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Aerospace & Defense - January, 2017

231 articles

• Gorsuch Likely To Restore Scalia-Era High Court Balance
• Gorsuch's Credentials Could Prove Troubling To Opposition
• New Acting ICE Head, Border Chief Named In Immig. Moves
• 3 Gorsuch Opinions You Need To Read Right Now
• Dentons Knew About Damages Claims, USAE Investors Say
• Ex-Marine Gets 52 Months For Scheme That Targeted Vets
• Trump Nominates Judge Gorsuch For High Court Seat
• Feds Say Modular Space Disclosure Too Skimpy For Creditors
• FBI Says Releasing Farook Phone Hack Files Is Security Risk
• House Passes DHS Internal Security, Israel Sharing Bills
• Tepco, GE Urge 9th Circ. To Toss Sailors' $1B Fukushima Suit
• Trump To Tap Ex-Obama Appointee For DHS Deputy Secretary
• What To Expect From VA Nominee David Shulkin
• 10 False Claims Act Highlights Of 2016
• GAO Rejects HP's Protests Of Army IT Contract
• Some Context For Trump's New Immigration Executive Order
• GAO Denies Protest Over $13M Navy Support Contract
• Boeing Scores $2.1B Modification To Aircraft Contract
• State Nominee Tillerson Advances Toward Final Senate Vote
• Implant Sciences Investors Can Sue In NY Amid Ch. 11
• VA Search For Tainted-Water Docs Inadequate, Vets Say
• Trump Says Lockheed Cutting $600M From F-35 Batch
• Love And Law In The Age Of Trump
• CIA Docs Not 'Agents,' Can't Duck Torture Suit, Says Judge
• Trump Signs 'One In, Two Out' Order On Rulemaking
• In Congress: More Cabinet, High Court
• The State Of The Litigation Finance Industry In 2017
• Judge Blocks Trump From Deporting Detained Immigrants
• Tribal Co. Can't Get Redo On $27M Air Force Staffing Protest
• Lockheed Martin Owes $50M For Age Discrimination: Jury
• BNP Paribas Escapes Victims' Suit Over Terrorist Bombings
• GAO Won't Reconsider Protest Of IT Task Order For Pentagon
• Trump Bars All Refugees, People From 7 Muslim Nations
• Top House Dems Say Trump Administration Gag Orders Illegal
• IMX Equity Panel Denies Ch. 11 Sabotage Claim By Lenders
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Northrop's Cleanup Coverage Bid
• Skadden Arps Steers Veritas In $690M Harris IT Biz Buy
• Fire Safety Co. Reaches $5M Settlement For Gov't FCA Claims
• Army Contractor's $52M Contract Challenge Too Late: Judge
• Alston & Bird Beats Malpractice Suit At NY Appeals Court
• ​Raytheon Won't Pursue $16.3B Air Force Trainer Plane Deal
• Only Gov't Can Unredact Bulk Data Opinions: Secret Court
• Performance Overtakes Tenure In DOD's Layoff Calculations
• Trump Picks Businessman Philip Bilden As Navy Secretary
• New Defendant Indicted In Alleged Army Bribery Scheme
• Tribe, Enviros Say Navy's Ship Cleaning Is Polluting Inlet
• 6 Ways To Get More From A Limited Budget For Trial Graphics
• Air Force Station Firefighters Battle Doubled Work Hours
• Trump Immigration Orders Stir Funding, Litigation Questions
• Implant Sciences Equity Holders Say Adviser Is Conflicted
• Akin Gump Hires Key Export-Control Reform Architect
• Northrop Workers Want Experts, Audits Barred In ERISA Suit
• Federal Whistleblower Protections May Face Greatest Test Yet
• Senate Intel Committee Moving On Russia Hacking Probe
• McCain Pushes Back On New Trump Draft Interrogation Plan
• Shearman & Sterling Guides Textron's $247M Arctic Cat Deal
• Trump Signs Orders On Wall, Immigration Enforcement
• Navy Let Spare Parts Sit Unused For Years, Watchdog Says
• Trump Budget Pick Defends Spending Stance To Senators
• Trump Keeps Comey At FBI For Now; Yates Named Acting AG
• Pharma Refund Co. Can't Nix Evidence Of Money Laundering
• Army Can Omit Price Realism In Contract Rebid, GAO Says
• Claims Court Says GSA Did Not Extend Lease With Vornado
• USCIS Naturalization Software Too Error-Prone, Report Says
• Trump Invited To Address Congress In February
• United Airlines Again Moves To Escape Whistleblower Suit
• Ex-Head Of Homeland Security Heads Back To Paul Weiss
• OSI Settles Investor Suit Over TSA Nude Body Scanner Issues
• ASBCA Mostly Denies Appeal Over Navy Clawback Claim
• DynCorp Issues Redacted Complaint In $10B Contract Fight
• Senate Confirms Trump CIA Pick Despite Privacy Concerns
• Trump Freezes Federal Hiring, With Some Exceptions
• Ex-Girardi Client Fights Lockheed Fraud Case Dismissal
• Contractor Denied Redo On $150M Special Forces Exclusion
• ASBCA Stays Iraq Food Contract Dispute For Criminal Case
• ASBCA Won't Award Delay Costs From Mandatory Bonds
• Trump's Contracting By Twitter Likely To Backfire
• Trump Chooses Former NM Rep. To Lead Air Force
• FCA Suit Alleging $1B In Masked Russian Tech Gets Ax
• Justices Won't Hear Worker Claims Barred By Ch. 7 Omission
• Trump's Business Holdings Target Of New 'Emoluments' Suit
• In Congress: Organizing
• Retired Gen. Kelly Confirmed as Trump's DHS Secretary
• Security Firm Releases Results Of 'Hack the Army' Project
• General Fed Contractors Can Recoup Atty Fees: 11th Circ.
• Senate Moves Forward On CIA Director Nomination
• IMX Equity Panel Offers Fee Cap For Ch. 11 Lender Suit
• Senate Approves Defense Sec. As 1st Trump Cabinet Member
• Trump Aims To Guard US Interests In Trade, Jobs
• Obama Slams Congress As DOD Announces Gitmo Transfers
• DOD Contractors Settle Claims Of Shoddy Storage For $2.5M
• How Litigation Funding Is Bringing Champerty Back To Life
• Blecher Collins Settles $50M Malpractice Row, Ending Trial
• Most Influential Judges On Trump's Supreme Court Short List
• The Lawyer Who Will Shape Trump's Presidency
• In The Polarized Era Of Trump, BigLaw Searches For Balance
• Rolling Back Regulation In The Age Of Trump
• IMX Lenders Oppose Equity Holders' Standing Request
• EU Agency Gives Conditional OK To Bomb Screeners' Merger
• Government Contracts Under The Trump Administration
• Privacy Group Presses FBI On Russia's Election Hacking
• DHS Improved Info Security But More Work Needed: Report
• ASBCA Says 'Extra' Work Was Part Of Original Navy Contract
• GAO Clears Navy $19M Pick Of Lower-Rated, Cheaper Co.
• Attracting And Retaining The Millennial Lawyer
• Devos Wants Evidence Barred In Money Laundering Case
• Boeing Worker Loses Second Cert. Bid In OT Suit
• Safran To Pay €8.5B To Snap Up Zodiac Aerospace
• US Loosens Regs On Exports To India With Military Uses
• BAE Chair Says Trump Wants At Least 10% Cut On F-35 Cost
• The Trump Administration And Nuclear Energy
• Senate Panel Sends Trump's DOD Pick To Full Body
• DOJ Backs Bush Official On Post-9/11 Detention Policy
• Twitter, Facebook Blamed In Dallas Police Shooting Lawsuit
• DOD Acquisition Chief Urges Steady Course On Buying
• DHS Proposes Rules For Contractors To Protect Sensitive Info
• It's Time To Change The Law Firm Business Model
• Health Care Enforcement Review And 2017 Outlook: Part 3
• Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Prison Sentence
• Telco Loses Late Bid To Get In As Small Biz On $20B Award
• Acquisition Council Issues Proposed Sustainability Rule
• McCain Says Pentagon $430B Short Of Military Readiness
• WTO Airbus Subsidies Case To Endure Yet Another Delay
• Boeing CEO Touts Contract Progress After Trump Meeting
• Trump Asks If Outgoing CIA Head 'Leaker Of Fake News'
• KBR Asks Judge To Nix Iraq Toxic Burn Pit MDL
• Facebook Says CDA Shields It From Palestinian Terror Liability
• Amended Rule 37(e): 1 Year Later
• In Congress: More Confirmation Hearings
• House Chairs Agree On Path To DHS Reform
• Fed. Circ. Kills Worker's Appeal Over Sequester Furloughs
• Trump Picks Giuliani As Cybersecurity Adviser
• Laser Maker's CEO, Attys Face Suit Over Share Increase
• DC Circ. Won't Let Blackwater Guard Unseal Info For Appeal
• Congress Paves Way For Trump Defense Secretary Pick
• Russia Bombshells Leave Sanctions Bar Guessing
• Trump Attacks Intelligence Agencies Over Russia Reports
• Avoiding The Hidden Costs Of Bargain-Priced E-Discovery
• Prostitution Bribery Scheme Lands Navy Officer 30 Months
• GAO Nixes Challenges To $6.8B VA Disability Exam Contracts
• US Sanctions Syrian Tech Co. For WMD Production
• Whistleblower's Claims Fail Under Escobar, 9th Circ. Says
• Past Work Not Enough To Reclaim $393M Army Contract
• Senate Approves Waiver For Defense Chief Nominee Mattis
• Federal Acquisition Council Issues Five Final Rules
• GAO Rejects Pricing Eval Challenge To $50B GSA IT Project
• Pompeo To Push Greater Cyber Protections As CIA Head
• Mattis Airs Concerns About Russia In Confirmation Hearing
• US Sanctions 18 Syrian Officials For Chemical Attacks
• FBI, DOJ Face Investigation Into Clinton Email Probe
• Saving Lawyers 1 Breath At A Time: Mindfulness In The Law
• Pentagon Testing Chief Flags More Delays For F-35
• Group Seeks To Preserve Aerospace Tax Breaks In Wash.
• SEC Fines Army Contractor Over Faulty Accounting
• What To Watch For At Mattis' Defense Secretary Hearing
• Drug Return Co. Loses Bid To Trim $116M Diversion Case
• Trump Chooses VA Health Undersecretary To Lead Agency
• How NDAA For 2017 Changes DOD Contracting
• DOJ Pushes For Quick End To Twitter Report Fight
• Trump Slams Russia Docs Report, F-35 Cost Overruns
• Tillerson Tries To Draw Hard Line On Russia
• Understanding How Blockchain Could Impact Legal Industry
• MoFo Snags DOJ's Former Top National Security Lawyer
• Detainees Had Right To Sue Officials, ACLU Tells High Court
• Polaris Gets Quick Win In Time-Barred Army Supplier Spat
• DC Police Want DC Circ. Rethink On Warrantless Search
• NSA Can't Skate Winter Olympics Spying Suit
• Update Proposed For Managing Cos. With Classified Info
• GAO Nixes Protest Over $30M Air Force Lab Support Deal
• Booze Distributor Settles DOL's Race Bias Claims
• Feds Too Late To Claim Buoy Contractor Overpayment: Board
• The Firms That Dominated In 2016
• DOD Chief Carter Says Russia Hacks Need Larger Response
• Feds Revise Export Controls On Spacecraft
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Shell, Others Win $99M For WWII Fuel Production Cleanup
• High Court Won't Hear FCA Ambiguity Interpretation Dispute
• Justices Refuse Booz Allen Retiree's Stock Sale Suit
• DHS Says Election System Is 'Critical Infrastructure'
• Exxon Seeks To Reverse Blame In Calif. Superfund Cleanup
• Sikorsky, DOD Get 9th Circ. Reversal Of FOIA Document Bid
• Sens. To Push For Greater Russia Sanctions After Hacks
• In Congress: Obamacare, The Cabinet
• Finjan Sues Cisco For Infringing Cybersecurity Patents
• Intel Brief Says Putin Ordered Election Hacks To Aid Trump
• Lawmakers, Experts Lay Out Cybersecurity Plan For Trump
• Trump Picks Ex-Indiana Sen. For Intelligence Chief
• FAA Chief Says Drone Flight-Over-People Rule Still In Works
• 4th Circ. Upholds IRS Rejection Of $118M Tax Deduction
• Reps Ask Contractor For Info On DOD's $125B Waste Report
• 5 FCA Issues To Watch As Trump Takes Power
• NY Tower Owner Asks Justices To Say It's Not Iran 'Agency'
• Trump Beefs Up New Trade Council With 2 Appointments
• NY Times Wants Fed Records On Yahoo Email Scanning Order
• Criminal Trade Secret Prosecutions Under President Trump
• Time Is Running Out For Auto Cybersecurity Standards
• 5 Insights From General Electric's Alex Dimitrief
• Blecher Collins Likely Won't Shake $50M Malpractice Suit
• DOD Issues Memo To Further Justify Pending R&D Rule
• Va. Cop Can't Sue Navy Over Training Injury, 4th Circ. Rules
• SAIC's Revived $42M Award In Greek Contract Row Gets OK
• DOD Acquisition Chief Approves $126B Nuclear Sub Program
• Intel Chiefs Continue To Back Russia Election Hack Claims
• Half-Million Ends Tribal Contractor's Prevailing Wage Row
• 11th Circ. Nixes Army Subcontractor's Bid For Lost Profits
• Gulfstream Founder Trustees Get Claims Pared In $10M Suit
• DOD Contractor Loses Exclusion Challenge Over $75M Deal
• Former Federal Officials Want Probe Into Russia Hacks
• SpaceX Welder's Bid To Skirt Sex Bias Trial Loss Grounded
• Fed Circ. OKs Border Patrol Agent's Firing After Odd Behavior
• CBO Says Trump's 350-Ship Navy Plan To Cost $25B Per Year
• Lockheed Escapes $117M In Army Overpayment Claims
• Johnson Controls Gets Army Contract Dispute Pared
• VP-Elect Pence Promises Executive Action On Day One
• Potential SAFETY Act Issues For Insurers To Consider
• 5th Circ. Nixes Human Trafficking Suit Against KBR
• US Sanctions Against Russia: Outlook Under President Trump
• GOP Rep. Goodlatte Proposes Repeal Of Chevron Doctrine
• 6th Circ. Says TVA Must Face Nuke Plant Officer's Bias Suit
• Honeywell Gets $45M FCA Suit Over Energy Savings Tossed
• Licenses On 5 Russian Entities Restricted For Hacking
• Be Prepared For Law Firm Data Breach Litigation
• GAO Says Bidder Responsible For Rejected Emails
• 6 Cop To $2M Bribery Plot For Aircraft Service Contracts
• Air Force Solicits $7B Project Under Contract Structure Waiver
• Navy Can't Escape Suit Over Subcontractor Vehicle Seizure
• DC Circ. Revives Groups' Suit Over Clinton Emails Release
• Bombing Victim Family Can't Recoup $1.3B From US Gov't
• 7 Legal Industry Predictions For 2017
• In Congress: Israel, Russia, Midnight Rules
• Gov't Contracts Policy And Cases To Watch In 2017