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Mar
10
2020
Procurement Collusion Strike Force’s Focus on Detection Yielding New Investigations McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
24
2020
DOJ Will Not Challenge COVID-19 Response Distribution Collaboration McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
10
2022
Ukraine Crisis: New US Sanctions on Russia and Belarus McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
17
2023
Tune to the Right Channel: Disclosure Lacking Fraud Information Isn’t an FCA Qui Tam Bar McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
7
2016
First 60 Day Rule Overpayment Case Ends with Almost $3 Million Settlement McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
1
2017
Fourth Circuit Court Rejects Criminal Defendant’s Attempt to Dismiss Indictment Based on Favorable Defense Verdict in Non-Intervened FCA Case McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
7
2021
Government Contractors May Include Restrictive Markings on ‘Unlimited Rights’ Data McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
30
2021
Biden Administration Issues National Security Memorandum Shortly after the House Passes Three Bills Aimed at Cybersecurity in the Energy Industry McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
18
2023
Better Than a Snow Day: The PBGC Provides One-Time Section 4010 Reporting Waiver McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
20
2023
McDermottPlus Check-Up: October 20, 2023 McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
19
2012
Landmark U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement Enters Into Force McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
10
2013
Final Rule Implementing Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Amendments Expands Protections for Military Families and Airline Flight Crews McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
18
2014
Aerospace & Defense Series: Leading Antitrust Considerations for M&A Transactions McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
8
2016
Ninth Circuit Rejects Qui Tam Relator’s Original Source Claim McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
11
2016
Seventh Circuit Court Opinion Analyzes Impact of 2010 FCA Amendments on Public Disclosure Bar McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
19
2017
First Circuit Deems Request for Leave to File Fourth Amended False Claims Act Complaint Futile McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
21
2017
Fourth Circuit Declines to Address FCA Sampling Dispute as “Issue of Fact” While Affirming United States Has “Unreviewable Veto Power” to Deny Settlements McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
6
2020
Updated Cybersecurity Assessment Requirements for Federal Contractors McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
2
2022
Former Government Contractor Executive Convicted of Procurement Fraud McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
12
2016
Nurse-Relator’s Personal Opinion About Medical Necessity Insufficient To Support FCA Complaint, Holds Seventh Circuit McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
25
2016
Sanford-Brown on Remand: Seventh Circuit Jettisons Relator’s Case Under Escobar Standard McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
1
2017
Fourth Circuit Decision in Triple Canopy Sets up Another Implied Certification Circuit Split McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
13
2017
Seventh Circuit Reevaluates and Adopts More Stringent FCA Causation Standard McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
27
2021
Federal Contractor COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Clock is Ticking McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
30
2022
Shields Up: DoD Reminds Contracting Officers that DFARS Cyber Clauses Have Consequences McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
2
2022
Federal Contractors’ EEO-1 Reports May Be Revealed McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
27
2023
McDermottPlus Check-Up: October 27, 2023 McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
18
2018
Aerospace & Defense Series: Behavioral Remedies Remain a Viable Solution for Vertical Mergers in the Defense Industry McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
22
2020
Stark and AKS Final Rules Will Facilitate Donations of EHR and Cybersecurity Technology and Services McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
29
2021
McDermottPlus Check-Up: October 29, 2021 McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
22
2022
New Federal Directive Places Contractor Pay Equity Audits Under Heightened Scrutiny McDermott Will & Emery
May
24
2016
Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois Dismisses 201 False Claims Act Lawsuits McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
30
2016
Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Ex-Employee’s Retaliation Suit McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
28
2016
Oral Arguments Held In Closely Watched Agape Case McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
24
2020
Aerospace and Defense Series: DOJ and FTC Vertical Merger Guidelines Will Impact Government Contractors McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
1
2022
Ukraine Crisis: European Union Imposes Additional Sanctions on Russia and Belarus McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
30
2023
Departments Release Update on No Surprises Act Independent Dispute Resolution Process McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
2
2015
First Amendment Protects Use of Third-Party’s Trademark in Video Game McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
22
2015
Issues of Fact Must Really Be Genuine: Another District Court Ends a Relator’s FCA Suit on Scienter Grounds McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
22
2016
The Perils of Parallel Proceedings in False Claims Act Cases: To Stay or Not to Stay McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
30
2016
Aerospace and Defense Series: Trump Administration—Potential for Increased Antitrust Leniency for Vertical Transactions in the Defense Industry McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
26
2018
District Court Rejects FCA Claim Based on “Substandard” Product McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
6
2018
Sky-Diving Without a Parachute? Ninth Circuit Reluctantly Holds Escobar’s Two-Part Test Mandatory, For Now McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
6
2019
DOJ Set to Increase Scrutiny of Government Contractors with New Procurement Collusion Strike Force McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
26
2016
Decade Old Device Off-Label Marketing Case Ends with Manufacturer Win McDermott Will & Emery
May
26
2016
Second Circuit Deals Blow to Off-Label Marketing Claims McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
12
2016
Eighth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Grant Based on Reasonable Interpretation of Ambiguous Regulation McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
12
2016
Third Circuit Revives Reverse False Claims Act Case but Acknowledges Burden on Defendants McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
1
2016
Split Sixth Circuit Panel Affirms Dismissal of Reverse False Claims Case Involving Fracking Leases McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
29
2018
DOJ Issues Memorandum Outlining Factors for Evaluating Dismissal of Qui Tam FCA Cases in Which the Government Has Declined to Intervene McDermott Will & Emery
 

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