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Raytheon to Pay $950 Million in Major FCA and FCPA Case Aided by Whistleblower

Whistleblower Network News

Among the charges are allegations that Raytheon engaged in a bribery scheme to obtain contracts with the Qatari military and misrepresented its costs during contract negotiations with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). 428 million of the total $950 million DOJ settlement stems from the FCA violations. “The

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It’s the Most Wonderful Time for New DOD Flow Down Policies: Flowing Down Too Many Clauses Will Get Prime Contractors More Than a Lump of Coal

Government Contracts & Investigations

On November 17, 2023, the Department of Defense (“DOD”) published a Final Rule – over five years in the making – addressing DOD policies regarding the applicability of laws to commercial products, commercial services, and commercially available off-the-shelf (“COTS”) products (DFARS Case 2017-D010).

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EU: the EU-Canada Comprehensive Trade Agreement (CETA)’s existence under threat by French Parliament

Import and Trade Remedies

For several years, the European Commission and the Canadian government negotiated a comprehensive free trade agreement, including new types of provisions on investment. It was the first ever ambitious free-trade agreement that the EU concluded with a G7 country (Japan and the UK were concluded later).

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Job Opening: Purchasing Manager

Mike Purdy's Public Contracting

City of Bellingham Position: Purchasing Manager Location: Bellingham, Washington Closing Date: Friday, August 11, 2017 at 4:30 pm Pacific Time Interview Schedule: The most qualified candidates will be asked to participate in a panel interview on August 31, 2017. Mike Purdy's Public Contracting Blog © 2017 by Michael E.

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The Annual ICC FIDIC Conference Recap (Part I): Challenges and Emerging Trends in Construction Dispute Resolution

Kluwer Arbitration

While the FIDIC’s 1999 Silver Book does not mention concurrent delay, the 2017 version requires the parties to adopt rules and procedures to deal with this issue. In 2017, the English court held that there is no policy reason why such anti-concurrency clause should not be upheld (North Midland Building Ltd v Cyden Homes Ltd [2017] EWHC).

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Asserting Duress in Signing a Modification

Public Contracting Institute

27, 2017, Sand Point raised for the first time its claim that it had entered into Mod. The Board noted that Sand Point had negotiated the terms of Modification 2, and had evidently entered into the mod voluntarily. In leading up to Mod. Sand Point signed Mod. 2 on September 16, 2015. Later, on Oct. 2 under duress.

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How to Succeed with Zero Trust & AI, Look to Cultural Change

FedInsider

His leadership experience includes building and managing globally dispersed organizations, delivering transformational change, and conducting complicated negotiations. Tony is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). Close Principal, U.S.