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Aerospace & Defense - February, 2015

197 articles

• Two Claims Trimmed In DOD Contractor's $3.3M Suit
• Planemaker Bombardier Closes Upsized $868M Equity Offering
• China Connected To Anthem Data Breach, Report Says
• US Says Builders Used Veteran To Win $12M In Contracts
• SC Sheriff, DOD Sued For Reneging On Aircraft Swap
• Kuwaiti Caterer's $10M Row With KBR Will Go To Arbitration
• Raytheon Wins $122M Modification For More Missiles
• DHS Shutdown Averted With Weeklong Funding Bill
• House Republicans Considering Stopgap DHS Funding Bill
• IBM Can't Duck $50M FCA Suit Over Botched DHS Contract
• Group Targets DHS' Criminal Screening Program In FOIA Suit
• 3 More Insurance Cos. Off Hook In Shipbuilder FCA Suit
• Obama Order Will Cause Contracting 'Chaos,' Attys Tell House
• Lockheed Lands $90M In Navy Data-Sharing System Contracts
• Boeing Tells Texas High Court Lease Terms Aren't Public
• Automakers Tap Orbital, Ex-NHTSA Official For Air Bag Probe
• Exelis, SRC Resolve Trade Secrets Row Over USAF Contract
• 3rd Circ. Upholds $2.4M Award In Navy Subcontract Row
• Ex-Pratt Engineer Faces 20 Years For Iran Trade Secret Scheme
• New Army Rule Exempts Records From Privacy Requirements
• Santander Buries DOJ's Army Car Repo Suit For $9.35M
• Senate Defers Immigration Fight To Advance $40B DHS Bill
• C3PO's $6M Suit Over Terminated DynCorp Contract Slashed
• Lockheed Scores $129M Mod To Missile System Contract
• US, UK Spies Possibly Behind Older Hacks On SIM Card Co.
• Kearfott Sues Over Unpaid Work On Air Force Subcontract
• How DOD Is Streamlining National Interest Determinations
• DOD Should Streamline Weapon Acquisition Review: GAO
• Fokker Asks DC Circ. To Overturn Rejection Of Sanctions Deal
• Iraq Contractor Wants Full 4th Circ. To Rehear FCA Case
• General Dynamics Nabs Potentially $415M Army Contract
• Air Force Shakes Suit Over Construction Contract Award
• Sen. Collins Floats Bill To Break DHS Funding Impasse
• FAA Official Knocks State Drone Initiatives
• Bridging The Discovery Gap In International Arbitration
• SAIC Wins $62M Task Order For Navy Engineering Services
• Finmeccanica To Net Up To $2B In Sale Of Rail Biz To Hitachi
• McConnell To Split Immigration Measure From $40B DHS Bill
• Hogan Lovells, Davis Polk Guide Lockheed's $2.25B Bond Sale
• High Court Won't Force US To Release Classified Spy Docs
• Democrats Continue DHS Bill Filibuster As Deadline Looms
• Air Force Lifts Ban On Reverse Auction Co. FedBid
• Dentons Adds Ex-Jones Day Defense Duo For New Office
• WTO Dispute Roundup: US, EU Tussle Over Aircraft, Biotech
• Marine Says Email Search 'Illegal' In Contract Fraud Case
• Feds Want 4th Circ. To Reinstate Gosselin's $101M FCA Award
• Whistleblower Defends Fees Demand In $1.9M FCA Row
• Aircraft Co. TransDigm To Buy Telair Unit For $725M From AAR
• This Week In Congress: Avoiding A DHS Funding Showdown
• Lockheed Strikes $62M Deal In Retirement Losses Saga
• Whistleblower Fights For Rehearing Of KBR Iraq Fraud Suit
• Northrop Grumman Scores $62.2M IRS Contract
• Contractor Wins $112M In Air Force Phone Row Appeal
• L-3 Can't Get Injunction Lifted After Securing AIA Review
• Bombardier Upsizes Equity Offering To $748M
• Fukushima Operator Says Sailors' $1B Suit Belongs In Japan
• Lockheed Says Goodyear Can't Revive Fee Bid In Cleanup Row
• Drone Privacy Order Provides Room To Move, But Traps Lurk
• Gemalto Probing Alleged NSA Hack Of Phone Encryption
• In-House Counsel's Dirty 'Little' Secret: Data Leakage
• Cyberthreat Spawns New Era Of Public-Private Collaboration
• CORRECTED: FTC Official Defends US Privacy Stance
• Former PAE Worker Cops To Afghanistan Uniform Scam
• Supreme Court Must Revisit CERCLA Decision, Ariz. Says
• McCain Says Court Ruling Could Solve DHS Funding Impasse
• Ex-National Guard Gen. Pleads Guilty In Bribery Scheme
• Australia Seeks Bids For Billions In Armored Vehicle Contracts
• US Fights Back In KBR's $12.5M Attys' Fees Suit
• Dyncorp Wins $103M In Army Aviation Maintenance Deals
• When Gov't Is Compelled To File Complaint In ASBCA Appeal
• FAA Drone Regulations A Setback For Amazon
• Tech, Media Groups Stand By Twitter In Gov't Spying Fight
• DHS Says Oil Co. Can't Challenge $15M Shipping Penalty
• Fed. Circ. Says MSPB Wrongly Dismissed Disability Appeal
• Feds Drop Challenge To Subpoena In $10M Grant Fraud Case
• Shipbuilder Tells 5th Circ. Insurers Must Cover FCA Claims
• Jailed DHB Founder Sues Atty In $246M Malpractice Suit
• State Dept. Fires Up New Armed Drone Export Rules
• Navy Fleet Training Contract Is Competitive, Court Says
• $1B Raytheon Contract Row Getting New UK Tribunal Review
• Obama Extends Privacy Act To Include Gov't Drone Use
• New FAA Drone Rule Opens Doors, But Not Floodgates
• Insurer Says No Coverage In Navy Software Contract Row
• Presidential Summit Reveals Cybersecurity Concerns, Trends
• Ex-CIA Agent Urges Acquittal Of Espionage Charges
• Executive Powers Protect US Base In Japan From Enviro Suit
• US Says Helicopter Co. Owners Can't Escape Fraud Case
• KBR Says Court Should Deny Bid To Revisit Iraq Fraud Suit
• Key Drone Restrictions In FAA And White House Proposals
• FAA Releases Long-Awaited Draft Rule For Small Drone Use
• GAO Clarifies Task Order Protest Jurisdictional Issues
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Reed Smith's Tyree Jones
• This Week In Congress: DHS Funding Looms In Recess
• Brand Battles: Washington Redskins, US Army, Penn State
• GAO Denies InfoPro Protest Of $460M Customs IT Contract
• Lockheed, Others Tell Justices States Get CERCLA Deference
• US Inspector Blasts DOD's 'Indefensible' Afghan Burn Pits
• B&W Unit Wins $110.5M In Contracts For Navy Nuke Projects
• Northrop Snags $267M Navy Electronic Warfare Contract
• EPA Floats New Restrictions On Aerospace Industry Emissions
• Shareholder Suit Targets Exelis, Harris Over $4.75B Deal
• The Defense Budget And The Threat Of Sequester
• Defense Contractor Seeks $35M In Losses From Supplier
• GE Argues Sailors' $1B Fukushima Suit Doesn't Belong In US
• Fed. Claims Nixes Protest Of $165M Embassy Contract
• Army Sergeants Admit Afghan Truckers Bribed Them For Gas
• Fed. Circ. Rules Contractors Can Add Claims To Disputes
• Bombardier Seeks To Raise $2B Amid Leadership Shakeup
• Sen. Floats Bill To Expand Injured Vets' Fertility Care
• Carter Confirmed As New Pentagon Chief
• Manufacturers Can't Dodge Ex-Navy Worker's Asbestos Suit
• How Trafficking Rule Affects Contractors In Middle East
• Defense Contract Agency Confirms Possible Security Breach
• Senators Urge 2nd Circ. To Release Drone Attacks Memo
• Army Corps Contractor Denies Whistleblower's FCA Claims
• Why The CEO Is A GC's Best Friend On Compliance
• Ex-Blackwater Snipers Want 4th Circ. To Revive FCA Suit
• Banks To Pay $123M For Military Mortgage Foreclosures
• 3 Navy Admirals Censured In GDMA Procurement Scandal
• Fed. Claims Dumps Protest Of Kuwaiti Container Contract
• Contractor Gets 30 Months For Faulty Machine Gun Parts
• Colt Defense Secures $33M Loan As Possible Default Looms
• Gov't Spars With Bombardier Over NetJets Tax Interpretation
• A Closer Look At The Proposed Changes To SBA Programs
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• NSA Wins Toss Of Warrantless Search Claims In AT&T Case
• House Passes Bills To Improve TSA Efficiency
• 5 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• House Backs $18B NASA 2015 Authorization Bill
• Whistleblower's FCA Claims Over Shoddy Gun Trucks Revived
• Pentagon Rates Top 25 Army, Air Force Contractors
• Sen. Committee Unanimously OKs Defense Secretary Nominee
• GCs Give Top Marks To 7 Standout Associates
• 3M Must Face Suit Over 'Baseless' Earplug Patent Claims
• GCs Name Cream Of The Crop Litigators
• 'Cooked' Casualty Data Used To Smear A-10, Watchdog Says
• Contractor WTI Wins $2.1M In Army Training Facility Dispute
• The Case For Professionalizing Pro Bono Services
• Fla. Lawmaker Floats Drone Bill With Sky-High Privacy Rules
• DOD Has No Objections To Keystone XL Pipeline
• Scientists Try to Subpoena Prosecutor In $10M Fraud Case
• US Bid For Unending Yahoo Gag Order Rejected By Judge
• US Agrees To $31M Cleanup Settlement With ABB
• Pentagon OKs General Atomics' $339M Drone Deal
• KBR Slams Government Bid To Shake $12.5M In Atty Fees
• Altegrity Hits Ch. 11 After State-Sponsored Cyberattack
• This Week In Congress: Keystone, Vaccines And DHS Funding
• CACI International Moves To Nix Iraq Torture Suit
• Feds Reportedly Scrutinize Port Authority Ex-Chair's Travels
• Obama Calls Climate Change A National Security Threat
• The State Of Play In 2015: Year Of The Regulator
• Leidos Wins $77M NATO Missile Defense Contract
• UK Agency's Intelligence Sharing With NSA Unlawful: Tribunal
• Harris To Pay $4.75B For Fellow Defense Contractor Exelis
• New, Steep Penalty In Proposed SBA Subcontracting Rule
• Judge Blasts DOJ Deal With Fokker Over Sanctions Violations
• SBA Proposal Would Open Exemption To Large Contractors
• Sigmatech Purchase Order Was Nixed Fairly, DOD Says
• AVIC's $2B Dispute With Biz Partner Must Go To Arbitration
• Private Security Co. Hit With Sexual Harassment Suit
• DHS Amendment Seeks Some Middle Ground On Immigration
• House Bill Would OK Disclosure Of Gov't Data Requests
• General Atomics Wins $279M Contract For Air Force Drones
• Senators Move To Put Teeth In DOD Audit Deadline
• Senate's $40B DHS Funding Bill Stalls For 3rd Time
• Export Control Reforms Will Boost US-India Defense Trade
• 1st Circ. Shoots Down Smith & Wesson Derivative Suit
• Chamber, Banks Press Senators For Cyber Info-Sharing Help
• Obama's $14B Cybersecurity Budget Needs Focus On Future
• Gov't Can't Duck Contract Suit, Fed Claims Court Rules
• FINRA Eyes New Rules On Fired Brokers, Military Sales
• Defense Secretary Nominee Grilled On ISIS, Sequestration
• Senate Dems Block DHS Funding Bill For A Second Time
• Judge Admits Error In Cutting $43M Award Against Boeing Unit
• Sequester Caps Imperil Modernization, Navy Chief Warns
• BAE Wins Nine-Year Navy Radio Contract Worth Up To $187M
• Avoid Spoliation Anxiety With Litigation Readiness Plans
• PAE Wins NASA Maintenance Contract Worth Up To $454M
• Altegrity Strikes Creditor Pact On $700M Restructuring
• White House Unveils Modifications To Data Collection Rules
• Helicopter Maintenance Co. Owners Want Fraud Case Tossed
• Execs Ordered To Pay Up In $42M DOD Flare Case
• Court Tells US To Explain $34M KBR Insurance Disallowance
• Bullish Teledyne Unveils $142M Accelerated Share Buyback
• Democratic Sens. Block DHS Funding Over Immigration Rider
• KBR Says It's Not Liable For Worker's Actions In Kickback Suit
• Prosecuting Leakers: Lessons From The Sterling Trial
• ManTech Fends Off Contract Fraud Suit In 6th Circ.
• House Passes 3 Bills To Improve DHS Operations
• Holland & Knight Adds 3 Ex-Akin Gump Finance Attys In LA
• Obama Floats $14B Budget To Boost Cybersecurity Efforts
• Atty Disbarred For Taking Client Funds In Stalled Jet Deal
• Obama Pushes For DHS Funding While Unveiling New Budget
• $612B Defense Budget Request Wouldn't Save The A-10
• White House Asks For $28.7B DOJ Budget
• A&T Protest Over Medical Mobile Tech Contract Gets Nixed
• How Proposed Debarment Became Equal To Suspension