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Government Contracts - March, 2023

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• Israeli Execs To Pay SEC $12.2M For Misleading Investors
• Judge Says CDC Can Cancel Flawed 9/11 Health Program Deal
• FDIC Accuses Bank CEO, 2 Others Of SBA Lending Scheme
• Ex-Navy Officials Say Misconduct Taints 'Fat Leonard' Verdict
• Officials Warn Of Supply Chain Attack On Conferencing App
• Agency's Settlement Remorse Heads To Mich. High Court
• Navy Shipbuilder Execs Charged With Accounting, Wire Fraud
• BIA Wants Tribe's School Funding Suit Tossed Again
• Tech Co. Must Face City's Court Data 'Hostage' Claims
• Calif. Court Revives Green Groups' Petition Over Dev. Project
• GAO Says $661M In IT Buys For VA Skipped Officer Approval
• Reed Smith Litigator Joins Holland & Knight In Northern Va.
• GE, Siemens Settle Wind Turbine Patent Disputes
• 5th Circ. Says EEOC Mix-Up Can't Sink Sex Bias Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Energy Dept. Poised To Unleash A Gusher Of Loans
• Wash. Federal Judge Blocks Seattle Airport Deportation Ban
• GAO Says Engineering Firm Misunderstood Army Deal Reqs
• Gov't Contracts Of The Month: Hypersonics And IT Services
• GSA Lays Out Best Practices For Feds Buying 5G Tech
• Ivory Coast Oil Co. Used Tax Lies To Hurt US Biz, Suit Says
• Ex-CEO Whistleblower Nets $12M In Hospital's $69M FCA Deal
• SBA Proposal May Boost Use Of Small-Business Contractors
• Leased Police Facility Wasn't Publicly Funded, Pa. Panel Says
• Ex-ICE Detainee's Claims Look Familiar, Facility Operator Says
• Fox Ex-Producer Case Is A Lesson In Joint Representation
• Calif. Jury Convicts Ridley-Thomas Of Bribing USC Dean
• MIT Escapes Researcher's False-Claim Retaliation Suit
• Judge Won't Confirm $29M Renewable Award Against Spain
• Atty Owes Fees To Nursing Home For FCA Suit, Judge Says
• Army Corps Says Gold Co.'s Suit Is Too Early, In Wrong Court
• ITC Confronts Divergent Views On Expanding COVID IP Deal
• Military Contractors Guilty In $8M Bidding Scheme, Jury Says
• Port Co. Says Djibouti Owes $486M Award, Despite Appeal
• Feds Sued Over Demolition Plans For Historic Tribal Hospital
• McKesson Beats Oncology Kickback Whistleblower Suit
• Wash. Can Tax Federal Contractor's Costs For Turbine Work
• 3rd Circ. Asked To Revive Suit Over NJ Counties' Labor Deal
• Pa. Panel Rips Pittsburgh Airport Over 'Airmall' Eviction
• VA OIG Says New System in $3.2B Program Risks Data Errors
• Assistant US Attorney Cops To Steering Contracts To Spouse
• OFCCP Department Head Leaving For White House Role
• 6th Circ. Widens FCA Split, Curtails Kickback Law's Scope
• Biz Groups Ask High Court To Use 'Objective' FCA Standard
• GAO Clears VA's Lenovo Purchase Of China Ban Claims
• Claims Court's Jurisdiction Keeps $68M Army Deal Intact
• 2nd Circ. Backs Toss Of FCA Case Involving Cancer Group
• Feds Say COVID Fraudster Forged Court Letters As Atty Exits
• Feds Ordered To Resume Oil And Gas Lease Sales In ND
• Stanford Law Protest Highlights Rise Of Incivility In Discourse
• Engineer Cites 'Anti-China Rhetoric' In Split Trial Request
• Smartmatic Must Produce Litigation Finance Docs In Fox Suit
• Raytheon Manager, Hiring Execs Can Try To Justify No-Poach
• How Kickbacks Became King In False Claims Act Litigation
• $490M FCA Award Unconstitutional, Distributor Insists
• Health Care Exec On Hook For $113.4M Hospice Fraud Penalty
• New Biden Directive Boosts Printed Circuit Board Production
• DOD Gets Electronic Cooling Tech Patent Suit Dismissed
• Dispute Prevention Strategies To Halt Strife Before It Starts
• Mark Ridley-Thomas' Fate In Bribery Trial Goes To Calif. Jury
• Ex-Goldman Exec Ordered To Forfeit $35.1M In 1MDB Case
• Opioid Theory Reaches 'Alcohol, Guns, Phones,' 4th Circ. Told
• Michigan Governor Signs Bill To Repeal Right-To-Work Law
• Rival Stole Unemployment Benefits Software, Deloitte Says
• Ill. Panel Won't Revive Taxpayer's Benefit Billing Dispute
• GAO Sustains Protest To Army Corps' $7B Construction Deal
• Lack Of Facts Frees ICE, Prison Operator From Battery Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Calif. Tribe's Bid To Halt Trinity River Winter Flow Barred Again
• LA Politician Wielded 'Privilege,' Jury Told In Bribery Closings
• Mich. Shooting Plaintiffs Allowed To File In State Court
• General Dynamics Says It Can Be Part Of $7.9B CACI Protest
• Lender Cops To $932M Fraud That Duped Magic Johnson Co.
• House Dems Introduce Bills To Improve VA IT Acquisitions
• Practical Skills Young Attorneys Must Master To Be Happier
• Raytheon Ineligible For Reduced NY Tax Rate, ALJ Rules
• GAO Says Bidder Snubbed Proposal Instructions
• Appeals Board Says Distribution Can Be Allowed Contract Cost
• Ill. Justice Doubts Village Can Get Paid After Contract Breach
• TikTok CEO To Distance App From China At House Hearing
• Criminal Trial Nears In Aerospace Industry 'No-Poach' Case
• GAO Backs Bumping Vet-Owned Co. Based On Bid Typo
• EPA Chief Says Biden Budget Increase Needed For Mission
• Cherokee Nation's Trust Audit Suit Time-Barred, Feds Assert
• High Court Urged To Back Objective FCA Knowledge Standard
• 3M Looks To Shield CEO From Vets' Questioning
• 9th Circ. Weighs Tribal Opposition To Ariz. Copper Mine
• Fla. Resorts Settle Whistleblower's PPP Fraud Claims
• FWS Can't Doom Fla. Suit Over Road Project In Panther Lands
• Commerce Fleshes Out 'Guardrails' For CHIPS Act Funding
• NYC Man Gets 10 Years For Laundering, Witness Threat
• Nevada Inks $55M Deal After Losing FLSA Immunity Challenge
• DHS Says EB-5 Clarification Is Not Rule That Can Be Litigated
• The Evolving Landscape Of COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement
• Huntington Ingalls CLO Sees Slight Uptick In Comp For '22
• Harlem Globetrotters Sue SBA Over $10M COVID-19 Loan
• Conn. High Court Revives Flight Instructor's Side Hustle Row
• 3M Unit Hits Back At Bids To Toss Bankruptcy Case
• Watchdog Slams NASA Nuclear Power Development Progress
• Philly Inks $9.75M Settlement With Residents, BLM Protestors
• Justices Let Gov't Join FCA Scienter Args, Balk At Extra Time
• GAO Won't Redo Ruling Panning Air Force's $4.5B Deal
• Cos. Need Clarity On Divergent FCA Pleading Standard
• Conducting Employee Investigations That Hold Up In Court
• 50 Years In, Industry Has Knives Out For Potent Kickback Law
• Firm Denies Conflict Of Interest In Child Care Fraud Suit
• Feds Want $490M Award After FCA Kickback Verdict
• VA Watchdog Says Agency Still Orders Futile Health Reviews
• Fla. Nonprofits Say Chubb Won't Cover Debt From DOL Probe
• Pratt & Whitney Defeats FCA Suit Alleging Faulty Jet Engines
• US' New China Tech Unit Raises Domestic Research Scrutiny
• Judge Tosses Final Piece Of NJ-NY Ferry FCA Suit
• ABA Opinion Should Help Clarify Which Ethics Rules Apply
• Philly Vision Center Whistleblower Atty Escapes Conflict DQ
• GAO Says HHS Rightly Nixed Wisconsin Co.'s Hotline Bid
• Mining Partners Say 'Enough Is Enough' In Army Corps Fight
• Court Backs Nixing Disputed DISA Deal Amid Ethics Concerns
• Contract Board Won't Shave $121K Suit Over Air Base Deal
• GOP Lawmakers Cry Foul On Federal Agency Labor Advisers
• GAO Nixes Claims That Army's Integrity Probe Was Faulty
• Vet Tells 11th Circ. 3M's Earplug Appeal Is 'Rubbish'
• Agencies Shouldn't Overstep Role In Climate Change Fight
• 4 Ways To Reboot Your Firm's Stalled Diversity Program
• Insufficient Facts Doom SPLC Atty Access Claim, Judge Says
• Aerojet Rocketdyne Says FTC Probing $4.7B L3Harris Merger
• Logistics Firm's US Ties Doom Thule Air Base Deal
• DOJ And Others Take Down $3B Crypto Laundering Scheme
• Hydro Industry Backs Calif. Water Districts' High Court Row
• DC Judge Orders Fresh Start In $131M Peruvian Award Case
• Pa. DOT And Contractor Sued Over Worker's Fatal Fall
• DOJ's Google Sanctions Motion Shows Risks Of Auto-Deletion
• Janssen Says Whistleblower FCA Claim Already Disclosed
• Conn. AG Wants To Defend Standing Law In HHC Antitrust Suit
• Chinese Couple's Fraud Charges In Poaching Case Tossed
• Judge Says DOD Agency Must Buy From Mandatory Source
• DC Appeals Court Upholds District's Local Hiring Law
• DOL Agency Starts Diverse Hiring Program For $35M Projects
• 6th Circ. Says Smucker's Not 'State Actor,' So Vax Mandate OK
• Ga. Prison Cavity Search Inadmissible In CoreCivic Suit
• What To Expect From A Litigation Finance Industry Recession
• Lockheed Martin GC Earned More Than $6M Last Year
• GAO Affirms Choice Of Boeing Over Rival CACI In $537M Deal
• CVS Can't Escape FCA Suit Alleging Drugmaker Collusion
• Allergan Gets FCA Suit Tossed On Remand From 9th Circ.
• Feds Say Rite Aid Ignored 'Red Flags' On Opioid Prescriptions
• GAO Backs GDIT Protest Of VA's $242M File Conversion Deal
• Defense Contractor Cops To $8M Bidding Fraud
• Australia To Buy Minimum Of Three US Nuclear-Powered Subs
• Claims Court Nixes Challenge To $325M Cargo Screening Deal
• Ex-ICE Facility Operator Hit With Forced Labor Class Action
• Ridley-Thomas' $100K Gift Created Optics Issue, CEO Says
• Wind Farm Wants To Be Done With Fisheries' Project Fight
• Mich. Not On Hook For County's $12M Shortfall, Panel Says
• Fintech Founder To Pay SEC $1.1M To Settle Fraud Claims
• Judge Not Convinced By DOJ's 'Say-So' In Vax IP Row
• Fla. Judge Calls 3M Hearing-Loss Evaluation 'Problematic'
• Ericsson Investors Ask to Keep ISIS Bribes Suit Alive
• DOD Can't Escape Claims It Overlooked AI Firm In $376M Deal
• Data Reveals Bigger Picture Beyond HHS' Telehealth Audit
• FCA Knowledge Element: NY Already Got It Right
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Union Head Settles Firing Suit Against Mass. Transit Authority
• Janssen Must Hand Over Records In Kickback Case
• USC's $100K Gift Sparked Probe, Ridley-Thomas Jury Told
• Angola Decries New Suit Over Nixed $1.1B Power Plant
• Stimwave Pays $10M To Avoid Prosecution; Ex-CEO Charged
• Family Sues Over ICE Detainee's COVID-19 Death
• Sensitive Data Of Congress Members, Staff Leaked In Hack
• Feds Want New Hearing In $3M Tribal Health Care Case
• GAO Nixes Realty Co.'s Protest Over Canceled IRS Solicitation
• Gas Facility Opponents Say FERC Didn't Weigh Health Impacts
• Workers' Attys Seek $4M From Booz Allen No-Poach Deal
• Plane Parts Exec Gets 7 Years For $15M Fraud On Honeywell
• Ex-Goldman Exec Gets 10 Years For 1MDB Corruption
• Regeneron Ignoring FCA Law 'Common Sense,' Feds Say
• BakerHostetler Adds Gov't Practices Co-Chair
• Moderna Tries To Kick Ex-Judge Out Of COVID Vax IP Row
• LA Politician Bribed USC Dean With Gov't Contracts, Jury Told
• NC County Wants To Scrap Metal Recycler's Contract Bid Suit
• DOE Offers $6B For Industrial Decarbonization Projects
• White House Hits Aviation Sector With New Cyber Mandates
• AECOM Accuses Gov't Of 'Gamesmanship' In FCA Suit
• GAO Calls On Pentagon To Improve Financial Oversight
• Oshkosh Alleges Evaluation Flaws In $8.6B Army Vehicle Deal
• ICE Reported Contractor's 'Inflated' Ankle Monitor Data
• Feds, Michigan, Tribes Slam Fishing Group's Pact Objections
• DOI, Casinos Get Early Win In Mich. Tribe's Land Trust Suit
• Garland Memo May Curb A Powerful Prosecutorial Tool
• 'Clear Quid Pro Quo': HHS Jeers Big Pharma's Kickback Salvo
• Divided 10th Circ. Says Tribe Can Seek $1.5M Reimbursement
• Claims Court Says Air Force Could Cancel Deal Amid Probe
• 9th Circ. Asks Wash. High Court To Decide Wage Question
• Judge Looks To Nudge Along Case Over $131M Award
• Gold King Mine Contractor Seeks To Nix Tribe's Cleanup Claim
• Army Corps Can't Get Out of SC Wetlands Housing Suit
• Insurers Relieved Of Chicago O'Hare Steel Defect Settlement
• Biden Admin. Says Not to Rush Offshore Oil, Gas Plan
• Bid Protest Spotlight: Lessons For Joint Ventures
• Treasury Asks 11th Circ. To Revisit Lifting Tax Cut Limit
• Conn. AG Backs Bill To Expand Office's Anti-Fraud Powers
• Judge Backs Clearing $430M Deal Of 'Made In US' Claims
• GAO Rejects Protests Over $1.2B Coast Guard Ship Deal
• Fed. Circ. Judge Tears Into Gov't In $774M Army Deal Dispute
• Justices Leave Questions Open On Dual-Purpose Atty Advice
• Pa. Cannabis Growers, Labs Sue To Stop 2-Lab Testing Rule
• Michigan's New Abortion Rights May Crush Old Legal Barriers
• New Policies And Programs Can Help Seal Smaller M&A Deals
• DLA Piper Boosts Litigation Team With Baltimore Antitrust Pro
• Air Force Contractor Says Firings Not Linked To Union Activity
• NC Federal Judge Sanctions Plaintiff For Faking Email
• Aerospace Co. Says Fla. Cancer Cluster Suit Is Time-Barred
• Ex-Judges Worried About Where COVID Vax IP Row Will Go
• Software Co. Can Recover Partial Costs In Navy Copyright Suit
• GAO Says AI Firm Can't Protest CDC's Need For Rival Platform
• Watchdog Finds Concerns In $416M Border Entry Port Project
• Gov't Doesn't Owe Cotter Indemnity For Radiation Injury Suit
• EPA Orders States To Review Cyber Threats To Water Systems
• Mich. Dems Eye Ambitious Agenda With Slim Majority
• The Jurisdictional Conflict At Center Of 9th Circ. FCA Case
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Ex-Xerox Unit Can't Get New Fraud Coverage Trial, AIG Says
• 4 Highlights From Biden's Beefed Up Cybersecurity Strategy
• Booz Allen Beats 401(k) Mismanagement Suit For Good
• FCA Enforcement And Litigation Trends To Watch
• W.Va. Health Biz Atty Dodges Sanctions Over Emails, For Now
• Addiction Center Operators Charged With Health Care Fraud
• Butzel Long Adds Veteran Gov't Relations Atty In DC
• Sherwin-Williams Settles Philly Bridge FCA Case for $1M
• Ex-IBM Worker Drops $265M Whistleblower Suit Over IRS Deal
• Pittsburgh Auto Parts Shop Fights City's Bridge Closure
• Yemenis Accuse Lockheed, Raytheon, Others Of Fueling War
• As Opioid Sellers Win Vital Verdict, Families See Silver Lining
• BIA, Tribes Have Concerns, Recs For Hydro Dam Licensing
• Madigan Wants 'Far-Flung' Charges Out Of Corruption Case
• Judge OKs Navy Canceling Deal Despite Suspicious Timing
• House Oversight Committee Launches PBM Investigation
• A Cautionary Tale On Technical Data Rights In DOD Contracts
• Gov't Seeks To Boost Domestic Hypersonic Development
• UAE Tax Agency Eyes Software Deal With SAP, Report Says
• Ga. County Must Cover Deputy's Gender Transition Surgery
• 3M Says Most Vets In Earplugs MDL Have Normal Hearing