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Government Contracts - October, 2024

235 articles

• Ex-Goldman Exec Says 1MDB Judge Thwarted His Defense
• Madigan Ally Set Up Work For Speaker's Fired Aide, Jury Told
• DOL Blocked From Using In-House Court In Hiring Bias Spat
• Flint Water Case Paused For 'Advanced' Settlement Talks
• What DOJ's New National Security Obsession Means For Attys
• Defense Contractor, Ex-Exec Hit With Bribery Charges
• Mineral Co. Execs Allegedly Misled Investors On Gov't Contract
• GAO Upholds NASA's $98M Aircraft Engineering Support Deal
• How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources
• Suit Against Indicted NJ Power Broker Sent To Biz Court 
• Pro Services Contract Nixes NJ Public Defender's Pension
• SBA Cries Foul On Globetrotters' $10M COVID Grant Suit
• The 2024 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard
• Firms' Hiring Strategies Are Evolving In Fight For Top Spot
• Retrial Begins In Abu Ghraib Torture Case Against Contractor
• Alleged Kickback Plotters Can Waive Conflict Over Attorney
• Army Corps Says Biz Inflated Costs Of Nixed Clean-Up Deal
• 4th Circ. Affirms Soldier's Loss Against Fluor Over Bombing
• Prison Phone Co. GTL Gets OK On $17M Price-Fix Deal
• Ariz. Tribe Will Get Back 3,200 Acres In US Land Exchange
• AIG Tells Del. Justices Texas Medicaid Case 'Steeped In Fraud'
• Holtec Wins $6.9M Over Gov't's Failure To Store Nuclear Fuel
• Gov't Contracts Of The Month: Uranium And Missile Detection
• 3rd Circ. Vacates, Remands Philly Union Rule Suit
• How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment
• 'Breathtaking' Pentagon Leak Merits 16 Years, Feds Say
• NYC Mayoral Straw Donor Scheme Sees Another Guilty Plea
• 6th Circ. Judge Doubts Airport Funding Made It Federal Agent
• GAO Says Space Force Right To Deny Inmarsat Satellite Deal
• Ex-ComEd GC Calls Madigan's Interest In Law Firm 'Strange'
• DOD Says Boeing Overcharged For Cargo Plane Spare Parts
• BOEM Holds Gulf Of Maine Wind Lease Sale
• Kasowitz Defense Tech Trio Joins Pillsbury In DC
• Suspension And Debarment: FY 2024 By The Numbers
• Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity
• DC Circ. Won't Revisit Quinn Emanuel's $486M Award Fight
• Gov't Says No Duty To Pay $69M In COVID Testing Claims
• NASA Says Sensor Co.'s Contract Breach Case Should Fail
• Flint Bellwether Delayed On Eve Of Trial, Again
• Pennsylvania Judge Yanks Delaware River Port Approvals
• Gov't Defends GSA's Ohio Office Lease Award
• Feds Defend DEI Monitor Provision In Boeing Plea Deal
• Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
• Entergy Struggles To Challenge FERC Decision At DC Circ.
• DC Circ. Could Nix OK Of $8M Equatorial Guinea Award
• AT&T Unit Continues To Argue FCA Does Not Apply To E-Rate
• Green Group Blames NJ For Decline In Sturgeon Population
• Claims Court Can't Hear DOJ IT Deal Corrective Action Case
• Tenn. Hospitals Want Former Execs Nixed From Kickback Row
• Off The Bench: Toss-Up For Ohtani Ball, UFC Fighters' Payday
• Va. Man Gets 7½ Years For $15M Gov't Contract Investor Scam
• Judge Won't Revisit Ruling On Contractor Registration Clause
• 'NJWeedman' Claims Harassment For Using 'Batman' Signal
• Biden Admin Puts Up $4B For Clean Energy, Grid Projects
• Ga. Woman Gets 12 Years For $30M COVID Fraud Scheme
• Hawkins Delafield Career Atty Moves To Nixon Peabody In SF
• Pharmacy Must Pay $39.2M In Conn. Kickback Case
• GOP Groups Look To Speed Up Ga. Poll Worker Suit
• The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
• Ga. Court Admin Says Retaliation Suit Must Go Ahead In Full
• Why Diversity Jurisdiction Poses Investment Fund Hurdles
• EEOC Gets $110K Default Win In Fired Atty's Retaliation Suit
• Broadband Co. Says $168M Peruvian Award Suit Is Valid
• SBA Proposes 'Rule Of Two' For Multiaward Contract Orders
• DOJ Pushes Justices To Revive Bid-Rigging Conviction
• DOJ Reaches $102M Deal In Baltimore Bridge Collapse Suit
• Comments Show Need For Clarity On SBA Proposed Rule
• Conn. Bar Committee Wants Software Crash Suit Tossed
• Biden Issues Guidelines For National Security Uses Of AI
• Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Conn. Judge Rejects Utility's Defenses In Site Cleanup Battle
• DOD Could Exclude Generator Deal Bidder Over Conflict
• ICE, Nonprofits End FOIA Row Over Alleged Sterilization Docs
• Southwest Union Wants 2nd Look At Colo. Sick Leave Deal
• GAO Decision Offers Insights On Verifying TAA Compliance
• Penn State To Pay $1.25M To Resolve FCA Cybersecurity Suit
• Del. Judge Won't Yet Revisit $242K Atty Sanctions In Ch. 7
• Atlanta VA Doctor Abused Power And Patients, Jury Told
• 10th Circ. Rebuffs GEO's Early Appeal In Forced-Labor Suit
• Calif. Official Cops To Taking Bribes For $10M In Contracts
• Ga. Tech Says No Basis For Feds' Cybersecurity FCA Suit
• Feds Granted More Time For New Gulf Drilling Review
• No Bad Faith Found In Early Termination Of Air Force IT Deal
• Feds Partner With Osage, Navajo To Tackle Orphaned Wells
• LA-Based Wound Group Hits Ch. 11 After Medicare Pay Pause
• Madigan Ally's Favors Were '100% Legal,' Not Bribes, Jury Told
• 3 Takeaways From Navy Shipbuilder's Fraud Guilty Plea
• Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits
• The 2024 Prestige Leaders
• How Law Firms Get And Keep Elite Status
• 9th Circ. Judge Slams 'Reprehensible' Policy In Jail Death
• Madigan Part Of 'Corruption At The Highest Levels,' Jury Told
• Gov't Seeks To End Most Presumptive 'Buy American' Waivers
• DC Moves To Buy NBA, NHL Arena In $800M Overhaul Plan
• Judge Hints 'Contract' Key To Utility Cleanup Enforcement
• Mike Pence Supports US Steel-Nippon, Calls Critiques 'Bogus'
• DJI Challenges DOD's Chinese Military Co. Designation
• How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program
• Justices Turn Away Ex-Raytheon Workers' Vaccine Bias Suit
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attys From 74 Firms
• Ex-Detainees Say Co. Can't Escape ICE Forced Labor Case
• What Attorneys Expect From Harris And Trump On Patents
• Fed. Circ. Says HUD Owes No More For Canceled Contracts
• 'Chaos' At New Mich. Jail Is Forcing Longer Stays, Suit Says
• HHS Slams Hackensack Meridian's Chevron-Inspired Suit
• How Denver Made Migrant Busing Work In Its Favor
• Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Redactable Nabs $1.9M Contract Increase With Air Force
• Feds Win 1st Trial In Sprawling NYC Housing Bribery Case
• Gov't Tells Justices To Reject Return Mail's Alice Petition
• Air Force Owes Contractor COVID-19 Quarantine Costs
• GAO Finds VA Rightly Canceled Too-High 'Wander System' Bid
• Next Steps For FCA Defendants After Fla. Qui Tam Ruling
• Army Can't Ignore Inconsistencies On $280M Logistics Orders
• Contractor Tells Fed. Circ. Navy Improperly Canceled Deal
• Feds Drop Marketing Exec's Tricare Fraud Case In Florida
• Compliance Pointers For Amended Pa. Data Breach Law
• Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys
• County Asks Judge To Let State Court Handle Detention Issue
• Feds Say EPA Not Responsible For Flint Water Crisis
• Mich. Landfill Says Manhattan Project Waste A National Issue
• Congress Can And Must Enact A Supreme Court Ethics Code
• SEC Data Contractor Faked Audit Certification, Feds Say
• Houston Pharma Exec Found Guilty In $160M Health Fraud
• The Pop Culture Docket: Justice Lebovits On Gilbert And Sullivan
• 'Fat Leonard' Faces 11 Years For Navy Bribery Scheme
• RTX To Pay $1B For Qatari Bribes And Defrauding US Gov't
• Boeing Judge Wants DEI Monitor Pick Info Before Plea Ruling
• New Cybersecurity Rules Threaten Defense Industrial Base
• Feds Cut Whistleblowers Out Of Kickback Deal, Court Told
• Aerospace Firm Must Hand Over Bank Accounts To Buyer
• Lit Funder-Backed Co. Says NJ Judicial Privacy Law Is Valid
• The 2024 Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders
• Law Firms Diverge As Anti-ESG Pushback Continues
• Justices Let Solicitor General Argue In E-Rate Fraud Case
• Ill. Home Health Kickbacks Ruling Intact After Justices Pass
• Quinn Emanuel Gets Trimmed $92M Fee In ACA Cases
• Challenge To $60.7B Deal's Award Cap Is Late, Judge Says
• Secret Docs May Delay Foreign Agent Case, Ex-Fla. Rep Says
• DOD Finalizes High-Profile Contractor Cybersecurity Rule
• Fla. Ruling May Undermine FCA Whistleblowers' Authority
• DOJ Tells Judge Boeing Plea Is 'The Best The Gov't Could Do'
• 'Minimum Contacts' Issues At Stake In High Court FSIA Case
• Indicted NJ Power Broker Says Civil Suit Belongs In Biz Court 
• RTX Warned By Judge Over 'Troubling' Settlement Delay
• State Of The States' AI Legal Ethics Landscape
• Nippon To Sell JV Stake For $1 In Push To Close US Steel Deal
• Colo. Wolf Release Challenge Loses Some Of Its Bite
• Debriefing Doesn't Waive Protest Deadline For Army Deal
• Most Appian Claims Survive In Pegasystems Defamation Fight
• Okla. LLC Wants GSA Office Lease Award Nixed
• Teva To Pay $450M To Settle Kickback Cases
• Sanctioned Afghan Officials Drop Suit For Treasury's Review
• Ex-Defense CEO Pleads Guilty To $12M Contract Fund Theft
• Feds Say 'Buy America' Waiver In Train Project Should Stand
• 11th Circ. Kickback Ruling May Widen Hearsay Exception
• 8 Childhood Lessons That Can Help You Be A Better Attorney
• Fed. Circ. May Need To Fix Contractor Registration Dilemma
• Peruvian Telecom Co. Looks To Nix $168M Award Suit
• Repeat Whistleblowing Led To Firing, Ex-Sikorsky Worker Alleges
• Lima Urges DC Circ. To Ax $200M Awards To Ex-Odebrecht Co.
• Court Affirms Waste Management Win In 'Titans Of Trash' Spat
• State Action Doesn't Mean State Monopoly OK, Airline Says
• How A Trump Win Might Affect The H-1B Program
• NYC Housing Bribe Case Is 'Guilt By Association,' Jury Told
• Mozambique Targets Heirs Over 'Tuna Bond' Bribery Award
• This Election, We Need To Talk About Court Process
• Texas Looks To Sink Suit Challenging Anti-ESG Law
• Military Health Plans Deny They Were Overpaid On DOD Deal
• Ropes & Gray Attys Chided For Wielding Excessive Footnotes
• Jackson, Kagan Target Loper Bright In Ghost Gun Case
• GOP, Trade Groups Urge 6th Circ. To Void Highway GHG Rule
• Fulton County Sues Over Ga. Board's 'Hand-Picked' Monitors
• Judge Clarifies Contentious Registration Rule For Contractors
• 1st Circ. Warned Not To 'Speculate' In Union Debt Ceiling Suit
• 3rd Circ. Preview: Constitutional Rights Fears Top October
• Conn. Ethics Board Tosses Grievance Against Ex-Town Atty
• Senior Renters Say Mass. Facility Charged Exorbitant Fees
• Honeywell To Spin Off Materials Biz Amid $9B Buying Spree
• Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers
• Contractors Tell 5th Circ. They Belong In Border Wall Suit
• Feds Face Biggest Test Yet In Madigan Probe: Mike Madigan
• Man Who Faced Espionage Case Gets Probation Over Taxes
• Judge Backs $3.3M DOD Sole-Source Parts Deal For Boeing
• Applying High Court's Domestic Corruption Rulings To FCPA
• Ball Corp. Unit Strikes Deal To End DOL Race Bias Probe
• Cravath Guides Vista In $3.4B Sporting Goods, Ammo Deal
• Justices Won't Hear Kickback Statute 'Willfulness' Case
• High Court Rejects Pleas To Hear 7 Patent Cases
• Worker's Age Bias Suit Survives IT Co.'s High Court Appeal
• High Court Rejects Ex-Raytheon Worker's Retaliation Suit
• Top 5 Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Fall
• Navy Identifies Faulty Welds On 3 In-Service Vessels
• USDA Updates Regulation Without Labor Compliance Portion
• Fed. Circ. Revives Boeing Contractual Cost Accounting Case
• Healthcare Co. Inks Deal In DOL Equal Pay Investigation
• There May Not Be Life On Mars, But There Could Be IP
• Bid Protest Spotlight: Debriefings, Timeliness, Documentation
• Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys
• Justices Take Up Fight Over $1.3B Failed Satellite Deal
• John Deere Penalty Shows Importance Of M&A Due Diligence
• Hogan Lovells Can Serve Taliban Via X And Email, Judge Says
• Fired Tech Subcontractor Seeks $1.3M Over Caltrans Project
• Boeing Says Amended NASA Tech IP Suit Is An Overreach
• Energy Dept. Hands Out $1B Loan For EV Charging Expansion
• Parties Ask For Stay In Title IX Transgender Protection Case
• 12 Lawyers Who Are The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar
• High Court Told Bid-Rigging Conviction Was Rightly Tossed
• Flint Water Judge Wishes Public Knew Case Complexity
• NJ Contractors Accused Of $10M Fraud In Lead Removal Work
• Md. Woman Gets House Arrest For No-Show Contractor Job
• Sens. Question If Payouts Taint Execs' Push For US Steel Deal
• NJ Mogul's Brother Says Lawyering Isn't Racketeering
• White House Directs Agencies On Responsible AI Acquisition
• Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Energy Dept. Awards $1.5B For 4 Power Line Projects
• ​​​​​​​Lab Co. Settles Bogus Testing Claims With Feds For $27M
• Gov't Tells Justices That E-Rate Program Is Covered By FCA
• Fla. Court Says Superintendent Must Face Perjury Charge
• Madigan Can't Duck Bribery Claims After High Court Ruling
• Aviation Watch: Boeing Plea Agreement May Not Serve Public
• Quinn Emanuel Can't Ignore Past Oro Negro Ties, Oil Co. Says
• Tenn. Atty Sues Federal Court, Judges Over Gag Order Rule
• Bid-Rig Charges Irrelevant To $26M Base Award, GAO Says
• Bribe-Laundering Gets Ecuador Ex-Official 10 Years In Prison
• Data Brokers Decry 'Ill-Tailored' NJ Judicial Privacy Law
• Novel FCA Decision Amplifies Voices Of Whistleblower Critics
• Water Firm Can't End Flint Children's Negligence Claims
• Military Contractor's Widow Can Continue Death Benefit Suit
• Steward Can't Be Forced To Reassign Contract In Ch. 11
• Big Banks Urge Panel To Toss NJ Bond Marketing Claims
• Mass. Hospital To Pay Up To $6.5M In Sober Home Scheme
• Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession
• Nostrum Labs Hits Ch. 11 A Year After Medicaid Settlement
• 'Unsworn' Actors Sink Qui Tam Provision, Fla. Judge Rules