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Government Contracts - January, 2014

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• Judge Won't Free Ex-NASA Contractor In Iran Satellite Case
• DOD Comptroller To Retire As Obama Names Replacement
• Navy Lifts Suspension On Shipping Co. After Court Defeat
• Ex-DOD Official Sentenced For Aircraft Bribery Scheme
• US Blasts Fla. Hospital's Challenge To Standing In FCA Suit
• Abbott Can't Escape FCA Suit Over Drug Marketing, Kickbacks
• Watch Out, Affiliates Of Suspended Government Contractors
• AIG Sues US, Sherwin-Williams For $3.3M In Cleanup Costs
• Holland & Knight Adds Gov't Contracts Atty To DC Office
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McAndrews' Sharon Hwang
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Faegre Baker's Kathy Noecker
• 'Reasonable Certainty' Remains Uncertain
• Northrop Defrauded Gov't Of $62M, FCA Suit Says
• Ex-DHL Drivers Want FCA Whistleblower Claims Revived
• Ex-Patton Boggs Client To End Suit Against Firm
• NJ Lawmakers Push For Port Authority Transparency Bill
• Medicare Bans New Suppliers In High-Fraud Areas
• DOD, GSA To Bump Up Cybersecurity In Acquisitions
• Steptoe Adds Versatile Partner From Gibson Dunn
• DOD Proposes To Change How It Pays Afghani Contractors
• DOD Issues Interim Rule Restricting Cost-Type Contracts
• SAIC Derivative Suit Properly Dismissed, 2nd Circ. Rules
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Norton Rose's Yvonne Puig
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Orrick's Laurie Strauch Weiss
• A Reminder That FCA Can Be Used For Customs Enforcement
• Millennium Shakes Revived FCA Billing Scam Suit
• Former Pa. Senator Can't Appeal Mental Fitness Ruling
• Workplace Culture: The Real Pathway To Change
• Obama Uses Contracting Changes To Flex Policy Muscle
• NJ Mayor's Unelected Cronies Ran Town, Ex-City Official Says
• VA Seeks Contract Bids For New Health Records System
• Top DOJ Atty Outlines Pharma Fraud Enforcement
• US Reps. Want Probe Of NJ's Split With Sandy Contractor
• Medical Supply Co. Escapes FCA Suit Over Needless Orders
• DM Petrol. Fights For $1.5B Strategic Reserve Contract
• Ky. Hospital Pays $16.5M To End False Billing Claims
• US Says Convicted NASA Contractor Could Be A Flight Risk
• SBA Lifts MicroTech's Gov't Contracting Suspension
• An Update On Judicial Review Of Contractor Suspensions
• BP Federal Contracting Ban Should Stick, US Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Joanne Gray
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Taft's Barbara Duncombe
• AgustaWestland Snags £760M UK Helicopter Contracts
• Raytheon Owes $2.7M For Breached Contract, L'Garde Says
• No Credit For Halfhearted FCA Cooperation, Enforcers Say
• GAO Finally Out Of Woods With Protests Backlog
• GAO Denies Rotech's Protest Over $42M In VA Contracts
• What Health Providers Can Learn From Recent OIG Report
• Lockheed Nets $31M Air Force Bombs Contract
• Sotera Awarded Portion Of $900M Space, Navy Contract
• GAO Denies Protest Over State Dept. Security Contract
• Northrop Loses $253M Row With Feds Over Worker Benefits
• Supreme Court Passes On Mass. Pol's Corruption Appeal
• DOD Still Plagued By Budget Uncertainty, Officials Say
• White House Asks High Court To Hear Whistleblower Appeal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Young Conaway's Pauline Morgan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Phelps Dunbar's Nan Alessandra
• Obama To Raise Minimum Federal Contractor Wage To $10.10
• Hospice Exec Charged In Alleged Medicare Scam
• NYC Transit Agency Hikes Price Tag On Grand Central Project
• Contractor Gets 46 Months For Role In Nova Datacom Scheme
• Honeywell Escapes $250M Software License Fee FCA Suit
• Wash. Joins Suit Over Novartis Exjade Kickbacks
• GAO Ready To Charge Filing Fee For Bid Protests
• 4th Circ. OKs Incentives For Dominion Transmission Projects
• Snowden Background-Checker Faces Potential Suspension
• Coast Guard Shipbuilder Escapes Sanctions In Insurance Row
• PE Firm Denies Default On $16M SBA Loan Agreement
• S. Korea To Sign $6.8B F-35 Lightning Procurement Deal
• Raytheon Keeps Contested $279M Navy Jammer Contract
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Crowell's Angela Styles
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: WilmerHale's Susan Murley
• 2014 Promises To Be Another Banner Year For Cybersecurity
• Flagstar Execs Hit With Investor Suit Over $133M FCA Deal
• Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Sheppard Mullin
• Ex-Ill. Campaign Aide Gets Probation For HHS Bribe Scheme
• Sequestration Is Over — But Don't Let Down Your Guard
• Clinics Ink $2M FCA Deal In Reimported Drugs Case
• Judicial Watch Sues For HealthCare.gov Designer Records
• SIGAR Blasts State Dept.'s Afghan Justice Oversight
• Beazer Dodges NJ City's Suit Over Redevelopment Plans
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Beinecke
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Willkie's Margery Neale
• DOJ Complaint Carries Huge Risks For Snowden Investigator
• Key Gov't Informant Grilled In NJ Mayor's Corruption Trial
• Agency Defends Medicaid Contract For South Fla. Counties
• Chemical Cos. Dodge FCA Suit Over Fire-Retardant Formula
• GE Hitachi To Pay $2.7M To Settle Reactor Design FCA Suit
• Boeing, General Dynamics Settle $4.8B Aircraft Contract Row
• 2nd Circ. Seeks Top NY Court's View On Prevailing Wage
• KBR Hit With LOGCAP III Kickback, False Claims Act Suit
• L-3 Snags $129M Army Aircraft Modification Contract
• Government Contracts Group Of The Year: McKenna
• Exelis Nabs $32M Award For Radars To The US Coast Guard
• Medicare Billing Records Give FCA Whistleblowers New Ammo
• States Face $1.5B Tax Penalty Over Medicaid Opt-Out: Report
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fluet Huber's Jennifer Huber
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goldberg Segalla's Berdzik
• 5 Cost, Price Lessons From Recent Bid Protest Decisions
• Circuits Still Split Over Particularity In FCA Rule 9(b)
• GAO Backs Army's Rejection Of $32M Construction Bid
• Pentagon Urged To Ready For Unmanned Combat 'Revolution'
• Government Contracts Group of the Year: Hogan Lovells
• Lockheed Hiked F-35 Job Claims To Nab Support, Report Says
• Pfizer Escapes Whistleblower Suit Over Lipitor Marketing
• Honeywell, Army Team Up On $61M Ill. Garrison Upgrade
• Holland & Knight Adds Ex-Manatt IP Litigator In Calif.
• Jacobs Engineering Wins Dismissal Of FCA Retaliation Suit
• USPS Contractor Fired Worker For Fraud Questions, Suit Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Anderson Kill's Pamela Hans
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cozen O'Connor's Mayes
• Government Contracts Group of the Year: Fried Frank
• GAO Rejects Protest Of $16M USDA Contract
• GAO Finds Inconsistencies In DOD Efficiency Push
• IT Co.'s Protest Of $14M Voice Tech Contract Falls Short
• Lockheed Can't Escape FCA Suit Over Lowballed Estimates
• GAO Denies DynCorp's Protest Over $650M Air Force Contract
• Contractor Again Faces FCA Suit After Execs' Guilty Pleas
• Valley Forge Exec Knocks Investor's Illegal Export Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Alston & Bird's Nicki Carlsen
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Shackelford's Nicole LeBoeuf
• Physical Therapy Cos. Pay $30M To Settle FCA Kickback Suit
• 4 Takeaways From GAO's Annual Bid Protest Data
• White House Procurement Chief Steps Down
• Aecom Leads Pack In Running For $1.6B Miami Sewer Project
• Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Crowell & Moring
• Medicare Spending Tied To Prior Insurance, GAO Says
• GAO Rejects IntelliDyne's $15.5M DOJ Contract Protest
• DynCorp Wants Atty's Whistleblower Suit Tossed
• Coburn To Step Down At End Of Year Amid Cancer Fight
• 2014 — Year Of The Woman-Owned Small Business?
• Army Subcontractor In $697M Suit Seeks Lost Profits
• Former Georgia DOD Employee Indicted For Corruption
• US Objects To ArmorWorks' Plan To Sell DOD Contracts
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jackson Kelly's Ellen Cappellanti
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cole Schotz's Randi Kochman
• Government Contracts Group Of The Year: Arnold & Porter
• 3 Cost-Cutting Resolutions Law Firms Can't Afford To Break
• Senate Panel Pushes For Greater Cybersecurity Focus At DOD
• Senate Sends $1T Federal Spending Bill To Obama's Desk
• GAO Rejects HP's Bid Protest Over $50M Air Force Contract
• Gov't Must Produce Medicare Docs In Aegis FCA Suit
• DOE Gives Environmental OK To $1.7B Clean-Coal Project
• LJT Lands $257M Contract To Operate NASA Facility
• NC Doctors Say Medicaid Software Bugs Cost Them Millions
• House Armed Services Chairman McKeon To Retire
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fox Rothschild's Resnick
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Roetzel's Erika Haupt
• Conn. AG Settles With Snowplow Cos. Accused Of Bid-Rigging
• Clinical Labs Under ACA: Challenge And Opportunity
• 2 Sentenced For Foreign Military Aircraft Contract Bribes
• Contractors Welcome Eased Restrictions On China-Sourced IT
• KBR Asks High Court To Review Soldier Electrocution Suit
• NJ Mayor's Atty Grills FBI Agent In Corruption Trial
• Navy Contractor To Pay $6.5M To Settle Overbilling Charges
• House Passes $1T Federal Spending Bill
• Minn. Gov. Unveils $986M In Infrastructure Upgrades
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Hart's Liz Sharrer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Anderson Kill's Rhonda Orin
• Don't Underestimate Government's Suspension Authority
• FAA Still Struggles To Manage Air Traffic Training Costs
• NYC Tries To Save Its $1B All-Nissan Taxi Plan
• Sanford Heisler's Calif. Managing Partner Departs For DOL
• Siemens Beats Whistleblower's FCA Suit Over VA Charges
• $572B Defense Bill Nixes Pension Cuts For Disabled Vets
• Medicare Eyes Disclosure Of Doctors' Billing Records
• Big Pharma's Pricing Power Imperiled By Part D Overhaul
• LAX Officials Greenlight $118M Renovation Contract
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Debevoise's Mary Beth Hogan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sanford's Katherine Kimpel
• 5 Areas Of Growing Debarment Risk For Contractors
• Lockheed Wins $103M Contract For Navy Computers
• Feds To Probe Christie Admin's Use Of $25M In Sandy Aid
• DOJ Investigates Honeywell Over F-35 Parts Made In China
• Raytheon To Restart Work On $1.6B Navy Radar Contract
• Pfizer Faces Whistleblower Suit Over Lipitor Marketing
• High Court Won't Disturb Ex-Fla. Official's Bribery Conviction
• Rep. Wants Cost As Biggest Factor In Defense Contract Bids
• VPs In $136M Highway Scam Get Prison Time
• High Court Snubs Challenge To Calif. Medicaid Cuts
• Former HMA Exec Named in FCA Kickbacks Suit
• Raytheon Scores $156M Missile Production Contract
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Otterbourg's Melanie Cyganowski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Epstein Becker's Joan Disler
• Deloitte Recruits Ex-DOD Official For Gov't Contract Practice
• Ex-Chicago Official Gets 10.5 Years In Hospital Bribery Case
• Architect Conflict Gets Builder Booted From NJ School Project
• Serco Wins $100M Contract at Canadian Air Force Base
• Former HealthEssentials Execs Pay $1M To End FCA Claims
• Jury Mostly Deadlocked In Charter School Fraud Case
• Mintz Levin Nabs Health Care FCA Pro From Patton Boggs
• White House To Replace CGI On ACA Site Tech Contract
• Boutique Phoenix Firm Snags Ex-Skadden FCPA Pro
• Options For Protesting IDIQ Orders Under $10M
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wilson Elser's Publicover
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fowler White's Rhea Law
• 4th Circ. Leaves 'Excessive' FCA Fines Up In The Air
• Corruption Trial Begins Against Trenton Mayor Tony Mack
• Huntington Ingalls Nails $135M Navy Support Contract
• 11th Circ. Dropped The Ball In Agility Defense Ruling
• OIG Knocks Medicare Over Erratic Coverage Policies
• Ill. Nursing Home Challenges $9M FCA Verdict Before 7th Circ.
• Ex-Execs Of Bulletproof Vest Co. Duck KO Bid In FCA Suit
• Lockheed Martin Wins $449M In Air Force Missile Contracts
• Ex-Army Doc, Sgt. Admit To $8M Med. Supply Contract Scheme
• Feds Won't Appeal Ruling On Ex-Pa. Sen's Fitness For Trial
• Wash. DOT Says It Needs $170M To Finish Seattle Bridge
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Duane Morris' Sharon Caffrey
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Novak Druce's Katy Basile
• Fla. Hospital Gets Kickback Claims Booted From FCA Suit
• Honeywell Can Depose Witnesses In Ballistic Vest FCA Row
• Maryland's DOT Short-Lists 4 Finalists For $2.2B Railway
• Water District Urges Immunity In Texas High Court Lease Row
• DOL Wants Frito-Lay Suit Remanded Over OFCCP Mistake
• BioScrip Agrees To Pay $15M In FCA Kickback Suit
• E-Records To Draw Health Fraud Scrutiny After OIG Report
• HMA Paid Kickbacks For Doctor Referrals, FCA Suit Says
• Shell, Others Seek Revival Of $92M WWII Cleanup Suit
• The 2013 Tightening Of The NY False Claims Act
• GAO Backs Solar Portion Of $7B Army Energy Procurement
• Lockheed Wins $84M Navy Contract For Training Rounds
• Chromalloy Gets Claim Pared From DOD Repair FCA Suit
• GAO Rejects Protest Of $334M Aviation Maintenance Contract
• Corinthian Wants Cut Of $1.5M Award Against Texas Atty
• NJ Biz Falsely Won $1.2M In VA Contracts, DOJ Says
• CORRECTED: Prime Healthcare Hit With $50M Medicare Overbilling Suit
• CAE Wins $102M In Military Flight Training Contracts
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnstein's Kathleen Gilligan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Faegre Baker's Maureen Maly
• Conflict Of Interest Overhaul Would Give Agencies Leeway
• Raytheon Awarded $120M In Pair Of Contract Modifications
• NJ Statute Limits Copy Fees For Bid Documents, Court Says
• Four Plead Guilty To $20M Medicare Fraud In Miami
• Air Force Seeks Contractors For Cyberwarfare Training Unit
• Medicaid Secondary Payer Changes Are Self-Defeating
• Lockheed Wins $574M DOD Contract For Navy, Missile Defense
• Year In Review: Employment Law In 2013
• Humvee Maker Protests $562M DOD Vehicle Contract Award
• Prisons Bureau Doesn't Owe $8M More On Contract: Fed. Circ.
• Jacobs Scores $135M Logistics Contract To Support US Army
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Quarles & Brady's Sarah Coyne
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fox Rothschild's Brett Axelrod
• Philly Utility Reaches $2M Settlement Of Overbilling Claims
• More NJ School Bribery Conspirators Sentenced
• GAO Nixes Protest Of $11M Anti-Bioweapons Contract
• 6 Lessons For Lawyers From Feds' 2013 FCA Haul
• Drilling Cos. Take $684M DOI Rule-Change Row To Fed. Circ.
• PetroTiger Execs Charged With Bribing Way To $39M Pact
• Devil's In The Details For New Contractor Pay Cap
• Taylor Bean, Home America Settle FCA Suit For $320M
• Exelis Wins $76M Radar System Contract With Poland
• 11th Doc Pleads Guilty In NJ Lab Referral Kickback Scheme
• Trinity Can't Dodge FCA Suit Over Defective Guardrails
• BAE Unit Wants FCA Suit Tossed Amid Discovery Row
• BofA Says $25B Deal Trumps Mortgage Insurance Qui Tam Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ideal Legal Group's Evie Jeang
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akin Gump's Christine LaFollette
• Sex, Bribes And Gov't Contracts: The Fat Leonard Scandal
• Shipbuilder Loses Coverage Bid For Suit Over Faulty Boats
• 11th Circ. Affirms Wide Discretion For Debarring Agencies
• GAO Sees 1st Decline In Bid Protests Since 2006
• DHS Reboots $22B Tech Procurement After Protests
• Former Texas County Judge Gets 4 Years In Corruption Case
• NJ Appeals Court Dumps Contract Suit Over Road Projects
• GAO Boots Protest Blocking $60B OASIS Services Contract
• Hospital Inks $4M FCA Deal Over Possible Doctor Kickbacks
• GE Snags $572M Navy Engine Support Contract
• LA Wants AMR Airport Lease Fight Moved To Calif.
• Raytheon's Faulty-Rocket Contract Suit Heads To State Court
• Fed. Circ. Revives Trucking Co.'s Suit Against Marine Corps
• HMA Gives Docs Kickbacks For Needless Tests, Suit Says
• DOD Wants Bids For $1B Contract To Sustain Health Records
• The Medicare Payment Scheme Has Shifted
• NJ Comptroller Files $2.7M Fraud Claim Against 3 Hospitals
• Iraqi Contractor Wants $7M For Delayed Building Project
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Choate's Brenda Jarrell
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bond Schoeneck's Ginny Robbins
• A Primer For Surgery Center Investors And Lenders
• UPMC Audit Challenge Imperils Bias Safeguards, DC Circ. Told
• Fla. Agency Immune From FCA Suit As Arm Of State: 11th Circ.
• Abbott Settles Stent Kickbacks Case For $5M
• SBA Wants Stay On Simparel Lifted To Protect Copyright
• When File Type Matters In E-Discovery
• Roche Ducks FCA Suit Over Nonexistent Lab Tests
• Indian Harbor Sued Over Medicare Whistleblower Coverage
• Civil Aerospace Rising As Defense Industry Falters: Study
• Realty Cos. Want $170M From US For Gulf Property Erosion
• NJ Mayor Renews Wiretap Challenge After Co-Defendant's Plea
• Medco Beats False Claims Suit Alleging Kickbacks
• 11th Circ. Upholds Suspension Of Contractor Affiliates
• Wyle Wins Protest Over Lost $1.76B NASA Contract
• Pa. Treasurer Requests $3.4M For Wasted Lotto Expenses
• NJ Boardwalk Builder Hit With Wage, OT Claims
• Lockheed Lands $263.4M Kuwait Missile Contract
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ulmer & Berne's Patty Shlonsky
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish's Cynthia Walden
• The Year Ahead In Pro Bono
• Top 10 Compliance Trends For The New Year
• 10 New Year's Resolutions To Boost Firm Gender Diversity
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Government Contracts Cases To Watch In 2014
• Government Contracts Regulation And Legislation To Watch in 2014