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Government Contracts - September, 2017

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• Escobar Wrecks $663M Guardrail FCA Judgment At 5th Circ.
• Prison Callers Denied Class Cert. In Suit Over High Rates
• VHA May Have Overpaid For Prosthetics, Watchdog Says
• HHS Chief Price Resigns Amid Jet Travel Scandal
• Feds Say Skelos Reversal Irrelevant In NY Corruption Case
• Vigor Wins $978M Contract For Army Landing Craft
• DOD Makes Sweeping Changes To Tricare Program
• Pharma Sales Rep Cops To NJ Prescription Fraud Scheme
• What Senate Democrats Added To 'Buy American' Efforts
• Paving Co. Bosses Defend Rest Policies In $35M PAGA Trial
• HHS Says Price To Pay Back $52K In Private Jet Costs
• Gov't Intervenes In FCA Suit Alleging False MRI Billing
• Trump Response To Major Defense M&A Deals Will Be Telling
• MoloLamken Snags Ex-Federal Prosecutor In Chicago
• J&J Loses Bid For Rehearing Of FCA Ruling By 1st Circ.
• New Sedona Principles Stress Information Governance
• Contractor Hit With FCA Suit Over Vehicle Parts Sales
• Trump Taps Texas Justice, Gibson Dunn Partner For 5th Circ.
• Gov't Slams Leak Suspect's Bid For Pretrial Release
• Leidos Asks DC Circ. To Uphold $63M Award Against Greece
• Ex-Tenet Execs Face New Charges In Alleged $400M Fraud
• Orbital ATK Gets Toss Of Some Claims In Investor Suit
• Northrop Grumman Says FOIA Request Covers Trade Secrets
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit Key FCA Ruling Against Gilead
• DOJ Renews Bid To Kill FOIA Suit Over Siemens Monitoring
• Additional Funding For VA Choice Program May Run Out Soon
• UK 'Bitterly Disappointed' By Duties On Bombardier Jets
• Atty Denies Pocketing Legal Fees On Reservations
• AmerisourceBergen To Pay $260M After Mislabeling Drugs
• Jury Clears Raytheon In Engineer's $3.56M Retaliation Suit
• 2 Indicted For $400M Defense-Contract Bribery Plot
• For More Value And Diversity In Outside Counsel, Go Small
• DFARS Cyber Compliance Deadline Is Approaching
• Ex-Raytheon Engineer Seeks $3.56M In Retaliation Suit
• Latest ACA Repeal Failure Only A Pause, Not A Full Stop
• US Contractors Complain Of Double Taxation In Iraq
• Nooksack Members Urge 9th Circ. To Preserve RICO Suit
• Kickbacks Enabled Dirty Health Deal: Fla. Whistleblower
• Goodwill Fights VA Corrective Action Over Flag Contract
• WTO Panel To Hear Complaint Over China Farm Import Quotas
• L3 Says DOD Improperly Denied $21M In Contract Costs
• Congo Officials Can't Be Targeted In €567M Award Row: Judge
• GOP Support Falters For Last-Minute Health Care Reform Bill
• Whistleblower Says Ch. 11 Filing Can't Delay Suit
• SolarCity To Pay $30M To Close Feds' Subsidies Probe
• Freight Shipper Will Settle FCA Claims Over DOD Bribes
• 16 States Won't Intervene In FCA Suit Against Compounder
• Sen. Wants Heads To Roll After $65M DOD Aircraft Blunder
• DOE Gets Early Win Over Lockheed Workers In Pension Suit
• Air Force Flags More Tests For KC-46 Tanker Program
• Crystallex Urges DC Circ. To Uphold $1.2B Venezuela Award
• Kimberly-Clark FCA Suit Tossed For Overlapping Other Case
• Elbit Accuses Ex-Employee, Competitor Of Trade Secrets Theft
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Hogan, Skadden
• Pa. Mayor's Corruption Trial To Be Held In Allentown
• Inspector General To Review Price's Use Of Private Jets
• West Bengal Gov't Can't Set Aside Award To Mauritius Co.
• DOL 'Antagonistic' Toward Contractors, Chamber Says
• Ex-Water Agency Head Gets 8 Years In Kickback Scheme
• Filipino High Court Won't Overturn Order In E-Passport Row
• Ghana Can't Escape $13.4M Award, British Energy Co. Says
• Symantec Warns US To Devise Custom Security Software
• General Dynamics Nabs $5B Navy Missile Sub Contract
• Lawmakers Bash GAO Report Clearing $418M Aircraft Deal
• $70B Not Enough To Make Afghan Military Self-Sufficient
• Former Army Sec. Tapped To Head Aerospace Trade Group
• Navy To Ask Congress For $600M After Deadly Ship Crashes
• What The DOJ's Elite Health Fraud Squads Are Watching
• J&J Unit Must Face Whistleblower's Retaliation Case
• The Role Legal Finance Can Play In Firm Year-End Collections
• Pa. Contractor To Pay $3.5M Over FAA Building Fire In NJ
• Data Theft Not Enough To Keep OPM Breach Suit, Judge Says
• Ex-Raytheon Engineer's Wrongful Termination Heads To Trial
• Rolls-Royce Wants FCA Claims Tossed, Atty DQ'd
• Leak Suspect Seeks Release Pending Trial
• Fla. Doctor Gets 8 Years For Role In $4.8M Medicare Fraud
• DC Councilman's Estate Settles Out Of Bid-Rigging Suit
• DOD Poised To Take On Bigger Role In Background Checks
• Armored Vehicle Co. Exec Says Feds Hid Docs In Fraud Case
• Dallas Woman Pleads Guilty In $5.1M Medicare Fraud
• EXCLUSIVE: Boutique Tiber Hudson Forming In New York, DC
• 'Per-Doc' Pricing Can Improve Document Review
• History Shows Infrastructure Plans Need Better Oversight
• GOP Lawmaker Applauds Trump's Defense Spending Plug
• Canada Won't Back Down From Boeing-Bombardier Dispute
• Air Force To Review Science And Technology Strategy
• Insurer Wants Provider List Kept Secret In Fla. Contract Fight
• Prosecutors Seek 5-Year Fraud Sentence For Ex-Tech Exec
• Ex-K&L Gates Atty Escapes Sanctions Over Withheld Evidence
• When A SOX Whistleblower Claim Applies Extraterritorially
• Senate Ducks Issues In Passing $700B Defense Reform Bill
• 10th Circ. Bars FCA Suit Based On First-To-File Rule
• Coal Leasing Review Must Cover Climate Change, Enviros Say
• Fla. Pharmacist, Staffer Convicted For $30M Tricare Fraud
• Medical Co. Employee Defends Retaliation Claim In FCA Case
• NASA Needs To Better Oversee Drone Inventory, OIG Says
• Ariz. Tribe Says Feds Must Face Trust Mismanagement Suit
• Medical Clinic Owner Gets 7 Years For $55M Fraud Scheme
• Huntington Tells Crystallex To Lay Off Venezuelan Assets
• DC Drivers Sue Taxi Authority, Operator For Antitrust Claims
• 5 Ways To Fix The False Claims Act
• Northrop Grumman To Pay $7.8B For Orbital ATK
• Top Senate Dem Warns Of Possible Sanctions Against Turkey
• DOJ Director Turned Sessions Aide Tapped For Civil Division
• 5th Circ. Backs NLRB On Union-Dodging Contractors
• DOD Likely To Be 'Audit Ready' In Name Only
• Insurer Suit Over $2.8M Oil Spill Partly Revived At 1st Circ.
• Texas Judge Won't Nix State Sen.'s Kickback Indictment
• Contractor Groups Want To Prune Broad Swath Of DOD Regs
• Mortgage Lenders' False Claims Loss Blows Up To $298M
• Congress Must Do More To Speed Up DOD Cyber Acquisitions
• A Guide To The Executive Branch Official Nomination Process
• Fla. Medical Group's Ex-CFO Settles FCA Charges For $100K
• 'Rule Of 2' Need Only Be Met At Start Of Deal, GAO Says
• FCC To Take Action On Lifeline Program, Chairman Pai Says
• Homeland Security, DOJ Get Spending Boost In House Bills
• 5th Circ. Affirms 80-Month Sentence For $3M Medicare Fraud
• District Court Can't Hear Tribe's Suit, VA Tells 9th Circ.
• VA Choice Program Riddled With Problems, Watchdog Says
• Feds Win Pause In 1MDB Forfeiture Cases, Halting Discovery
• Laos Wins Final Set-Aside Of $56M Arbitral Award
• Senate Panel OKs Trump's 8th Circ., Fed. Claims Court Picks
• New Detroit Span Spells Current One's Doom, DC Circ. Told
• Feds Seek Secure Background Check System Within The Year
• Can I Protest Additional IDIQ Awards? Depends Who You Ask
• DOD Wasted $65M On Counternarcotics Plane That Never Flew
• PAE Pays $5M To Settle FCA Suit Over Vetting Practices
• Security Worries Prompt Federal Halt On Kaspersky Software
• State Department Greenlights $5.23B Canadian Arms Deal
• Defense Co. Seeks Quick Win In Retaliation Suit
• UnitedHealth Blasts Dialysis Co.'s Bid To Toss Fraud Suit
• Air Force Awards Boeing $600M For Air Force One Design
• 5th Circ. Affirms Toss Of FCA Suit Against AndroGel Maker
• Niger Can't Block Enforcement Of $46M Award In France
• Ukraine Says DC Court Can't Duck Duty In $112M Award Row
• Kimberly-Clark Indemnity Suit Halted As Halyard's Proceeds
• Ex-Navy Commander Lands 18 Months for Bribery Scandal
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Tribes' Suit Over Federal Housing Grants
• House Passes Tweaks To DHS Information Sharing Rules
• Ex-Rep. Hastert Asks 7th Circ. To Toss Whistleblower Appeal
• Gov't Asks 2nd Circ. To Deny FCA Relator Cut Of L-3 Deal
• Contractor Urges DC Circ. Not To End Appeal Of $8.5M Award
• No Stay For High Court Bid In Navajo Right-Of-Way Suit
• Senate Takes Up $700B Defense Authorization, Reform Bill
• Ex-NJ Housing Exec Gets 3-Year Probation In HUD Case
• State Dept. OKs $3.9B In Fighter Jet, Arms Sales To Bahrain
• GAO Seeks Out Of Challenge To Unredacted Bid Protest
• Gov't Tells High Court Leidos Had CityTime Disclosure Duty
• KBR Asks DC Circ. To Ax Appeal In Iraq Contract FCA
• 1st Circ. FCA Ruling May Spawn 'Parasitic' Suits, J&J Says
• Alaska High Court Backs Nix Of Tribe's Transport Funds Suit
• Orbital Must Arbitrate One Claim In $27M Army Deal Row
• Why More Global Giants Are Renouncing Their HQs
• Firms Stay The Course On London Growth Amid Brexit Haze
• Global Firms Snap Up India Work With Liberalization In Limbo
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2017
• Where The Global 20 Are Bolstering Their Ranks
• AmerisourceBergen Eyes $260M Deal In Criminal FDA Case
• Raytheon Says $25M IP Suit Little More Than Money Grab
• Dubai Ruling On Immunity A Welcome Sign For Investors
• 8th Circ. Again Revives FCA Suit Over Bayer Cholesterol Drug
• DOI, Nooksack Reach Deal On Tribal Election, Disenrollment
• Lax DOD Program Review Could Waste Billions, OIG Says
• Galena To Pay $7.5M To Settle Opioid Kickback Suit
• Blank Rome Adds Small Business Investment, Lending Pro
• Ky. Hospitals Ask 6th Circ. To Rethink Tax Refund Ruling
• Pa. Marijuana Grower Failed To Disclose Probe, Suit Says
• UAE Firms Win Stay During Settlement Talks On $31M Award
• Special Ops Exec Tapped For Navy Acquisition, R&D Chief
• NASA Supplier Denied Sanctions In Trade Secret Suit
• HR Contractor Pays Workers $3.16M After DOL Investigation
• Ex-NCI Controller Gets 6.5 Years For $19M Embezzlement
• Congress Votes To Avoid Gov't Shutdown, Send Hurricane Aid
• How Collaboration Is Changing Inside Some Law Firms
• Ill. Hospital Asks Judge To Block Nurses' Strike
• Fraud Convictions Vacated Over Juror's Call To ADA Friend
• United Escapes Aircraft Repair FCA Suit
• GAO Dismisses Protest Over Attack System Contract to L3
• Way Cleared For Colo. Town's Broadband Ballot Proposal
• No Kickback Fines For Pharmacy Discounts, HHS OIG Says
• Senate Passes Hurricane Aid, Gov't Funding Extension Bill
• Citing Escobar, 2nd Circ. Remands Wells Fargo FCA Suit
• Hughes Hubbard Snags DOJ FCPA Prosecutor
• Dealing With Difficult Lawyers
• Cos. Facing 'Rent-A-Vet' Trial Ask For Stay In FCA Suit
• Trump Bucks GOP, Sides With Dems On Debt Ceiling
• New Fed. Background Check Agency Faces Massive Backlog
• Lifeline Waste Accusations Rooted In Bias, Senate Panel Told
• VA Enrollment Oversight Needs Overhaul, GAO Says
• Enviros' Border Wall Suit Widened To Address Legal Waivers
• The SBA All Small Mentor-Protégé Program, 1 Year Later
• Novo Nordisk Pays $60M To End Probe Into Drug Marketing
• Judge's Meddling Undoes Bio-Med Convictions, Justices Told
• Military Veterans' Details Exposed In Contractor Data Leak
• NY Health Worker Fired For Whistleblowing, Suit Says
• Trump Nominates Acquisition Expert To Lead GSA
• Trump Nominates Okla. Rep. For NASA Chief
• 4 More States Opt In To FirstNet, Bringing Total To 20
• Security Provider HBC Cleared In Navy Yard Shooting Suits
• How VA Circumvents High Court Kingdomware Decision
• Disaster Response Has Unique Hazards For Contractors
• Raytheon Hit With $25M Trade Secrets Suit
• Texas High Court To Hear Army Dog Bite Case
• Oil Group Drops $1.96B Award Against Kurdistan After Deal
• Don't Apply Chevron To Inmate Calls Decision, DC Circ. Told
• State Dept. Approved $50B In Defense Exports In 2016
• Gov't Rips Challenge To Trump's 2-For-1 Regulation Order
• CBP Awards Deals For Border Wall Prototype Construction
• Hospital Inks $12.2M FCA Deal Over Medicaid 'Donations'
• Revisiting Bishop In Light Of Escobar
• Texas Justices Take Up Xerox Challenge To $1B Medicaid Suit
• Avoiding Wage And Hour Issues During A Gov't Shutdown