proposal Is Unfair And Would Hinder Economic Growth
• MVP: Wiley's Paul F. Khoury
• Pharmacies Win Remand Of FDA's Compounded Drug Memo
• Army Housing Contractors Can't Shield Docs In Mold Dispute
• DOD Vigilance On Fraud Risk Still 'Uneven,' GAO Says
• Military Contractor And AIG Unit Drop Suit Over Defect Costs
• Former Mass. Mayor Gets 6 Years For 'Corrosive' Corruption
• MVP: Jenner & Block's Noah B. Bleicher
• DC Circ. Says United Must Show TSA Scored Twice On Fees
• Mauritius Satellite Investors Say India Might Skirt $111M Award
• JEDI Cancellation Doesn't Moot High Court Case, Oracle Says
• Claims Court Rejects Novel Protest Over Air Force R&D Deal
• Ex-Mayor Gets Some Convictions Nixed In Corruption Case
• Sioux School Board Is Immune To Ex-Principal's Firing Suit
• Investors Seek Class Approval In Suit Over $3B Pa. Pipeline
• Embracing ESG: HPE Counsel Talk Effective Board Oversight
• Ex-State Dept. Staffer Cops To Contractor Kickback Scheme
• Release From Ga. ICE Facility Moots Women's Habeas Claim
• MVP: Covington's Hunter Bennett
• How Calif. High Court Rulings Narrow Prevailing Wage Law
• Pandemic IG Eyes Borrowers, Lenders On Fraud Deep-Dive
• GOP Leaders Probe HHS Over Migrant Youth Shelter Concerns
• France Recalls Ambassadors Over Submarine Deal Snub
• DOL Claims Race Bias In Hiring At Janitorial Services Co.
• CACI Settles No-Poach Claims From Intelligence Workers
• Biden Wants Feedback On Technology Supply Chain Risks
• DOI, Navajo Nation Must Adopt New Agreement, Judge Rules
• CoreCivic Can't Dodge Officer's Suit Over Body Cavity Search
• Justice Gap Demands Look At New Legal Service Models
• FDA Panel Backs Pfizer COVID Booster For Some Groups
• MVP: Bilzin Sumberg's Albert E. Dotson Jr.
• Cash-Strapped Mental Health Clinic Goes From Ch. 11 To Ch. 7
• DOJ Targets Telemedicine Fraud In $1.4B Enforcement Action
• Quinn Emanuel Gets $185M Fee From $3.7B Win In ACA Suits
• CACI Says $774M Army Encryption Deal Bid Unfairly Denied
• 9th Circ. Blocks EPA Water Permit For Large Idaho Farms
• ​​​​​​​3rd Circ. To Rehear Atty Fraud Case With Eye On Bridgegate
• Ex-Speaker Hastert Settles Suit Over Child Abuse Payouts
• State Dept. Watchdog Criticizes $663M In Iraq Support Deals
• Centerra, Aon Hewitt Can't Knock Out ERISA Suit
• Deal To Release Mich. Attys In $2M PPE Fraud Suit Rejected
• Turbine Maintenance Co. Seeks OK Of $7M Iraq Award
• Claims Court Says Army Irrationally Switched $250M Deal
• Minn. Asks 8th Circ. To Clarify Jurisdiction In Pipeline Case
• Workhorse Group Drops Protest Over $3.1B USPS Fleet Deal
• Northern Arapaho Urge 10th Circ. To Reverse Health Cost Suit
• Fla. Doctor Inks $6.75M Deal Over Unnecessary Procedures
• Former Aetna Consultant Says Co. Lied For Medicaid Funding
• JV Security Clearance Win Provides Insight Into GAO Thinking
• South African Energy Co. Gets $619M Arbitration Award OK'd
• Ex-Assistant US Atty Joins Riley Safer In Chicago
• Biden Admin. Hit With 1st State AG Suit Over Vax Mandate
• Mo. Man Cops To Role In $335M Federal Contract Scheme
• DOJ, FTC Issue Competition Warning For Ida Recovery
• Gov't Tells Justices CIA State Secrets Claim Wrongly Ignored
• Watchdog Clears $43M State Dept. IT Deal Of Conflict Claims
• 6th Circ. Asked To Revive Antitrust Suit Against Nashville PD
• These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships
• Federal Contractor Can't Duck RICO Suit Over Alleged Fraud
• Ga. Army Suppliers To Pay $900K To Settle Fraud Claims
• NJ Justices Divided Over Medicare, Insurer Payment Order
• Embracing ESG: Leidos GC Talks Social Responsibility
• Fishing Groups Challenge Biden Offshore Wind Approvals
• Watchdog Says DOE Official Hit Up Contractor For Pilot Role
• 8th Circ. Lets Minn. County Drop Appeal After Justices' Ruling
• Pa. Prison Guards' Union Challenges Vaccine Mandate
• Law360's Glass Ceiling Report: What You Need To Know
• Feds Seek 11 Years For Mass. Mayor's Bribe Scheme
• Teva Loses Bid To Dodge Most Of Feds' FCA Case
• 9 Firms Rep Quartet Of Blank-Check Cos. Raising $710M
• Claims Court Nixes $1.36B Gov't Aircraft Support Deal Claim
• Judge Stands By Letting Pipeline Suit Play Out In Tribal Court
• Fraud Enforcement Risk Mitigation Steps For PPP Lenders
• Insurer Balks At Paying For Mental Health Clinic's DOJ Deal
• Calif. Court Certifies, But Shaves Immigrant Detainee Class
• SF Trash Cos. Ink $36M Deal Admitting Pay-To-Play Scheme
• House Dems' Clean Power Proposal Freezes Out Natural Gas
• Biden Mandates COVID-19 Vax For Millions Of Workers
• Energy Co. Says $1B Contract Forgery Suit Belongs In NY
• DynCorp Whistleblower Says Disclosure Bar Doesn't Apply
• Ojibwe Tribe Fights for Jurisdiction Over Pipeline Case
• MIT Prof's Grant Fraud Indictment Can't Be Vague, Judge Says
• Pa., State Agency Cut From Suit Over Harrisburg Incinerator
• Del. Federal Judge Tosses Medical Cream Maker's FCA Suit
• Crowell Adds Former Senior DOJ Official To Doha Office
• Lessons In Crisis Lawyering 20 Years After 9/11
• High Court To Mull Taking Up Suit Over Obama Center
• GAO Rejects Protest Of $1.4B Gov't Aircraft Support Contract
• 9th Circ. Upholds Feds' Win In Tribal Health Exec's Firing Suit
• 2nd Circ. Backs Convictions Of 'Buffalo Billion' Bid Riggers
• Infotech Co. Partially Objects To Judge's $63M Award Recs
• Bid Protest Spotlight: Informalities, Reevaluation, Ethics
• AGs Urge High Court To Allow Puerto Rican SSI Benefits
• Army's 'Ambiguity' Can't Save Staffing Co.'s Late Bid Protest
• 9th Circ. Told To Keep Gov't Contractor On Hook In Nixed Deal
• NJ Home Health Biz To Pay $17M Over FCA Claims
• Molina Healthcare Wants 7th Circ. Redo For Revived FCA Suit
• Biden Wants Billions For Afghan Refugees, Natural Disasters
• Ex-Col. Pleads Guilty To Role In 'Fat Leonard' Bribery Scheme
• Minn. Loses Bid to Halt Suit In Tribal Court Over Pipeline
• GAO Denies Xerox Protest Over $131M Defense Copier Deal
• Conflicted Navy Employee Tainted $544M Deal, GAO Says
• El Salvador Loads Up On Bitcoin As Novel Law Takes Effect
• Private Security Boss Says US Paid Unfit Guards In Kabul
• Feds Must Turn Over Contested Docs In Cherokee Trust Suit
• House Committee Takes Step To Electrify US Vehicle Fleet
• Air India Can't Escape Litigation Over Awards, Court Hears
• Consultants' Qatar Ties Fail To Nix Hacking Suit In DC Circ.
• GAO Says DOD Underusing $7.4B Narrowband Satellites
• SpaceX Blasts Amazon 'Gambit' Over Next-Gen Satellite Plans
• Court Won't Undo Contractor's Plea In River Pollution Case
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Army Ordered To Reevaluate $250M Ft. Benning Contract Bids
• DC Lawmakers Call For Antitrust Probe Into MedStar
• UPMC, Doctor Face FCA Suit Over Simultaneous Operations
• GAO Calls On HHS To Pull Back Accenture's $330M IT Deal
• DC Circ. FCA Ruling Raises Bar For Alternate Remedies
• Why Structured Data Is Increasingly Important To Your Case
• Pa. Takes Step To Join Growing Bloc Of Cap-And-Trade States
• Genetic Testing Lab Owner Cops To $73M Medicare Scheme
• Ex-Drug Distributor CEO Slated For January Opioid Trial
• FBI, Cyber Officials Warn Of Labor Day Ransomware Push
• New Immigration Court Fee Rule Coming In January, Feds Say
• US Sues Guam For Shirking Employees' Pension Payments
• Engineering Firm Wants $23M Award Against Haiti Enforced
• Embracing ESG: AIG Counsel Talks SEC Risk Alert
• SEC Taps Cyber Biz To Monitor Digital Asset Ecosystem
• OFCCP Revives Its Dormant Reliance On Pay Equity Data
• Groups Seek To Block Biden Admin. Oil And Gas Lease Sale
• Dow Chemical Ropes Northrop Grumman Into Pollution Suit