https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Government Contracts Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 23:21:46 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2333657?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2333657 A Maryland federal judge Thursday declined to upend his preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from implementing the bulk of the president's executive orders aiming to slash diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the public and private sectors. Thu, 01 May 2025 22:41:30 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2333568?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2333568 Pennsylvania federal prosecutors announced Thursday that the former director of network planning and engineering for Amtrak is charged with taking bribes worth tens of thousands of dollars in exchange for steering millions of dollars in Amtrak contract work to various vendors. Thu, 01 May 2025 22:30:39 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2334015?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2334015 The D.C. Circuit was having a hard time Thursday with a Venezuelan state-owned oil company's arguments that it should be allowed out of a nearly 14-year-old suit brought by an Oklahoma-based petroleum drilling company that claims its drilling rigs were illegally seized by the state. Thu, 01 May 2025 22:05:15 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2333316?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2333316 The federal government brought a bombshell False Claims Act suit Thursday against Aetna, Elevance and Humana, claiming the insurers paid hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks to brokers in exchange for enrollments into their Medicare Advantage plans, with Humana and Aetna also accused of discriminating against disabled beneficiaries. Thu, 01 May 2025 21:56:05 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2333189?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2333189 The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals refused to toss some claims that a company seeking over $6 million in damages from the Army Corps of Engineers lodged over delays and cost increases on a hangar reconstruction project at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:14:35 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2333022?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2333022 A U.S. Army contractor sued a custom cable manufacturer in Texas federal court Thursday, alleging that it is owed more than $1.3 million for specialized cable sets that were never delivered. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:56:47 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2333116?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2333116 The Third Circuit appeared skeptical of prison operator CoreCivic Inc.'s argument Thursday that a defunct New Jersey law barring detention centers from contracting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is unconstitutional, questioning whether the statute actually blocked the federal government from detaining migrants. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:11:23 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2332748?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2332748 The Justice Department is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a petition over the eligibility of telemedicine patents it's accused of infringing, but it said that if the petition is granted, it plans to argue the patents shouldn't have been invalidated as abstract. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:10:55 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2332913?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2332913 A Hawaii federal judge preserved a tenant's claims that he was effectively evicted from his home when a landlord failed to identify or warn of water contamination caused by leaks in 2021 at a U.S. Navy fuel storage facility on Pearl Harbor. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:01:13 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2333040?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2333040 The owner of an Illinois-based masonry business awarded a federal contract to renovate Philadelphia's historic 30th Street Station admitted Wednesday to bribery charges in a case alleging he had his executives shower gifts on an Amtrak employee who then approved additional work that added $52 million to the project's cost. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:53:24 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2333268?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2333268 A former Connecticut government employee admitted to playing a part in a $1.8 million scheme to defraud the Constitution State's Medicaid program by fraudulently billing services for children with autism that her company never provided, acting U.S. Attorney Marc H. Silverman has announced. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:35:58 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2333118?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2333118 Four Raytheon and Nightwing-related defense contractors have agreed to collectively pay $8.4 million to resolve a False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuit alleging that Raytheon knowingly failed to adhere to cybersecurity requirements during contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday. Thu, 01 May 2025 15:38:42 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2332665?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2332665 A coalition of states urged the First Circuit to reinstate a ruling that had blocked the Trump administration from cutting $30 million in fair housing grants, saying the federal government failed to consider the impact this decision would have on the groups' operations. Thu, 01 May 2025 13:50:42 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2332688?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2332688 A New Jersey drug and alcohol rehabilitation center will pay $19.75 million to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by concealing it had no license from state regulators and billed the Veterans Health Administration and Medicaid for its services. Thu, 01 May 2025 10:21:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2305667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2305667 Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:41:42 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2332672?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2332672 A former cybersecurity worker claims he was fired by a Department of Defense contractor after reporting failures to comply with the contract and billing for services the company didn't actually provide, according to a wrongful termination suit filed in Colorado federal court Wednesday. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:13:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2309848?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2309848 The U.S. Department of Justice told the 11th Circuit on Wednesday that a Florida federal judge was wrong to rule that the provision of the False Claims Act that lets whistleblowers bring suits on the government's behalf was unconstitutional, arguing that the judge erred in saying whistleblowers were an unappointed part of the federal workforce. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:09:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2332063?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2332063 The Third Circuit wondered Wednesday why a jury couldn't be allowed to examine the same type of gun, or at least a replica of one, that a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer claims spontaneously fired into his leg at a design defect trial that he wants revived. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:51:29 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2332558?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2332558 The California Bar has asked the state's supreme court to help it account for rampant technical difficulties on the February 2025 bar exam by approving a lower passing score and allowing the bar to give test-takers credit for some questions they left blank. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:50:18 +0000 https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2332431?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2332431 SuperValu urged an Illinois federal judge Tuesday not to overturn its defense win on whistleblower claims of systematic prescription overbilling, saying the whistleblowers are now making "kitchen sink arguments" with little basis.