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Aerospace & Defense - April, 2017

204 articles

• In Congress: Stopgap Funding, Jay Clayton, North Korea
• FastShip Snags $6.5M IP Win Against Navy, Sues Lockheed
• NSA To Stop Collecting Emails About Foreign Targets
• Judge OKs $150M In Fees In Dow, Boeing Nuke Pollution Suit
• Delfasco Can't Buy Bankrupt Conco Until 2019, 6th Circ. Says
• 'Sensitive' Freight Shipper For DOD Must Face FCA Claims
• Lily Robotics Seeks Bidders After Asset Sale Plan Approved
• Sprint Whistleblower Stays Locked Out Of $15.5M FCA Deal
• SEC Charges Army Contractor Execs For Accounting Failures
• Trump Adds To Korean Tensions, Mulling Exit From Trade Deal
• Ex-DOD Contractor Sentenced To 5 Years In Fraud Scheme
• Tillerson Pushes For New Sanctions Against North Korea
• Rare Defense-Focused Trade Probes Might Not Work: Report
• Congress Passes Government Funding Band-Aid
• The Mediator's Proposal As A Tool For Litigants
• Boeing Wants ITC Look At Bombardier Sales
• Congress To Agree To Push Short-Term Funding Band-Aid
• House Dems Say Army Nom Can't Be Trusted On LGBT Rights
• Claims Court Says No Bias In $26M Army Support Deal
• Expectations After The Trump Administration's First 100 Days
• Pentagon Warned Flynn Over Foreign Pay, Top Dem Says
• Spy Court Won't Consider Conservative Group's Leak Claims
• Aluminum Probe Marks Trump Admin.'s 2nd Use Of Rare Law
• Trump Set To Sign Order To Overhaul VA Employee Discipline
• Government Funding Deal 'Down To Final Details'
• Fed. Circ. Backs Navy In Sequester Furlough Dispute
• CFPB Fines Auto Lender $1.25M For Flouting Settlement
• Fed. Circ. Tells Veterans Court It Can Hear Class Claims
• GAO Sustains Protest Of $48M NASA Contract Award
• Dell Wants Out Of FCA Suit Over Computer Chip Vulnerability
• Fed. Claims Warns SOCOM Over $45M Contract 'Misconduct'
• The 9-Year Winning Streak Of Virginia 'Rocket Docket'
• GAO Dings US Marshals On Court-Security Contract Awards
• House Votes To Toughen Airline Worker Security
• $27B A Year To Build 355 Ships In Navy's Plan, CBO Says
• Trump Nominates 2 DOD Officials But Many Openings Remain
• Shutdown Less Likely With Nixed Border Wall Funding
• Flynn's Foreign Payments Likely Unlawful, Lawmakers Say
• GAO, DOD Debate Claim F-35 Software Delay Will Add $1.7B
• Feds Fight To Keep Drone Killings Info Secret At 2nd Circ.
• Let's Talk About Half-Hearted Innovation
• Weak Bids Can Sink Follow-On Deals For Federal Incumbents
• Enviros Gird For Pitched Battle To Stop Trump Border Wall
• US Hits 271 Syrian Research Employees With Sanctions
• Trump Admin. Preps For Shutdown, Calls Moves A Precaution
• How Due Process Limits Personal Jurisdiction
• DCAA Says Hiring Freeze May Stall Its Effort To Clear Backlog
• Gov't Can't Ditch Suit Accusing VA Doc Of Sexual Assault
• No-Fly List Challenge Gets Its Wings Clipped By Ore. Judge
• Justices Won't Take Up ACLU Appeal Over CIA Torture Report
• Counsel To Counsel: Insights From Law Firm GCs
• In Congress: A Major Fiscal Deadline
• Defense Contractor Gets Two Years In Faulty Parts Case
• Cold War-Era Trade Law Emerges As Trump's Magic Bullet
• Foreign Surveillance Court Approves 1,700 Warrants In 2016
• Chinese Man Pleads Guilty In Carbon Fiber Smuggling Sting
• 9th Circ. Denies Initial En Banc Review Of Travel Ban Appeal
• The Trump Sanctions Policy At 3 Months
• Government Funding Showdown Has Attorneys On Edge
• Nat'l Intel Chief Urges Congress To Reauthorize Spy Powers
• Impact Of 'Buy American And Hire American' On H-1B
• DynCorp Prevails In Ecuadorean Farmers' Herbicide Suit
• Air Force Stops Work On Ops Deal After Senate Halts Funds
• Feds Say KBR Wants Too Much Discovery In $150M FCA Spat
• Gray Matters: The Attorney-Client Team
• Fed. Gov't Beats $25M Med Mal Suit Over Late Diagnosis
• 'Culture Shift' Driving NSA, CIA, FBI To Be More Open
• 4th Circ. Urged To Extend Hold On Trump Travel Ban
• $31M Confirmation Bid Lacks US Connection, Co. Says
• SpaceX's Cost Bid After Sex Bias Trial Win Throttled Back
• DHS Official Says Cyberthreat Info-Sharing Efforts Growing
• Counsel To Counsel: Mama Said There'll Be Days Like This
• Litigation Finance, Big Data And The Limits Of AI
• Victory For 'Drone Slayer' Puts State Laws In Spotlight
• Treasury Shows Path Off The Sanctions Blacklist
• Eaton Aerospace's Faulty Parts Crashed Plane, Owners Say
• 1st Circ. Revives Consultancy Suit Over Saudi Weapons Deal
• GAO Tosses 'Speculative' Protest Of $176M Navy IT Project
• US Opens Rare Security-Focused Steel Probe
• 4 Takeaways From The 'Buy American' Executive Order
• Pentagon Innovation Unit Awards 13 Deals Totaling $12.3M
• Aerospace Holdings To Pivot To Private Bankruptcy Sale
• Border Wall Could Cost $67B, Senate Democrats Claim
• Trump Admin. Rethinking Iran Nuke Deal Sanctions Relief
• High Court Asked To Review SBA Disadvantaged Biz Program
• KBR Slams Gov't Bid To Stop ASBCA Case In $150M FCA Row
• Counsel To Counsel: A Law Firm GC's Data Protection Duties
• ACLU, Gov't Spar Over Bulk Data At Secret Court
• Federal Contractors Bear Brunt Of 'Buy American' Crackdown
• OSC Files 2 Briefs Backing DOD Whistleblower Rights
• Trump Accused Of Chinese TM Emoluments Clause Violation
• DynCorp Willfully Disregarded Herbicide Effects, Court Told
• 3 Areas Where International Arbitration Could Be Used More
• Army Corps Can't Duck Row Over $11.4M Contract's Axing
• Ala. Tribe Sets Up New Aviation Shop For Military Work
• Marines Properly Limited Fix To $12.8M Order, GAO Says
• Counsel To Counsel: Evaluating Positional Conflicts
• Navigating Bid Protests Caused By DOD Cybersecurity Rules
• GAO Rejects Fluor Protest Over Navy Services Solicitation
• Saudi Arabia Says Press Order Bid In 9/11 MDL Misconstrued
• Military Attys Push For Guantánamo Injunction Over Housing
• Navy Training Jets Airborne Again With Temporary Mask Fix
• Navy Officers' Bribery Suit Delayed As Discovery Piles Up
• Counsel To Counsel: 5 Challenges For A Law Firm GC
• Hirschler Fleischer Adds Ex-Venable Partner To NoVA Ranks
• Alcoa Can't Nix Claim That $200M Trade Secrets Suit Is 'Sham'
• NASA's Mars Plans Facing Delays, Cost Hurdles, OIG Says
• Judge Delivers Sassy Burn To DOJ In Wash. Travel Ban Case
• 11th Circ. Won't Revive Air Force Mechanic's Race Suit
• Leidos Award From Greek Safety System Row Upped To $63M
• Army Says It Didn't Wrongly Reject Palantir For $206M Deal
• Navy Safety Whistleblower Gets Job Back Pending OSC Probe
• GoPro Says Investors' Drone Recall Suit Relies On Hindsight
• DHS Agencies Can't ID All Contracts Under $300M, GAO Says
• Contractors Must Prepare For Fallout From Classified Leaks
• Lawyers In Flow: Get Out Of Your Head And Into Your Case
• Indefinite Projects Make Up 1/3 Of Fed. Contracts, GAO Says
• Microsoft Says Foreign Intel Surveillance Probes Doubled
• GAO Rejects Appeal Of $18M CENTCOM Interpreter Contract
• 10th Circ. Clears Lockheed Firing Of Hard-Of-Hearing Worker
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revive DEA Cartel Informant's $5M Suit
• State Dept. Clears $1B Iraqi Pilot Training Contract
• VA Asks For Input On Cloud File Management System
• Gilstrap Keeps Raytheon Supercomputer Patent Claims Alive
• Alien Tort Statute Returns To Supreme Court
• Judge Pares KBR Kickback Judgment After 5th Circ. Ruling
• Trump Taps Mayer Brown Atty For Deputy State Post
• Part Of Chinese Aerospace Co.'s $70M Award Row To Proceed
• Implicating Huawei, GOP Pols Demand Wider Sanctions Probe
• Claims Court Nixes Challenge To Army Corps Contract Award
• Claims Court Upholds $411M Exelis Air Force Base Ops Deal
• GAO Says More Oversight Is Needed Of Mentoring Program
• DOD Industrial Security Unit Getting More Aggressive
• A Law Firm Ranking Model By 'Fake News & Distorted Reports'
• White House Proposes Executive Branch Overhaul
• Aeros Launches Trial With Navy Over $65M Bashed Blimp
• Fed. Circ. Kills Unsolicited Bid Complaint For Standing
• Claims Trimmed In $2.5M VA Staffer Sex Assault Suit
• Military Attys Sue DOD Over Guantánamo Housing Hazards
• Gulfstream Founder's Widow Faces Setback In Tax Fight
• GAO Says No Conflict Of Interest In $84M Coast Guard Deal
• ASBCA Pans Exelis' Exec Pay Tied To Stock Performance
• Raytheon Wants 5th Try At $1B Satellite FCA Suit Tossed
• Telecom Wants To Revive Challenge To $20B NASA Contract
• Trump Floats Trade Wins For China If It Reins In N. Korea
• KBR To Shell Out $10.5M In Deal With Investors Over Losses
• 9th Circ. Nixes $10M Premature Birth Award To USAF Family
• Gov't Sues Russian Linked To Election Hacks To Stop Botnet
• DynCorp Denies Liability For Contractor Chem Spray Pilots
• State Dept. Approves $319M Air Base Construction For Kuwait
• Siemens Wins Costs For VA's Slow Response On Bid Dispute
• Trump Nominates Tennessee State Sen. As Army Secretary
• $400M Army Contract Fix Cleared Under Opposing Protests
• An Alternative Legal Argument Against Trump's Travel Ban
• Texas College Can Argue Info Release Would Violate Privacy
• Saudi Arabia, 9/11 Family Attys Spar Over Media Interviews
• Justices Asked To Rule Whether IRS Must Explain Tax Claims
• GAO Urges Better Stats On Indian Trafficking Victims
• Afghan War Food Contractor Says FCA Suit Thin On Details
• KBR Accuses Feds Of 'Halfhearted' Search In $150M FCA Row
• Crowdfunding For Legal Cases: 5 Trends Reshaping Justice
• Air Force Awards URS $3.6B Contract For Drone Services
• GAO Won't Reconsider Decision On VA's Booz Allen Contract
• GAO Says DHS Needs To Improve Acquisition Process
• DOD Chiefs Fear Dire Consequences Of Short-Term Funding
• Air Force Secretary Nomination Advances To Full Senate
• DOD Contractual Spending Goes Up After Years Of Declines
• India Buying Nearly $2B In Missiles From Israeli Contractor
• Agencies Seek End To British Businessman's Privacy Suit
• Navy Grounds Training Jet Fleet Over Oxygen Concerns
• An Update On Aftermath Of GAO Jurisdiction Gap
• GAO Denies Protest Of Army Combat Boat Contract Changes
• ABA Needs A New Model Legal Ethics Rule
• Nunes Steps Aside From Russia Probe
• What Does Lateral Partner Success Look Like?
• Trump's Defense Plan Exceeds Budget Limits, Report Says
• GAO Details Efforts To Boost Cyber Workforce
• IBM Must Support Privilege Claims For Docs In $50M FCA Suit
• Trump Claims Obama Adviser Criminally Leaked Intelligence
• Deals Rumor Mill: Rockwell Collins, Stada, Blackstone
• Are Lateral Recruitment Opportunities Shaping Your Strategy?
• Patent Eligibility And Fed. Circ. F-35 Helmet Case
• Trump Cuts Bannon In National Security Council Shakeup
• Kelly Defends Border Wall, Tech Screening At Senate Hearing
• DOD's CH-53K Helicopter Program Gets Approval
• Offshore Driller Agrees To Record $10M Jones Act Penalty
• Arab Bank Case May Show Trump's Corporate Liability Views
• Lateral Partner Hiring: Time To Look In The Mirror
• GAO Says DHS Could Step Up Border Security Coordination
• Implant Sciences Investors Denied Expanded Standing
• GAO Urges Air Force To Better Watch Small Biz Subcontracts
• CBCA Says It Can't Yet Hear VA Contract Labor Dispute
• Fed. Circ. Revives $13.4M Dispute Over Iraq War Food Deal
• Aerospace Lobby Pushes Trump To Fill Ex-Im Board
• Boeing Can't Fight Sanctions In $1.2B Air Force Contract Row
• Senate Confirms Trump's DHS Deputy Pick
• FCA Decision Tracker: Continued Interpretations Of Escobar
• Winners Say Redo Of $5B Army Contract Does Not Compute
• ASBCA Halts Another Iraq Supply Dispute For Criminal Case
• Feds Fight KBR Bid For Privileged Docs In $150M FCA Suit
• Escobar Doesn't Help FCA Claims Over Faulty Armor
• Untold Stories: Trump's Budget Would Silence Legal Services
• High Court To Rule If Arab Bank Can Be Liable For Attacks
• In Congress: Gorsuch And The 'Nuclear Option'