Aerospace & Defense

Expert Analysis

• Inside The New FCA Cooperation Credit Guidelines

  

  The recently issued U.S. Department of Justice cooperation credit guidelines provide False Claims Act litigators important information about factors the government considers before awarding cooperation credit or moving to intervene and dismiss a qui tam relator's suit, say attorneys at Cleary.

• Q&A

  A Chat With Gilead Sciences Legal Ops Leader Gary Tully

  

  In this monthly series, legal recruiting experts from Major Lindsey & Africa interview legal industry leaders about the increasingly competitive business environment. Here, Rod Osborne talks with Gary Tully, head of legal operations at Gilead Sciences.

• Cybersecurity Enforcement Shouldn't Be Left To FCA Relators

  

  The denial last week of a contractor's motion to dismiss a False Claims Act case in the Eastern District of California wrongly looks to whistleblowers for cybersecurity enforcement and may allow cybersecurity to become the qui tam bar’s next feeding ground, say Robert Metzger and Stephen Bacon at Rogers Joseph O'Donnell.

• Series

  Why I Became A Lawyer: Completing The Journey Home

  

  My mother's connection to her Native American heritage had a major influence on my career — my decision to enter the legal profession was driven by the desire to return to my tribal community and help it in any way I could, says Jason Hauter of Akin Gump.

• Gov't Contractors Fighting Suspensions Face Uphill Battle

  

  The recent dismissal of JBL System Solutions v. Williams in the Eastern District of Virginia highlights the inherent problems in challenging an agency decision and has potentially sweeping implications for government contractors subject to negative responsibility determinations, say Dismas Locaria and Emily Unnasch at Venable.

• Opinion

  High Court Got It Right On FCA Time Limits

  

  Monday’s 9-0 decision in Cochise Consultancy v. U.S. showed again that the U.S. Supreme Court isn't easily tempted to undermine the central purpose of the False Claims Act — holding fraudsters accountable when they pick the public’s pocket, says Scott Oswald of The Employment Law Group.

• Recent IRS Guidance Puts Multifamily Housing Back On Track

  

  April guidance from the Internal Revenue Service, saying rental projects may set aside units for specified groups such as military veterans without violating the general public use requirement for tax-exempt bond financing, addresses a disconnect in the rules that has stopped many projects cold, says Alexis Baker of Squire Patton Boggs.

• Series

  Judging A Book: Wood Reviews 'The Making Of A Justice'

  

  Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens' new book, "The Making of a Justice," is required reading for anyone interested in 20th and 21st century America, says Seventh Circuit Chief Judge Diane Wood.

• Maritime Opinion Offers Hope For 'Bare Metal' Defense

  

  In Air and Liquid Systems v. DeVries, the U.S. Supreme Court recently cast doubt on the "bare metal" defense against manufacturer liability in a maritime tort context. But both the majority and dissenting opinions provide a road map to using this defense in other situations, say John Vales and Stephen Turner of Dentons.

• US Artificial Intelligence Regulation Has A Long Way To Go

  

  Governments in Europe and Asia have begun guiding artificial intelligence toward a safe and ethical future, while the United States is currently behind the curve in formulating legislation on appropriate AI guidelines, say Peter Scoolidge and Jasmine Weg of Scoolidge Peters.