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Government Contracts - May, 2023

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• Feds Say Advocacy Groups' Fish Harvest Claims 'Ambiguous'
• Mallinckrodt Can't Get Out Of Manhattan Project Waste Suit
• NM City Wins $2M IHS Award To Fight Alcohol-Related Deaths
• House Agrees To Lift Federal Debt Ceiling Until 2025
• Wash. Appeals Panel Says Construction Co. Waived $12M Claim
• Seattle Settles Dam Suit In Sauk-Suiattle Tribal Court
• Florida Judge Rejects Sanctions For Witness Intimidation
• EU Law Blocks €332M Arbitral Awards, Spain Tells DC Circ.
• NYC Retirees Say Medicare Benefit Switch Breaks Promises
• Wash. Water District Could Be Liable For Stolen Truck Crash
• IT School Can't Shake Feds' VA Tuition Swindle Suit
• 3rd Circ. Preview: Energy Company Fights Fuel June Docket
• Gov't Contracts Of The Month: Moon Landing And VA Records
• Dechert Attys Get 11th Circ. To Dump 3M Trial Sanctions
• Junk Mail Company Pays $2.75M To Settle FCA Case
• Ariz. Water Rights Suit Heads Toward Resolution, Parties Say
• DP World Seeks OK Of $148M Award Against Djibouti
• DeSantis, Fla. PAC Accused Of $80M 'Soft Money' Violation
• Forest Service Wrongly Rated Pay Proposal On $47M Deal
• ICE Inks $500K Deal To End Wash. Detainees' COVID Claims
• GAO Rejects 2nd Protest Over CACI's $2.5B NSA Contract
• FCA Can Be An Effective Tool For Fighting Customs Fraud
• Colo. Ski Resort Claims Metro District Collects Illegal Fees
• Fannie, Freddie Investors Ask 8th Circ. To Revive FHFA Suit
• Feds Wrongly Gauged $53M Winning Contract Bid, GAO Says
• Lyft Knocks Out 2 Communications Patents At The PTAB
• GAO Says DISA Could Pick Higher Bid On $109M Support Deal
• Tribe Health Care Suit Paused As Feds Mull High Court Review
• Flooring Co. Inks $7.5M Deal In Investor Suit Over SEC Probe
• 4th Circ. Revives Prison Phone Price-Fixing RICO Claims
• Some Client Speculations On AI And The Law Firm Biz Model
• Judge Says Marine Corps May Have Let Rival Hurt Contractor
• Red States Urge 4th Circ. To Undo Wins For Trans Health Care
• Mass. Judge Won't Halt Wind Farm Construction For Fishing
• Board Finds Navy Waived Construction Deadline With Silence
• What's New In NIST Revised Sensitive Info Security Guidelines
• Amentum Says Exercise Company Atty Intimidated Witness
• Researchers Uncover Malware With Possible Russian Link
• Contractor Group Urges White House To Devise A Default Plan
• 4th Circ. Upholds State Dept. Contractor's Retaliation Suit Win
• DOE Should Validate Hanford Cleanup Plans, GAO Says
• Pittsburgh Agency Seeks Redo In 'Airmall' Termination Suit
• Army Corps Took 'Great Pains' To Not Contract Co., Suit Says
• New Judge Ends 'Outrageous' BIA Stay, Sets Tribal Cattle Trial
• Sens. Urge DOD To Probe Alleged Contractor Price-Gouging
• Calif. Restaurant Owners Lied To Get COVID Funds, Feds Say
• Teva Says Feds Can't Bolster FCA Suit With Advisory Rulings
• Chipmakers Say Guardrail Proposals Reduce Competitiveness
• Fed. Circ. Opens Door To More Merits-Based Contract Args
• Mass. Hospital Pays $5.7M To Settle Self-Referral Claims
• Commanders' TM Application Faces Initial Rejection
• Ericsson Escapes Investor's ISIS Bribes Suit
• Feds Can't Toss SD Tribe's Suit Over Police Funding
• Congo Ducks Bid To Seize Trump Condo In $1B Award Fight
• Hospital's $43M Lawsuit Over Typo Moves Toward Settlement
• Board Says Air Force Owes US Bank, But Unclear How Much
• Court Halts ICE Health Care Deals, Lets Contractor Renew Bid
• Microsoft Warns Of Chinese Hacks Targeting US Infrastructure
• DOE Yanks $200M EV Battery Grant From Texas Tech Co.
• Biden Admin. Pours $48M Into Tribal Infrastructure Projects
• Wash. County Sues Contractors Over Sewer Project Sinkholes
• Hotels Sue NY Counties Over Bans On Refugee Hosting
• 'No Legal Road Map' To Pause Pot Settlement, Judge Says
• Treasury Sanctions Orgs Tied To North Korean Hacks, Scams
• Mass. Must Pay For Expanded Easement, Justices Say
• Hartford Hospital Suit Says Feds Withheld $43M Due To Typo
• Grais & Ellsworth Atty Named Federal Magistrate Judge In NY
• Ex-University Official Strikes Deal Ending FMLA Bias Suit
• Ga. Judge Ends Most Claims In Ermi Whistleblower Suit
• Deloitte IP Theft Prosecutor Ousted Over US Atty Conflict
• Debt Limit Suit Races To Hearing As 'Catastrophe' Looms
• A Lawyer's Guide To Approaching Digital Assets In Discovery
• Jones Day Attys On Percoco, And How We Got Here
• 3M CEO Needed For 'Critical' Earplug Mediation
• Alaskan Gold Mining Suit Filed Too Soon, Judge Says
• Judge Urged To Deny Mass. Wind Farm Injunction Bid
• High Court's Ethics Statement Places Justices Above The Law
• DOJ Says Not To Toss FCA Case Against Hospital System
• Justices Pave Way For Habeas Relief After Graft Theory Falls
• McKinsey Fired IT Manager For Whistleblowing, Suit Says
• G7 Russia Restrictions May Further Complicate Compliance
• Ex-Miss. Water Chief Wants Out Of System Failure Suit
• Union Head, Lobbyist Say 'Evolving' Fraud Laws Aid Appeal
• Fed. Circ. Says Contract Case Waiver Rule Not Jurisdictional
• Justices Pass On Clarifying Military Contractor Immunity
• 8th Circ. Told Tribe's Reservation Shouldn't Be Restored
• Steinmetz's Attempt To Revive Guinea Claim Is Discontinued
• Contractors Face New Risks Amid Looming Default
• Retired City Staff Entitled To Health Benefits, Mich. Panel Says
• NASA Taps Bezos' Blue Origin As 2nd Lunar Lander For $3.4B
• Texas University Not Immune In Suit Over $42M Dorm Project
• 1st Circ. Won't Revive J&J Hip Implant False Claims Act Suit
• White House Looks To Scrap CBP Worker's Vax Mandate Case
• DOD Dodges AI Firm's $376M Protest In About-Face Decision
• Opened Email Dooms Small Biz's Protest Of $50B NIH IT Deal
• Roosevelt Hotel Reopens To Migrants, Ending Union Litigation
• Harvard Fights Vizgen's Claims In Spatial Imaging Patent Fight
• Feds Offer 1 More Year Of Therapy To Separated Families
• W.Va. Health Biz's Ex-GC Settles Ahead Of Conspiracy Trial
• Time For Law Schools To Rethink Unsung Role Of Adjuncts
• US Sets Over 300 New Restrictions On Russia
• Federal Contractors' COVID-Related Changes Likely To Linger
• USDA Copter Deal Requirements Not Impossible, GAO Says
• UC Job Applicant Claims Diversity Statement Is Unconstitutional
• NAACP Compares Migrant Flights To 'Reverse Freedom Rides'
• Gambling Opponents Alter Suit Over Calif. Gaming Compact
• State Law Doesn't Bar Highway Claim Arbitration, Insurers Say
• Judge Slams Ala. DOT Head's $120M Toll Bridge Co. 'Vendetta'
• New Yorker Faces 20 Years For Lying In Army Filter Deal Docs
• Mich. School Calls Shooting Victims' Parents' Suits Repetitive
• Prior Cases Bar Janssen Kickback FCA Claims, Judge Told
• Trucking Group Asks High Court To Clarify Coverage Mandate
• NYC Bar's Annual Leadership Election Results Are In
• What The Justices' Questions Signify For FCA Compliance
• Construction Co. Says Feds Owe $4.7M After Deal Roadblocks
• Pipe Co. Blamed For Seattle Jail Plumbing Fiasco At Trial
• GAO Says DHS Wrongly Graded Losing Bid In $71M Contract
• Calif. Judge Halts Some Pre-Arraignment Cash Bail In LA
• Calif. Tribe's Early Win Bid On Hold In Water Suit
• Ariz. Halts Health Care Funds Amid Scam Targeting Natives
• Colo. Judge Probes Co.'s Bid To Reclaim Denver Airport Land
• NC Doctor Asks 4th Circ. To Throw Out $5.5M FCA Judgment
• 6th Circ. Won't Rethink FCA Hiring Case Decision
• Del. Justices Snub SolarWinds Investors' Data Breach Suit
• Justices Curb Fraud Theories, But That May Not Deter Feds
• Aircraft Parts Co. Settles DOL's Gender, Disability Bias Probe
• Judge Won't Free Glove Maker From Forced Labor Suit, Yet
• Tips For In-House Legal Leaders In A Challenging Economy
• GOP Panel Warns Of Costly Labor Deals For Federal Projects
• Ga. Justices Skeptical That Sinkhole Case Was Properly Axed
• Fed. Circ. Panel Says 'Bizarre' Newman Behavior Merits Exam
• Ex-MHA Nation Official Will Serve 5 Years For Bribery Scheme
• Devas Parent Cos. Can't Enter $1.3B Award Fight, Court Hears
• Pa. Justices Say Contractors Can Be Liable For Clear Dangers
• GAO Says Emails Are Not A Protest In $4.5M Contract Spat
• Former Apple Engineer Among 6 Charged In Export Schemes
• NY Drywall Co. Owner Admits Stealing $1.6M In COVID Funds
• GAO Says Army Corps Fairly Picked Pricy Bid At Fort Bragg
• Judge Grants Class Cert. In US Steel Pollution Nuisance Suit
• Feds Must Face Distress Claim In Family Separation Suit
• GAO Lets Army Deny $7.9M Services Bid Over Clerical Error
• Kuwaiti Construction Co. Can't Get Award Favoring KBR Nixed
• High Court In Graft Cases Warns Courts, DOJ: Don't Get Cute
• Juvenile Detention Center Boss Escapes 'Empire' Filming Suit
• 3rd Circ. Won't Lift IT Co.'s Gov't Work Ban Amid Contract Suit
• Judge Affirms $490M FCA Verdict Against Medical Distributor
• Court Shaves $560K Construction Suit Over Project Delays
• Prison Workers Want High Court's Take On COVID Hazard Pay
• Ex-Army Worker Arrested Over Alleged $400K Bribery Scheme
• What Associates Need To Know Before Switching Law Firms
• Justices Enter Fight Over Trump's Old Post Office Lease
• German Co.'s IT Certification Can't Win DOD Deal, GAO Says
• Revised NIST Guidelines May Put Contractors In Straitjacket
• Cherokee Nation Audit Was Resolved Decades Ago, Feds Say
• State Dept. Approves $8.5B Boeing Copter Sale To Germany
• UBS To Pay Texas District $850K Over ESG Bond Dustup
• NY Construction Manager Cops To $1.6M COVID Loan Theft
• Radical Reform Is Needed So Small Biz Can Better Assist DOD
• Feds Say Couple's Therapy Biz Defrauded Medicare Of $1.2M
• Student Loan Forgiveness Wastes $5B Monthly, Judge Told
• Contractor Reneged On NC Parking Deck, Concrete Co. Says
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• A Case For Sharing Mediation Statements With Counterparties
• GCI To Pay $40M To End FCA Claims It Defrauded FCC
• Judge Newman's Lawsuit Elevates Fed. Circ. Tensions
• Jury Finds Minn. Contractor Not Guilty Of Gov't Bid-Rigging
• GAO Says DOE Could Switch Cos. On $1B Security Deal
• DOJ Sanctioned In FCA Case Over Discovery Dispute
• DeSantis Can't Escape Suit In Mass., Asylum-Seekers Say
• Fla. Court Says Vero Beach Can Set 'Reasonable' Water Rates
• Ex-IRS Officer Led $3M Pandemic Loan Scam, Feds Say
• Feds' Authority Halts Landowner's Railway Suit In Colo. Court
• DOD Watchdog Warns Of Lax Oversight Of $17B IT Deal
• Recent DOJ Setback Unlikely To Shift Labor Antitrust Focus
• VA Watchdog Blasts $187M In Unchecked COVID Spending
• Gov't OK Creates Immunity In Au Pair Pay Fight, 1st Circ. Told
• Judge Newman Sues Fed. Circ. To Halt Probe Of Her Fitness
• Supreme Court Reins In Corruption Prosecutions Yet Again
• Smartmatic Seeks To Depose Howie Carr In Newsmax Lawsuit
• Fed. Circ. Backs Nix Of $774M Army Deal Protest Despite Error
• BofA Wants PPP Loan Class Action Tossed Or Arbitrated
• Arbitration Not An Option In Highway Project Fight, Court Told
• Swiss Re Says Contractors Owe Over $6M In Bond Payments
• DC Circ. Looks At Immunity Denial In Railway Antitrust Case
• NIST Proposes Revised Security Guidelines For Sensitive Info
• GAO Nixes Claims That JV Bidder Should Face Higher Bar
• FCA Chases 'Shrewder' Kickbacks As 50-Year Hunt Intensifies
• GAO Says $103M Army Deal Awardee Lacked Key Staff Plan
• Mich. Town Gets Pot License Challenge Thrown Out
• Preparing For Legal Scrutiny Of Data Retention Policies
• Mass. Union Head Gets 2½ Years For Lobbyist Kickbacks
• Appeals Panel Says Pa. Airport Can't Evict Concessionaire
• Eli Lilly Drug Rebate Damages Tripled To $183M
• Ex-ICE Facility Operator Wants Out Of Forced Labor Case
• Ex-LA City Atty Sentenced To Probation In DWP Scandal
• Crowley Says GSA Contract Audit Authority Dispute Isn't Moot
• Migrant Rebuffs CoreCivic's Bid To Nix Miscarriage Suit
• 7th Circ. Won't Rethink Suit Over Chicago's $1B Meter Deal
• US Seizes On Long-Running Russian Cyber Espionage Tool
• Health Providers Must Beware FCA Risks When Using AI
• Hospice Firms Skirt Fraud Claims After Ex-Execs Fined $113M
• Ex-Treasury Dept. Deputy Asst. GC Joins Latham In DC
• Ga. Concrete Co. Fights For Particulars In Antitrust Case
• Law360's 2023 Government Contracts Editorial Advisory Board
• Texas Man To Pay $1M, Serve 4 Years For Security Tech Fraud
• 9th Circ. To Hear Dispute Over Calif. Tribal Casino In July
• Calif. Contractor Sues For $8.3M From Naval Facility Work
• Becker Expands NJ Footprint With 2 Hill Wallack Attys
• IT School Says Feds' VA Tuition Swindle Suit Used Wrong Law
• Ohio Panel Says No Workers' Comp For Break Room Fight
• Attorneys Should Have An Ethical Duty To Advance DEI
• Devas Parent Cos. Want In On $1.3B Award Battle In 9th Circ.
• Biden, Yellen Sued By Union In Bid To Invalidate Debt Limit
• Winston & Strawn Adds Reed Smith Gov't Contracts Trio
• Concrete Exec Wants To Suppress Info Obtained Without Atty
• Newsom Denies Validity Of Calif. Tribe's Gaming Compact Suit
• Fannie, Freddie Investors' Suit Should Be Nixed, 8th Circ. Told
• Utah Tribe Accuses State Agencies Of Racist Bidding Scheme
• GAO Rejects Leidos' Protest Over Rival's $2.5B NSA Deal
• Mich. Racetrack Can't Open All Week Under Zoning Rules
• 350 Adult Residents Cut From EPA Flint Water Suit
• DOJ Tells 4th Circ. Not To Upend Bid-Rigging Conviction
• Malaysia In Talks To Bring Back Jho Low, Prime Minister Says
• DOJ Inks 1st Enviro Justice Deal Under Civil Rights Laws
• Bid Protest Spotlight: Nonofferor Protest, Irrational Analysis
• Judge OKs Deal To Clean 'Loathsome' Lake Erie Pollution
• NC Town Sues 30 Cos. Alleging 'Forever Chemicals' Pollution
• Ga. Pharmacy Demands Info Over Medicare Funds Freeze
• Texas Defends 'Exhaustive' Reviews Of $5.6B Highway Plan
• ICE Officers' Suit Over COVID Safety At Detention Center Axed
• Data-Driven Insights Are Key To Attracting Today's Clients
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• A Per Se Setback For DOJ's No-Poach Prosecutions
• 4th Circ. Tests Walgreens' Bid To Skip Medicaid Fraud Liability
• NC Health Agency, Duke Strike Back In MRI Operator Case
• DOJ Will Reimburse Tribes For Certain Jurisdiction Expenses
• Software Exec, 3 Others Sentenced In Military Bribery Scheme
• Federal Oversight Of AI In Healthcare Is Taking Shape
• Ex-Trump Aide Says DOD Stalling 'Deep State' Book Release
• Feds Seek 5 Years For Union Head, Lobbyist In Kickback Case
• 3rd Circ. Axes Dutch Appeal In MD Helicopters' Ch. 11 Sale
• Biden Admin. Announces $300M In US Ammunition To Ukraine
• $5.3M Settlement Approved In Workers' No-Poach Lawsuit
• Evangelical Group Can't File Amicus In DeSantis Migrant Suit
• Justices Tell Lockheed, Airbus To Answer $3.1B Satellite Case
• Use Of 'Hot Mess' In High Court Brief Draws Ire, But Isn't New
• GSA Botched Bid Review In $238M Storage Row, GAO Says
• BofA Must Halt PPP Loan Collections Amid Suit, Cos. Say
• Ohio Businessman Admits Role In $24M Health Fraud
• 11th Circ. Backs Inn's Nuisance Label After Several Overdoses
• Ghosting In BigLaw: Why Better Feedback Habits Are Needed
• LA Politician Seeks Acquittal In USC Dean Bribery Case
• 'Extortion' Charge Roils FCA Bar As Kickback Suits Surge
• Tenn. Eye Center To Pay $17M To Settle Kickback Claims
• Fla. Judge Reopens Mediation Talks In 3M Earplug MDL
• NY Pharmacy Owners Ran $29M Health Care Fraud, Feds Say
• Reject 'Carte Blanche' For Risky Opioid Sales, 4th Circ. Urged
• Contractor Calls Gov't High Court Immunity Brief 'A Hot Mess'
• 9th Circ. OKs Airport Land Sale To Tribe Amid Historic Claims
• New Rulings Back Hospital Antitrust Suit, Conn. Residents Say
• GAO Says Ex-CMS Consultant Gave No Edge In $66M IT Deal
• Judge Rejects Extension After 'Depleted' Atty Misses Deadline
• 6th Circ. Says Ohio Jailers Must Face Claims For Inmate Death
• Travelers Says Chicago Owes $26M For Willis Tower Flood
• DHS And CBP Hit With Suit Over Protest Records Request
• 10th Circ. Revives Ex-Criminal Defendants' Wage Claims
• Claims Court Orders Feds To Rethink Polaris IT Deal Terms
• Texas Cable Permit Ruling Is A Mixed Bag For Charter
• Patients Say Fla. Ban On Trans Care Ignores Medical Expertise
• Auto Repair Shop Can't Contest Utility Denial, Judge Rules
• GAO OKs Army Picking Higher-Priced Bid For $1.4B Deal
• 3M Pushes Back At Vets' Mediation Bid In Faulty Earplug MDL
• Chinese Co. Says Nigeria Is Directly Liable For $70M Award
• Law Needs A Balance Between Humanism And Formalism