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Feb
10
2017
Sixth Circuit Rules That Relators Are Not Entitled to a “Relaxed” Rule 9(b) Standard Faegre Drinker
Apr
10
2015
Sixth Circuit Reverses Government’s $650 Million Verdict in False Claims Case Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
11
2017
Sixth Circuit Hits Federal Government with $450,000+ in Legal Fees to be Paid to FCA Defendant Under the Equal Access to Justice Act McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
12
2022
Sixth Circuit Denies Government Emergency Relief in Air Force Vaccine Mandate Case Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
15
2010
Single-Purpose Entities and Independent Directors: Does the General Growth Ruling Change Structured Finance? Vedder Price
Jun
1
2023
Singapore’s Central Bank and Google Cloud Collaborate on Responsible Generative AI Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
28
2023
Significantly Expanded OFCCP Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing Now in Effect Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
26
2022
Significant Changes to Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations Proposed Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sep
26
2023
Should You Require a Specific Endorsement Naming Your Client as an Additional Insured? Pierce Atwood LLP
Jun
13
2016
Shipwreck Case Leads to Sanctions Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
8
2020
Shipping and the Marshall Islands: Economic Substance Regulations and New Reporting Requirements Vedder Price
Apr
11
2014
Ship Financing Charter Loses Key to Texas Court Vedder Price
Jan
19
2022
Shifting Baselines: New Guidance from Army Corps and NMFS on ESA Compliance for Work on Existing Structures Van Ness Feldman LLP
Jun
30
2022
Shields Up: DoD Reminds Contracting Officers that DFARS Cyber Clauses Have Consequences McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
23
2015
Seventh Circuit Rejects FCA Implied False Certification Theory Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
24
2015
Seventh Circuit Rejects Doctrine of Implied False Certification to Establish False Claims Act Liability Covington & Burling LLP
Nov
13
2017
Seventh Circuit Reevaluates and Adopts More Stringent FCA Causation Standard McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
18
2016
Seventh Circuit Issues Ruling Interpreting False Claim Act Whistleblower Amendments Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
24
2021
Seventh Circuit Holds That Federal Military Leave Statute Might Mandate Paid Leave Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct
11
2016
Seventh Circuit Court Opinion Analyzes Impact of 2010 FCA Amendments on Public Disclosure Bar McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
31
2016
Seventh Circuit Applies Escobar’s Materiality Standard to (Again) Reject False Certification Claim Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
26
2016
Seventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Federal Subcontractor in FCA Suit Regarding Fringe Benefit Withholdings McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
28
2021
September Government Contracting Fraud Round-Up Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Feb
22
2016
Senior Senate Democrat Criticizes Cuts to State/Local Homeland Security Program Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
22
2011
Sending Troops Home Could Pave Way for More Non-Competitive Defense Contracting Center for Public Integrity
Jun
9
2021
Senators Put PFAS Clean Up Cart Before the Risk Characterization Horse Mintz
May
19
2015
Senators Push For President Obama To Issue Executive Order Providing Federal Contractor Preference To “Model Employers” Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
9
2015
Senators Introduce Online Terrorist Activity Reporting Bill Covington & Burling LLP
Sep
12
2014
Senator Carl Levin on American Foreign Policy in Iraq Covington & Burling LLP
May
8
2017
Senate Will Hold Hearings on North Korea, Russia and Cyber-Related Concerns; Pentagon Readies Afghan Strategy for President Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
7
2017
Senate Votes to “Disapprove” Blacklisting Regulation Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
7
2017
Senate Votes to Disapprove Obama-Era Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
11
2015
Senate To Vote On Motion To Proceed To TPA; House To Debate Its NDAA Measure, And Possibly Take Up The Senate-Passed Iran Bill; The Conflict In Eastern Ukraine Intensifies Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
22
2015
Senate to Act on Trade Measures, including TPA; Secretary of Defense to Attend NATO Defense Ministerial Meeting This Week in Brussels, While Ceasefire Violations Continue in Eastern Ukraine Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
11
2015
Senate Seeks Path Forward on Department of Homeland Security Funding Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
 

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