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Aerospace & Defense - May, 2016

217 articles

• Attorney Web Bios: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
• Insurer Seeks To Bump $5M Claim In Tech Theft Row
• Sudan Asks DC Circ. To Nix $10B Award To Bombing Victims
• 3 More Navy Officers Charged In Contractor Bribery Case
• DynCorp Must Arbitrate Worker's Firing Suit, 4th Circ. Says
• Boeing Seeks Right To Chase Down $515M Satellite JV Award
• House Bid Protest Reform Vs. Senate Bid Protest Reform
• Chopper Parts Co. Slams Suit Over $206M TransDigm Merger
• GAO Denies Protest Over Army Computer Contract Offering
• Navy Says Contract Should Nix $65M Blimp Loss Row
• Latham, Sheppard Mullin Steer $323M Electro Rent Buy
• Copter Parts Case Should Stay Grounded, High Court Told
• Coast Guard Dodges Claim For $8.4M Flight Simulator Costs
• DOD Property Accounting Needs Work, GAO Says
• GAO Rejects Protest Of $122M DOD Scholarship Contract
• Honeywell Wins $74M Extension For Marine Corps Supply Deal
• Behind The Curtain: Technical Advisers In Complex Cases
• 41 Secret Service Staff Punished For Chaffetz Files Leak
• Hotel Co. Says Air Force Competition Process Cost It $4M
• Cybersecurity Regs Put Pressure On Contractors To Hack It
• Gov't Contractors Railroaded Again By The False Claims Act
• Chamber Report Says Yates Memo Discourages Cooperation
• Baseless Criminal Charges Cost Contractor $220M, Suit Says
• Privacy Group Blasts Gov't's Job Applicant Data Policies
• Boeing Urges FCC To Plan Satellite Spectrum-Sharing With 5G
• Senate Panel Approves $125M Funding Increase For CBP
• Israeli Military Contractor Accused Of Stock Inflation
• $317M UK Intel Center Draws Defense Watchdog Scrutiny
• Outdated Gov't IT Costs Billions, Puts Security At Risk: GAO
• Italian Marine Facing Murder Rap Can Go Home, India Says
• GAO Denies Protest Over $14M Navy Customer Service Award
• 5 Tips For Negotiating And Drafting Joint E-Discovery Plans
• House Battles Over LGBT Protections In Energy, Water Bill
• Boeing, Airbus Tell 3rd Circ. Only FAA Can Regulate Planes
• Biz Group Shut Out From State's DOE Plutonium Waste Suit
• $602B Defense Authorization Bill Advances In Senate
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Power Solutions FCA Suit
• Twitter Fights 'Classified' Tag On Surveillance Report
• Navy Golf Instructor's Privacy Not Violated: 9th Circ.
• Turner Halts $5.3M FBI Contract Suit Amid Transfer Row
• DynCorp Contract Spat Belongs With Army, Northrop Says
• 9th Circ. Ends Booz Allen Worker's Suit Over Stock Deal
• Jury Rejects Egyptian-American FBI Agent's Bias Claim
• SWIFT Boss Says System Is Safe, Outlines New Security Plan
• GAO Rejects URS Protest Over $244M Army Maintenance Deal
• Northrop Not Harmed By ICE Contract End, Fed. Circ. Says
• Violating Iran Sanctions Gets Man 3-Year Sentence
• AML-Fearing Banks Warned Against Derisking Overkill
• Broadcasters Want Out Of Foreign Investment Review Tweaks
• An FCA Update As We Await High Court's Escobar Decision
• Turner Accused Of Rushing Filing To Duck $5.3M Contract Suit
• Gov't Targets Contractor Emissions In New Rule
• Latham Guides Behrman Capital's $1B Sale Of Data Device
• Panama Papers: Reminders About Law Firm Cybersecurity
• 3rd Circ. Tosses Ruling In NJ Turnpike Atty's Harassment Suit
• DynCorp Failed To Screen Taliban, C3PO Tells 5th Circ.
• FCC Told To Limit Scope Of New Team Telecom Rules
• GAO Denies Protest On $30M Nat'l Guard Jet Training Project
• Fijian National Charged With Selling Defense Tech To China
• Airlines Ask Court Not To Redo WTC Insurance Payout Tally
• Cardiac-Monitoring Firm Loses Appeal Over Loss Of VA Pact
• Obama Removes Vietnamese Arms Embargo, Touts TPP
• KBR Inc. To Acquire Wyle For $570 Million
• In Congress: Defense Bill, TSCA Reform, Authority Over DC
• Civil Liberties Groups Blast Manning's Hacking Conviction
• Pentagon Agency Slips Shipper Contract Suit At Claims Court
• Honeywell Whistleblower Asks 9th Circ. To Rehear $250M Suit
• $150M Special Forces Contract Exclusion Upheld
• Johnson Controls Escapes Claim In Army Contract Row
• OPINION: Sotomayor's Solution To Pro Bono Is Incomplete
• Creating Barclay Damon: Lessons From A Law Firm Merger
• Senate Passes $140B HUD, VA Bill; Adds $1.1B Zika Funding
• Reflecting On The 20th Anniversary Of BMW V. Gore
• Liberty Mutual, Contractor Sued For Payment Over Army Work
• Senators Want To Bar Expansion Of Gov't 'Hacking'
• Drone Stakeholder Group Finalizes Best Practices
• GAO Sides With Air Force In Rejecting Base Grounds Contract
• $81.6B VA Bill Passes House, Includes Medical Marijuana OK
• KBR's $10M Claim For Iraq Costs Is Timely, Fed. Circ. Says
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider (The Sequel)
• Virtually All Contractors Subject To New Cybersecurity Rule
• House Dems Blast Spectrum Auction Language In NDAA Bill
• Family Has No Right To Forfeited Building, 2nd Circ. Told
• House Passes $610B Defense Authorization Bill As Veto Looms
• Senate GOP Again Rejects $1.9B Zika Funding Package
• DynCorp Says Northrop Contract Case Belongs In State Court
• Army Contractor Accused Of Fraud After Firing Afghan Firm
• Pols Urge Obama To Keep Vietnamese Arms Ban Intact
• Federal Claims Court Ruling May Bring New Kind Of Protest
• Contractor, Afghan Fuel Co. Settle $6.5M Award Row
• Aero Co. Rips Navy Bid To Dodge $65M Suit Over Blimp Loss
• House Advances Defense Bill In Face Of Veto Threat
• SWIFT Hack Leaves Little Room For Banks To Feign Ignorance
• Defense Secretary Criticizes 'Troubling' NDAA Proposals
• Senate Confirms First Openly Gay Military Branch Leader
• Treasury Eases Sanctions To Further Open Myanmar Market
• BAE Unit Steered Work To Favored Subcontractors, Suit Says
• Halliburton Hydrologist Stays In Water Contamination Suit
• Senior DOD Official Touts Better Buying Power Program
• Senate Passes Bill Opening Saudi Arabia To 9/11 Suits
• FBI Agent Denied Promotion Over Bias Claims, Jury Told
• GAO Says No Error In $16M Air Force Base Contract Award
• OPINION: Stop 'Vigorously Defending' Your Clients
• Conservative Watchdog Wants Clinton Deposed In Email Case
• Convicted Researcher Says Gov't Fraud Warrants FCA Boot
• False Claims Act Trends: Technical Data, Software And IP
• Northrop Takes DynCorp Contract Row To Fed. Court
• Rolls-Royce Aircraft Plant Workers Can Vote To Unionize
• Bush Officials Seek High Court Review In 9/11 Detainee Suit
• Energy Drink Co. Slams Monster's Move To Toss Antitrust Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Didi, AIG, BOC Aviation
• 3rd Circ. Won't Reconsider Military Tax-Shield Decision
• Lockheed Nabs $322M Missile Research Award From Navy
• Defying Obama, Texas Gov. Vows To Beef Up Iran Sanctions
• Contractor In $20M OPM Cybersecurity Revamp Goes Belly Up
• High Court Urged To Hear Soldier's Death Sentence Appeal
• Counterclaim Barred In $9M Army Base Contract Row: Co.
• DOD Agency Can't Duck $4.6M In Late Payment Claims
• In Congress: Appropriations
• The Top 100 Firms For Minority Attorneys
• The Top 50 Firms For Minority Equity Partners
• White & Case Outpacing Peers In Diversity
• US Law Firms Fail To Move Needle On Racial Diversity
• The 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Minorities
• Boeing Duping Court On Discovery In Contract Row, Co. Says
• DOD's Postwar Equipment Pullout Plans Subpar, GAO Says
• Embedded Reporter Takes Army Ejection To Supreme Court
• Banks Unlikely To Follow Kerry's Push On Iran Contacts
• SWIFT Reveals 2nd Cyberattack On Bank Messaging Controls
• Gov't Contractors Must Secure Federal Data Under New Rule
• Military Aid To Egypt Needs More Scrutiny, GAO Says
• CIA Torture Report Kept Secret By DC Circ. As Senate Doc
• Fugitive Turned FCA Relator Says Gov't Owes Him
• 9th Circ. Affirms Toss Of $250M Honeywell Software FCA Suit
• TEPCO Urges 9th Circ. To Drop Sailors' $1B Fukushima Suit
• Senate Debates $140B Funding For VA, Transpo, Military
• Boeing Passed Over Black Workers For Promotions, Suit Says
• Old SAP Business Software Vulnerable To Hacks, DHS Warns
• UK Top Court Says Suit From Iraqi Civilians Time-Barred
• VA Too Slow To Process Health Providers' Claims, GAO Says
• Senate Passes $37.5B Energy And Water Development Bill
• Honeywell Readies Spinoff Of $1.3B Resins, Chemicals Unit
• Pentagon Expanding Innovation Unit To Boston, Other Cities
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider
• US Warns Of Security Bug In Software Leader's Old Systems
• Feds Say Ruling To Deny Drone-Strike Data Sets Precedent
• Turner Wants FBI Building Subcontractor's $5.3M Suit Axed
• 5 Major Obstacles For Unmanned Aircraft Systems
• Army Vet Urges 3rd Circ. To Reverse Tax-Shield Decision
• Class Counsel Wins $2.5M In Honeywell Chromium Settlement
• US, Body Armor Supplier Urged To Avoid Costly FCA Trial
• What Do The Highest-Paid Lawyers Make An Hour?
• AT&T Nabs Military Telecom Contract Worth Up To $75M
• Ex-Soldier Who Copped To Bribes Asks To End Probation Early
• Gov. Defines 'Recruitment Fee' Ban In Anti-Trafficking Rule
• DC Circ. Won't Review FAA Drone Privacy Challenge
• Military Contractor Says Whistleblower Suits Still Lack Detail
• SAIC Settles Subcontractor's $5M Afghanistan Deal Suit
• Neustar Hits Telcordia Over Foreign Work On Phone Contract
• US May Lose Defense Tech Edge To China, DOD Brass Warns
• Ex-NSA Pro To Lead Saul Ewing Privacy, Cybersecurity Team
• Watt Tieder Can't Duck $52M Malpractice Row, 2nd Circ. Told
• Judge Won't Alter Army's 'Troubling' Religious Accommodation
• U.S.-Iranian Ex-Con Allowed To Travel To His Homeland
• Senate Dems Reject $37.5B Energy Spending Bill For 3rd Time
• Navy Contractor Must Foot $1.2M Fuel Costs, Fed. Circ. Says
• Air Force Still Slow On Force Restructuring, GAO Says
• Family Can't Have Dibs On Iran Property, 2nd Circ. Told
• GAO Declines $24M Defense Tech Bid Protest
• In Congress: Energy, Opioids, Puerto Rico
• Navy Contractor's $5M Trade Secrets Win Is Upheld
• Ex-SEAL Suicide Not Covered Despite Brain Disease
• Kuwaiti Contractor Wants To Reopen DOD Doc Access Suit
• ABA Warns Of Unintended Effects In Military Justice Reform
• DOJ Contractor To Pay $2.1M To Resolve FCA Allegations
• DOJ Says Cybersecurity Doc In FOIA Bid Not 'Working Law'
• The Fastest Rocket Docket For The 8th Straight Year
• FCPA Violations By 3rd Parties: What To Watch For
• Gov't Opposes FCA Deal Share For Fugitive Turned Relator
• 7 LeClairRyan Aviation Attorneys Jet To Lewis Brisbois
• Atty Group In 9/11 MDL Making Premature Fee Bid, Court Told
• Former Marine Gets 3 Years For Sharing Contract Bid Info
• FBI Pushes To Exclude Biometrics Database From Privacy Law
• Army Invites Bids On $5B Computer Contract
• Air Force Didn't Track $849M In Energy Deals, Report Says
• CSRA Turns To GAO After HP's $443M Stratcom Win
• Sri Lanka Can Now Buy US Weapons, State Department Says
• NASA Dismissed From Subcontractor's Paint Job Suit
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Revive Booz Allen Retirees' ERISA Suit
• 6 Ways Lawyers Can Enhance Cross-Office Communication
• Twitter Liable For ISIS Use, Contractor Widow Says
• Watchdog Says Pentagon Failing Waste Reduction Goals
• Orbital ATK Will Crank Out $210M Of Ammo For Army
• 3rd. Circ Says Military Tax Shield Doesn't Cover Businesses
• FAA Launches Drone Advisory Committee Led By Intel CEO
• DC Circ. Urged To Uphold Blackwater Guards' Convictions
• Pentagon Could Go Over Funding Caps By $162B, CBO Says
• Honeywell Knew $250M Software Fee Was Fraud, 9th Circ. Told
• Logistics Cos. Settle FCA Probe Over DOD Contract For $13M
• FCA Penalties Set To Double, Raising Fears Of Excess Fines
• US Looking At $43B In Foreign Military Sales, Report Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Zodiac Aerospace, Stada, S. Kidman & Co.
• House Panel Chair Spars With Defense Secretary On Funding
• VA Now Open To Non-Trade Agreements Act Compliant Drugs
• Convicted Researcher Can't Duck FCA Suit Over Grant
• Planning Defense M&A After Recent Gov't Guidance: Part 2
• Twitter's DOJ Free-Speech Suit Axed, But Door's Open For Fix
• KBR Wants No Truck With Iraqi's 'Rambling' Garage Suit
• Satellite Co. Accuses Orbital ATK Of 'Cosmic Double-Cross'
• Italian Marine Can Go Home During Arbitration Over Shooting
• DOD Urges Fed. Circ. To Uphold Toss Of F-35 Patent Suit
• 10th Circ. Backs Denial Of Disability Benefits For Veteran
• IG Says Air Force Cut Corners On $111M Contract, Others
• Airbus, Safran Move Forward On Joint Venture Launch Co.
• Surveillance Court OK'd Every Spy Request Last Year
• $181M Navy Contract Lacks 'Meaningful Analysis,' GAO Says
• Planning Defense M&A After Recent Gov't Guidance: Part 1