December 21, 2022
Law360 reviews seven of the highest-profile government contracts-related cases from 2022, including a circuit court decision calling into question a long-held principle of procurement law and another establishing jurisdiction for challenges of prototype deals.
August 30, 2022
The D.C. Circuit ruled Tuesday that the potential damages Honeywell faced in a False Claims Act suit over allegedly faulty body armor sold to the government could be fully offset against other defendants' settlements, rejecting a "proportionate share" approach.
March 30, 2022
Two of the three judges on a D.C. Circuit panel Wednesday appeared split over how to assess damages against Honeywell International Inc. for allegedly supplying federal agencies with defective body armor.
January 20, 2022
The federal government has urged the D.C. Circuit to keep Honeywell on the hook for a "proportionate share" of False Claims Act damages related to allegedly defective body armor, saying that approach best fit the circumstances of the case.
January 19, 2022
The False Claims Act litigation landscape at the dawn of 2022 is teeming with intrigue as the U.S. Supreme Court eyes one of the law's deepest circuit splits, lawyers ponder the paucity of enforcement involving pandemic relief spending, and prosecutors increasingly pursue fraud theories targeting private equity investors and lax cybersecurity.
January 03, 2022
Courts are poised to weigh in on several significant issues for government contractors in 2022, including the legality of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and the required pleading standard for False Claims Act cases. Here are five cases for government contractors to watch in the new year.