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Government Contracts - March, 2014

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• Davis-Bacon Wage Rules Don't Apply To CityCenterDC: Judge
• BP Contracting Ban Reinforces Debarment Misconceptions
• NJ City Asks Court To Allow Mayoral Election Despite Error
• AIG, Others Escape FCA Suit Over $137B Bailout
• Pentagon Finalizes Rule To Use Payment Analysis Tool
• Justices Leave FCA Pleading Dispute To Circuits, For Now
• 9th Circ. Sends Goldman-Reno ARS Row To Fed. Court
• Sikorsky To Pay $3.5M To Settle DOJ's FCA Claims
• Insurer Hits CVS With False Scripts Whistleblower Suit
• Rolls-Royce Wins $50M Contract For Marine Aircraft Support
• GAO Says DOD Should Share Info From Canceled Programs
• Lockheed Nabs $611M Deal For PAC-3 Missile Production
• High Court Won't Rule On FCA Liability For Universities
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Roetzel's Lori Heyer-Bednar
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Brownstein's Ellen Schulhofer
• Utility Co. Seeks To Block Vinson & Elkins FOIA Request
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revive KBR's Army Food Contract Row
• No Settled Answers On State Medicaid Waivers
• Judge Revives Hawker Whistleblowers' $2.3B Complaint
• MRIGlobal Dodges Remaining DOE Lab Trade Secrets Claims
• Law Firms Vie For Early Stake In Drone Law Frontier
• Fake Sewer Contractor Gets 17 Mos. For Ripping Off Chicago
• Navy's Revocation Of $3M Camp Pendleton Contract Upheld
• Centech Group, Others Score $5.8B Air Force Contract
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McDermott's Effie Silva
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Pillsbury's Susan Serota
• Contractors Risk Calif. FCA Liability For Contract Breach
• As E-Discovery Goes Global, Japan And South Korea Catch Up
• 9th Circ. Revives Upromise College Savings Row
• Lockheed Beats $400M Underbidding Whistleblower Suit
• Calif. Laws Deal Irreparable Harm To Students, Judge Told
• Fla. Commission's Docs Are Public Records, Judge Says
• Booz Allen Loses Protest Over $48M IT Contract
• 5 Ways To Avoid FCA Trouble In Hospital-Doc Lease Deals
• Obama Pressured To Cut Ties With Russian Arms Dealer
• Legal Needs To Rethink Its Dropbox Account
• Sequestration Means a Weaker Air Force, Official Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gruber Hurst's Shonn Brown
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: FordHarrison's Tiffany Downs
• New Minimum Wage Affects More Than Low-Wage Employees
• Prosthetics Co. Settles With DOJ Over Foreign-Made Limbs
• How Law Firms Can Stay Profitable While Clients Cut Costs
• Blackwater Guards Can't Get Iraqi Killing Case Dismissed
• Pfizer Fails To Get Geodon Off-Label Use Case Tossed
• Lockheed Owes Air Force For $400M Bid Overrun, Jury Hears
• NJ Solar Contractor Vows To Fight Back In $50M Lien Row
• SC High Court Says Aircraft Subcontractor Entitled to Work
• F-35 Improving Despite Software Issues, Project Lead Says
• SD Gov. Signs Bill For $65M University Stadium
• Charlotte Mayor Resigns After Public Corruption Arrest
• Mayer Brown Nabs FCPA Pro From Kirkland
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Farella Braun's Mary McCutcheon
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Drinker Biddle's Jill Bronson
• Boeing Wins $104M DARPA Award To Help Cut Satellite Costs
• Lockheed Wins $700M DOD Contract For F-35 Lightning
• Fed. Circ. HUD Case Holds Agencies To Contracting Process
• Army Brass Urge Lawmakers To Repeal Sequester
• US Failed To Pay $1.2M From FCA Settlement, Relators Say
• Leveling The Playing Field For Small Business
• GAO Denies Protest Of $34M Medical Record System Contract
• Stryker, Alliant Pay $1M To Settle Qui Tam Suit Over VA Sales
• The Prolific Pragmatist: Judge Richard Posner
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dinsmore's Joanne Schreiner
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Labaton's Martis Alex
• Special Concerns When Buying Unmanned Aircraft Systems
• Watson Gets $17.8M Jolt For Medicaid Drug Pricing
• 5 Tips For Federal Contractors Facing New Hiring Rules
• Duke Health Settles FCA Suit For $1M
• Docs Agree To Pay $3.9M In FCA Suit Over Suspect Tests
• Blackwater Guards Push For Dismissal Of Iraqi Killing Case
• Solar Co.'s $50M Project Fund Liens Are Invalid, NJ Court Says
• 10 FAQs Clarifying (Sort Of) Obligations Under VEVRAA
• Software Problems May Delay F-35 Launch, GAO Says
• Kaiser Urges Judge To End Medicare Advantage FCA Suit
• High Court Won't Hear Calif. Water Rights Dispute
• Lockheed Lands F-35 Jet Fighter Deal With South Korea
• Construction Co. Pays Nearly $1M To Settle FCA Suit
• DOD Contract Cuts Must Spare Cost Data Reports, NRO Says
• Taft Stettinius Gets Call To Guide NY's Casino Expansion
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Perkins Coie's Susan Foster
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Helgi Walker
• Technology — Not Just For The Privileged Anymore
• 4 Elite New York Law Firms Keep Partner Ranks Lean
• NY, Chicago Home To Most Law360 400 Firms
• Jones Day Lands Top Spot In Law360 400
• In BigLaw, The Big Keep Getting Bigger
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Law Firms
• Disgraced Ex-Rep. Gets Claims Pared In IGate Investor Suit
• VA Can't Use SBA To Cure Incomplete Bid, Claims Court Says
• DOL Audits Could Disrupt Military Health Contracts, DHA Says
• Court Tosses Challenge To DOL Disability Hiring Rule
• Unisys Can't Escape $13M Army Overcharge FCA Suit
• Pfizer Beats FCA Suit Over Pain Patch Marketing
• Stark Law Referral Exception For Docs Necessary, Groups Say
• Orbital Drops $515M Suit Against Boeing-Lockheed JV
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Munger Tolles' Kristin Myles
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Glaser Weil's Patty Glaser
• How To Reduce Risk, Make More Money In Contingency Cases
• Gov't Contractor Accountability System Needs Improvement
• Gov't Contractors Better Off Exposing Problems Early
• Ex-Employee Calls For Sanctions In Fresenius FCA Suit
• Pols Push Obama To Ban LGBT Bias By Gov't Contractors
• Morgan Lewis Adds Gov't Contracts Litigator To DC Office
• Wal-Mart, Others Dispensed Expired Meds, FCA Suit Says
• Lockheed Wins $184M In Jet Fighter Contract Modifications
• SAIC Secures $836M Army Missile R&D Support Contract
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Day Pitney's Beth Sher
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson Hine's Kathie Brandt
• Pro Bono May Be Collateral Damage Of Blocking DOJ Nominee
• Marubeni Cops To Indonesian Bribery Scheme, To Pay $88M
• Whistleblower's Cephalon FCA Suit Headed To Pa. Court
• Sen. Demands DOD Halt Chinese Raw Material Procurement
• BP Poised To Snag 1st Post-Ban Drilling Leases In Gulf
• Pa. Hospital Network Pays $1.5M For FCA Kickbacks
• Judge Rules Fixed-Price Contract Is A Risk On Co., Not Army
• Vandy Stuck With Whistleblowing Docs' FCA Claims
• E-Records Indictment Sends Shivers Through Health Industry
• DOD Finalizes Request For Bids On $6B Intel IT Contract
• Birdsall Execs To Pay $4M In Settlement With Trustee
• Miles & Stockbridge Taps Gov't Contracts Pro From Crowell
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Lindquist's Nancy Vollertsen
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dentons' Jana Cohen Barbe
• 5 Tips To Winning Coverage For FCA Suits
• The Merry Crusader: Judge Jed Rakoff
• Ex-Glenn Defense Manager Cops To Role In $20M Navy Fraud
• Lockheed Underbid Air Force Contract, Jury In FCA Suit Told
• Walk-In Clinic Co. To Pay $1.2M To End Medicare FCA Suit
• DOD Overhauls Security Clearances After Navy Yard Shooting
• DC High Court Says Mayor Can Oust Embattled Top Judge
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Labaton's Christine Azar
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wolf Greenfield's Helen Lockhart
• SAIC Nabs $221M Army Human Resources Contract
• Dilemmas Remain For Colo. Attorneys After Amendment 64
• KBR Case May Impact Internal Investigations
• 8 Lessons From Halifax's $85 Million Settlement
• US Slams Blackwater Guard's Appeal In Iraqi Killings Case
• Textron Closes $1.4B Beech Buy, Expands Aviation Segment
• GOP House Bill Looks To Cut DOD's Civilian Force By 15%
• Lockheed Wins $9M Contract To Support S. Korea System
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hangley's Ashely Chan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Lori Cohen
• Pa. Rep. Wants To End Union-Favored Construction Contracts
• Navy Adds $1.2B To Ingalls, Bath Iron Works Ship Contracts
• Law Firms Of The Future Will Be The Lawyers Of The Past
• Air Force Leaders Defend Proposal To Retire 'Warthog' Fleet
• Fed. Claims Court Sends $3.7M Miami Dredging Row To Trial
• Views Differ On Fla. Appellate Ruling Over Medicaid Pact
• $2B Md. Rail Line May Lose Fed. Funding Over Holocaust Law
• Think Before You Blog: 8 Considerations For Attorneys
• Eye Doc Pays $1.4M, Gets 20-Year Exile In FCA Case
• DynCorp Nails $307M Army Aviation Services Contract
• Lockheed Scores $255M Army Contract For Guided Rockets
• Fed. Circ. Sinks Drilling Cos.' $684M Claims Against DOI
• Pharmacists Get 42 Months For 15-Year Medicaid Scam
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Orrick's Denise Mingrone
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frankfurt Kurnit's Victoria Cook
• Cisco Investigating Possible FCPA Violations In Russia
• Defense Contractor To Plead Guilty On Espionage Charges
• Port Authority DQs Contender For $3.6B LaGuardia Project
• Feds Strike Deal With BP, Ending Gov't Contracts Ban
• Insurer, US Near Settlement Of Ammo Factory Cleanup
• DOD Brass Say Shaky Budget Imperils Small Contractors
• Northrop's Missile Defense Deal Now Worth $3.25B
• Army Says It Can't Meet Defense Goals Under FY15 Budget
• Cofiroute USA Inks $25.9M Calif. Hwy Extension Contract
• New Suspension And Debarment Report, Same Bad Approach
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Foley's Mary Braza
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Alston Hunt's Louise Ing
• GOP Rep. Slams Carrier Cut In DOD 2015 Budget Request
• CDR Founder Avoids Prison Time In Bond Bid-Rigging Scheme
• KBR Wants DOD Contract Docs, Claiming Illegal Funding
• Top General Says Taliban No Threat To Afghan Military
• Lockheed, Northrop Co. Secures $96M Contract For Choppers
• NJ, Fla. To Get Slices Of $22M Genzyme FCA Settlement
• Suit Claims Contractor Stiffed Electric Co. For NASA Work
• Whistleblower Urges High Court To Take Takeda FCA Case
• Updated WTO Gov't Procurement Pact To Take Effect In April
• Alaska LNG Project Bill Moving Through State Senate
• GAO Denies B&W Protest Over $23B Nuke Site Contract
• Consider Settling Gov't Contract Disputes Without Cash
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Lindquist's Barbara Rummel
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Katten's Shannon Broome
• KBR Case May Weaken Atty-Client Shield For Internal Probes
• Senators Press DOE, Contractors To Protect Whistleblowers
• GSA Exec Axed Over Lavish Trip Reinstated With Back Pay
• Best Practices For Corporate Internal Investigations
• Guard Members Defend $81M KBR Toxin Award In 9th Circ.
• Ex-Admissions Workers Say College Can't Duck FCA Claims
• Upromise College Savings Row Still Timely, 9th Circ. Told
• NSA Nominee Says Agency Is Too Reliant On Contractors
• $1.4B Navy Ship Contracts Go To Lockheed, Australian Co.
• Teva Pays $27M To End Antipsychotic Drug Kickback Claims
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson Hine's Goldstein
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McCarter & English's Pastor
• DC Businessman Admits $3.3M In Illegal Campaign Donations
• Sequestration Hurt Contracts Across The Gov't, Report Says
• GAO Sustains Protest Of $25.8M Cyber Intelligence Contract
• KBR Ordered To Hand Over Internal Fraud Investigations
• 2nd Circ. Allows Reboot Of FCA Suit Against WTC Builder
• DOD Official Warns Of Further Cuts As 2016 Sequester Looms
• US Wins Dismissal Of KBR Suit Over Toxic Exposure Defense
• Navy Picks 4 Contractors For Potential $68M Training Award
• Progress Energy Units Win $104M In Spent Nuclear Fuel Row
• 9th Circ. Denies Retrial For Contractor In Bribery Scheme
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Manatt's Linda Goldstein
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nossaman's Yuliya Oryol
• 4 Key Questions For Evaluating PPP Opportunities
• Shippers Pay $3.4M To End Gov't Contract Price-Fixing Row
• Vet-Owned Firms Losing Out On VA Contracts, Fed. Circ. Told
• Budget Creates Fertile Landscape For Gov't Contracts Work
• 1000s Target Medicare Part D Changes
• NASA Program Backs 100 Small Biz Tech Proposals
• TSA Halts Program To Screen Passengers' Online Data
• DOD Seeks Improved Oversight After $587M In Army Losses
• Ag, Procurement On Table In Latest EU-US Trade Talks
• JPMorgan Whistleblower Gets $64M In FCA Settlement
• Pa. Turnpike Must Use Teamsters For Mowing, Court Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Edwards Wildman's Brown
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Mitchell
• Raytheon Lands $350M DOD Contract For More SM-3 Missiles
• How To Avoid Discovery Problems While Using The Cloud
• Corporations Can Claim Racial Discrimination: 4th Circ.
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Navy Engineer's Retaliation Claims
• USAF Contractor Can't Shake FCA Suit Alleging $50M Scam
• Sen. Wants Litigation Info In Fed. Contractor Databases
• Christie Didn't Break Rules With No-Bid Sandy Contract: Audit
• 4th Circ. Revives Burn-Pit Suits Against KBR, Halliburton
• Texas Justices Asked To Weigh In On Anti-SLAPP Exemption
• Losing Bidder Claims $4.2B Mass. Rail Contract Invalid
• Military Telecom Contractor Cops To Bribery Scheme
• GAO To Probe State Health Exchange Rollout
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Squire Sanders' Caroline Noblet
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Foley's Jill Nicholson
• Mistrial Declared In Ex-Siemens Ally's Contract Fraud Trial
• SC's Off-Label Marketing Suit Against Cephalon To Continue
• Air Force Eyes Cheaper Space Missions Amid Budget Woes
• NJ Towns Beat Suit Over Asphalt Contract's Costs
• Dovel Tech, 5 Others Win $80M SEC Modernization Contract
• 5th Circ. Asked To Widen State Farm Katrina FCA Suit
• Weapons Cuts, Base Closures Face Opposition In Senate
• General Dynamics Wins $36M For Navy Submarine R&D
• Fla. Court Shields Oil Co.'s Foreign Stock From $29M Verdict
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sedgwick's Anna Shimko
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Tara Sutton
• Pa. Approves 1st Tavern Gambling License
• Contractual, Statutory Notice Requirements Don't Trump FCA
• Ex-Army Officer Ordered To Forfeit Millions In Bribery Case
• Turkey To Produce 109 Sikorsky Helicopters Under New Deal
• The King Of Late Night: Judge Robert Gerber
• Navy Injects $1.3B Into Aircraft Carrier Contract
• DOD's 2015 Budget Plan Shows Procurement Top Priority
• Army Awards Boeing $1.2B Contract For Apache Choppers
• 8 Highlights From Obama's $77B HHS Budget Plan
• Schumer Wants Army To Speed Renewable Energy Contract
• US Says KBR Unit Clearly Played Role In Overbilling Scheme
• FCA Claimants Closely Watching For Direction On Rule 9(b)
• GAO Denies Protest Over Corps Construction Contract
• Deputy DCAA Head Anita Bales Sits Down With Law360, Part 2
• Baker Botts Adds 2 Gov't Contracts Attys To DC Office
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Palmina Fava
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: K&L Gates' Liz Thomas
• Bankrupt Whistleblower Can't Pursue FCA Suit: Contractor
• As Legal Profession Evolves, GCs Outpace The Norm
• Fla. Hospital Strikes $85M Deal On Whistleblower Claims
• Ex-Prosecutor Joins Wiggin and Dana's White Collar Group
• Ex-Siemens Partner's Contract Fraud Trial Heads To Jury
• Preventable Hospital Returns Cost Medicare Billions: HHS
• Fla. Appeals Court Asked To Block $1B Medicaid Contract
• Pentagon's Reliance On War Funding Raises Caution Flags
• Deputy DCAA Director Anita Bales Sits Down With Law360
• Protest Over $735M In Air Force Trucking Contracts Nixed
• US Hits Sprint With FCA Suit Over $21M In Wiretap Overbilling
• FDA Looks To Social Media To Monitor Product Hazards
• HP Loses $103M Homeland Security ID Contract To Rival XTec
• KBR Urges 9th Circ. To Toss $81M Toxin Award
• Blackwater Workers Say Iraq Shooting Charges Don't Apply
• Ex-Contractor Gets 14 Years For Superfund Bid-Rigging
• Raytheon Wins $655M Missile System Contract With Kuwait
• High Court Snubs Challenge To NY Union Wage Ruling
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cooley's Barbara Borden
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kaye Scholer's Rhonda Trotter
• Another Court Rules FCA Isn't For Regulatory Violations