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Aerospace & Defense - January, 2018

213 articles

• Immigration-Restriction Group's FOIA Suit Seeks Yates' Emails
• General Dynamics Unit Pushes Maine For $60M In Tax Credits
• Coast Guard Spent $60M On Failed Health Records System
• Army Awards Raytheon $2.3B Deal For Patriot Missile Support
• 9th Circ. Won't Hold Twitter Liable For Fatal ISIS Attack
• NNSA Needs To Contain Nuke Life-Extension Costs, GAO Says
• Centers Of Influence Are Key To Small Law Firm Rainmaking
• 20th Navy Officer Pleads Guilty Over 'Fat Leonard' Bribes
• IT Staffing Firm Snaps Up Gov't Contractor In $775M Deal
• Boeing Says GOP Tax Law Slashed $1B From Income Taxes
• No Consensus On Conspiracy Theory Of Personal Jurisdiction
• Trump Reaches Out To Reluctant Dems In State Of The Union
• Trump Announces Plan To Keep Guantanamo Bay Open
• DOD Restricts Afghan Info, But Says It Was A Mistake
• Justices Told Fed. Circ.'s 1-Line Orders Unconstitutional
• Treasury Sanctions Ukrainian Separatist Tax Officials
• Perkins Coie Adds Ex-National Security Pro In Chicago
• Fla. Ambulance Co. To Pay $5.5M For Medicare, Tricare Fraud
• House Passes $659B Defense Funding Bill For Third Time
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Sanctions Against DOJ Atty In Contract Row
• Cooley Lands MoFo Litigation Ace, Drones Practice Chair
• Mnuchin Vows More Russian Sanctions Amid Dems' Pushback
• Agency Must Hear ATF Whistleblower's Retaliation Case
• Budget Cuts Shrinking Defense Industrial Base Significantly
• Lockheed Wins $150M Navy Laser Weapons Contract
• Fitness App Data Might Compromise Military Security: DOD
• Australia To Spend $3.1B To Expand Global Arms Exports
• Aviation Whistleblower's Claim Was Too Vague, NJ Panel Says
• From Law Firm To Newsroom: An Interview With Bob Woodruff
• FBI's No. 2 Steps Down Amid Sustained Trump Attacks
• Judging A Book: Kendall Reviews 'On The Jury Trial'
• Infrastructure, Immigration To Headline State Of The Union
• Ex-ICE Agent Admits Taking Bribes From Immigrants' Atty
• 11th Circ. Says FCA Helicopter Suit Needs Escobar Analysis
• GAO Won't Reconsider Protest Over $50M Leidos Contract
• Probe Of Afghan-War Food Supplier Keeps FCA Suit On Ice
• Ala. Man Cops To $16M DOD Telecom Contract Fraud
• How Cos. Can Take Advantage Of DOJ False Claims Act Memo
• GAO Puts Fed. Security Clearance Process On High Risk List
• Bombardier Spared Tariffs After ITC Finds Boeing Not Harmed
• Zarrab Served With Rape Suit At Westchester Jail
• FCA Memo No Proof Of New DOJ Direction On Dismissals
• Service Members Want Trump's Trans Ban Killed For Good
• F-35 Program 'Stagnant' As Repair, Test Delays Mount
• Gun Part Co. Says Smith & Wesson Cut It Out Of Sales Deal
• Attys React To DOJ's New Memo On FCA Dismissals
• DC Circ. Questions Privacy Org's Standing On FAA Drone Rule
• Do I Need New Trial Counsel? 9 Questions To Ask
• Berkshire Aerospace Unit Denied Exit From Investor Suit
• 5 Takeaways From Bipartisan BuyAmerican.gov Bill
• How Legal Finance Helps The Energy Sector Access Capital
• Ex-Navy Contractor Pleads Guilty to $2.8M Bribery Scheme
• Trump Says He's Willing To Talk With Mueller In Russia Probe
• GAO Rejects Challenge To $4B Army Radio Contract Terms
• Mayer Brown Nabs Ex-Bracewell White Collar Chair
• Texas Man Gets 4 Years For Space Circuit Smuggling Scheme
• GAO Denies Protest Of $335.5M Afghan Embassy Contract
• Medical Device Co. To Pay $7.6M In Electrode FCA Suit
• Law Prof Urges US To Have Cos. 'Hack Back' At Cyberthreats
• Stanley Black & Decker Scoops Up Fastener Co. For $440M
• DOD, Sikorsky Get Claims Trimmed In FOIA Data Fight
• Engineers Charged With Exporting Military Tech To China
• Heckler & Koch Must Produce Docs In Orbital ATK Dispute
• Gov't Can't Dodge Soldiers' Expedited-Citizenship Suit
• Armored Truck Fraudster Denied Bid To Set Aside Verdict
• Air Force Launches Team To Investigate Oxygen Incidents
• US-Funded Afghan Forces Assaulted Children, Report Says
• Lessons From President Trump's Failed Judicial Nominations
• Fed. Circ. Pulls Check On Army's Sole-Source Chopper Plan
• APL Blasts Matson's DC Circ. Challenge To Gov't Subsidies
• Pa. Man Dodges Prison For Kickbacks Involving Navy Parts
• Commerce Sends Trump Report On Aluminum Imports
• The Government's Big Stick For Fighting Small Biz Fraud
• Lockheed To Pay For Selling Coast Guard Defective Comms
• Telecoms Conditionally Back Emergency Alert Updates
• Satellite Broadband Cos. Want FCC To Include Them In Review
• NSA Says Storage Crunch Led To AT&T Spying Data Deletion
• The Next Shutdown: How Gov't Contractors Can Prepare
• DHS Waives Environmental Laws To Construct Border Wall
• Feds Urge End To Suit Accusing VA Dentist Of Unsterile Habits
• Trump Signs Bill To Reopen Federal Government
• State Dept. OKs Possible $6.5B Sale Of F-35s To Belgium
• 4th Circ. Frees Sudan From $48M USS Cole Bombing Award
• How To Control Data As Technology Complicates E-Discovery
• Ejection Seat Maker Pleads Guilty After RAF Pilot's Death
• Attorneys Preparing Clients For A Costly Shutdown
• Immigration Standoff Keeps Government Shuttered
• DOD Sees Bigger Threats As Strategy Turns Away From Terror
• Military Aircraft Tracker Vulnerable To Hacking, GAO Says
• Kuwait Co. To Get Up To $1.3B To Supply Food To US Troops
• KBR Investors Defend Suit Over UK Fraud Investigation
• Strong Case Outweighed 'Improper' Closing, Says 1st Circ.
• Ex-United Pilot's $35M Bipolar Misdiagnosis Suit Tossed
• Ex-DOD Official Says Gov't Hasn't Backed Fraud Indictment
• Congress Renews Controversial Surveillance Law
• State Dept. OKs $500M Saudi Arabia Missile Support Deal
• Kaspersky Wants Judge To Block Federal Software Ban
• Ryan Says Budget Fights Pushing DOD To 'Breaking Point'
• Analysts Slam Report Linking Immigrants To Terrorism
• GAO Backs Protest Over 1 Award In $1.6B DHS Cloud Deal
• House Republicans Advance Funding Bill Without Dems
• Fed. Circ. Says DOD Properly Terminated Fuel Supply Deal
• Ex-Sen. Dodd, Eli Lilly Litigation Head Join Arnold & Porter
• Bill Renewing State Dept. Cyber Role Passes House
• Navy Charges Officers With Homicide Over Ship Crashes
• 3-D Printing, ITAR Issues Not At High Court — Yet
• Removal In 2017: How Defendants Got To Federal Court
• A Chat With Davis Wright CSO Mark Usellis
• Ex-CIA Officer Charged With Keeping Classified China Info
• High Court Skeptical Of Challenge To Terror Review Judges
• Senate Starts Gov't Spying Debate Despite Privacy Objections
• Tribal Construction Co. Wants Quick Win In FCA Suit
• Dem Ire, GOP Dodge On Trump Meeting Roil DACA Hearing
• The Latest Bid Protest 'Reform' Should Be Repealed
• DOD Fights Cities' Bid For Docs In Suit Over Gun Database
• 9th Circ. Revives FCA Suit Against Ex-Lockheed Health Co.
• DOT Slams Matson's Challenge To Rival's Gov't Subsidies
• Trump Taps Ex-Military Judge As Air Force Legal Chief
• A Momentous Year For CFIUS: Part 2
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• The Firms That Dominated In 2017
• Up Next At High Court: Betraying A Client, Appellate Rules
• Mueller's Team Seeks May Trial Date For Manafort, Gates
• Ex-General's Private Emails Sought In Stuxnet Leak Probe
• Sikorsky Wants Feds' 'Excessive' FCA Claims Nixed
• Gov't Denied Quick Win In Soldiers' Citizenship Suit
• Raytheon Mischaracterized Trade Secrets, Fed. Circ. Told
• What You Need To Know About The Latest Steel Trade Fight
• Trump Extends Iran Sanctions Waiver But Wants Deal Remade
• How Tax Reform Will Change FCA Settlements
• A Survey Of In-House Attorney Views On Trade Secrets
• A Momentous Year For CFIUS: Part 1
• DOJ Ups Estimate Of FCA Whistleblower Recoveries
• NASA Space Station Contractor Falling Short, Watchdog Says
• Fla. Compounding Pharmacy, Execs Escape Rep's FCA Claims
• US Blasts Raytheon Escape Bid In Mass. Cleanup Liability
• Army Fights Trademarks For NHL's Vegas Golden Knights
• 6 E-Discovery Predictions For 2018
• Reps Say Navy, DOD Push For Secrecy Is Counterproductive
• Kaspersky Software Not Worth 'Risk,' WH Cyber Chief Says
• Bannon Hires Quinn Emanuel Atty For House Russia Probe
• Mueller Adds Veteran DOJ Cybercrime Prosecutor To Team
• House OKs Surveillance Renewal But Not Warrant Amendment
• Fed. Circ. Lets Telecom's NASA Contract Challenge Lie
• 1st Circ. Says No Warning Needed In Nonjudicial Navy Case
• Gov't Watchdog Wants DHS To Improve Terrorism Screenings
• VA Wants Veteran Ownership Determinations In SBA Hands
• Trump Taps Tenn. Deputy AG To Lead DOD's Legal Division
• Trump Atty Sues BuzzFeed, Fusion GPS Over Russia Dossier
• 6 Roles To Embrace In An Evolving Legal Industry
• FISA Renewal Hinges On Warrants To Snoop On Americans
• Study Rebuts Bid Protest Concerns But May Not Halt Critics
• Feinstein Puts Out Fusion GPS Founder's Russia Interview
• FBI Boss Calls Encryption 'Major' Public Safety Threat
• CFIUS Needs More Support, Not Overhaul, House Panel Told
• Feds Settle Suit Over Veteran's Prostate Cancer Death
• Orbital Seeks Docs From Heckler & Koch In $27M Army Suit
• Beirut Victims' Kin Tell 2nd Circ. Not To Review Ruling
• New Magnitsky Sanctions Expand Enforcement Authority
• This Year, Let's Invest In Lawyer Resiliency
• DHS, DOC Release Draft Report on Cybersecurity Threats
• Leidos Retaliated Against Whistleblower, DOD OIG Says
• High Court Won't Hear Marine's Claim Of Unfair Court-Martial
• Fusion GPS Seeks Judge's Recusal In Dossier Subpoena Case
• Pentagon Shuffles Staff Of Cloud Tech Acquisition Group
• 3 Things To Know About The New Acting FAA Administrator
• Surveillance Court Wants ACLU Standing Reviewed
• 5 Legal Technology Predictions For 2018
• Report Says DOD Spent $675M In Afghanistan Without Goals
• OFAC Enforcement Trends In 2017: Exporters On Notice
• CBP Unveils New Rules For Device Searches At Borders
• Waste Hauler Drops Challenge To SBA's Navy Contract
• Calif. Gov. Can Ignore National Guard Whistleblower Referrals
• Afghan Air Force Training Needs Improvement: Watchdog
• Tepco, GE Escape $5B Fukushima Radiation Suit
• Health Hires: DEA, Womble Bond, LeClairRyan Bulk Up In DC
• More Iranian Entities Sanctioned Over Missile Program Links
• What To Expect From FCA Investigations This Year
• More Relators Push FCA Cases To The End In 2017
• Immigration, Spending Deal Dominate Busy Jan. On The Hill
• Airbus Wants Arbitration After Poland Axed Helicopter Deal
• Ex-DOD Official Seeks To Toss Fraud Indictment As 'Vague'
• VA To Take Steps To Speed Up Health Provider Payments
• Senate Dem Warns Of Russian Net Neutrality Interference
• Exxon, Lockheed Settle $16M Asbestos Litigation Bill Dispute
• Litigation Finance Trends To Watch In 2018
• DOD Shakes Up Background Checks In Takeover
• DACA Fix, Defense Spending Change Raised In Funding Talks
• Retirees Settle Benefits Suit Against Babcock & Wilcox
• Relator Can't Sue Gov't For FCA Settlement, 11th Circ. Rules
• Senate Confirms Lockheed Exec As Pentagon Policy Chief
• Academi Broke Clear Terms Of State Dept. Deals, GAO Says
• Ambac Can't Move Mortgage Fee Suit To NY, Judge Says
• Ex-NSA Contractor Will Admit To Hoarding Secret Docs
• The Enneagram And The Practice Of Law
• Alissa Starzak On Net Neutrality, US Army, Leap To Startup
• DHS Leak Risks Privacy Of Thousands Of Agency Employees
• Turkish Banker Convicted Of Scheming To Aid Iran
• How Gov't Cyber Efforts Will Affect Companies This Year
• ID Screener's Loss Of Navy Contract Takes It Into Ch. 11
• Full 9th Circ. To Rehear Fees Bid In 'No Fly' Case
• ASBCA Refuses Army Corps Clawback In Construction Deal
• Lockheed Worker Owed Disability Benefits, 10th Circ. Affirms
• Deals Rumor Mill: Boeing, Siemens Healthineers, Nippon Life
• Judging A Book: Tymkovich Reviews 'Gorsuch'
• Compel DOD To Report Military Convictions, Cities Tell Court
• 50 States To Use AT&T's National First Responder Network
• DFARS Cyber Rule Considerations For Contractors In 2018
• Congressional Forecast: January
• Gov't Contracts Policy To Watch In 2018
• Gov't Contracts Cases To Watch In 2018
• 5 Cybersecurity And Privacy Policies To Watch In 2018
• 5 Things To Watch For In FCPA Enforcement This Year