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July 24, 2017
Contractor Fraud
Employees and Competitors Should Be on the Lookout for Violations of “Buy American” Laws in Federal Procurement, Part II
We previously wrote about the adverse inference permitted by the court in United States ex rel. Scutellaro v. Capitol Supply, 2017 WL 1422364 (D.D.C. Apr. 19, 2017). That inference allowed the whistleblower and the government to prove the falsity element of their claims against a supplier of office products to […]
July 21, 2017
Contractor Fraud
Employees and Competitors Should Be on the Lookout for Violations of “Buy American” Laws in Federal Procurement, Part I
Earlier this year, the D.C. District Court denied cross-motions for summary judgment in a False Claims Act (“FCA”) case alleging that defendant Capitol Supply sold document shredders manufactured in China through the General Services Administration (“GSA”) website, in violation of the Trade Agreements Act (“TAA”). United States ex rel. Scutellaro […]
June 5, 2017
Contractor Fraud
Fraud in Connection With Contract Preferences or Set-Asides for Small Businesses or Businesses Owned by Veterans, Service-Disabled Veterans, Women or Disadvantaged Minorities, Part II
In Part I of this blog series, we identified various government programs that are often the target of fraud. In this blog post, we will examine the types of fraud that are committed against these programs, as well as recent case examples of fraud. Types of Fraud Cases alleging violations […]
May 31, 2017
Contractor Fraud
Fraud in Connection With Contract Preferences or Set-Asides for Small Businesses or Businesses Owned by Veterans, Service-Disabled Veterans, Women or Disadvantaged Minorities, Part I
For decades now, the federal government has had various programs in place to provide preferences to businesses owned by groups to which the government wants to provide special opportunities. We wrote about this in a previous post and write now to expand on and update that post. In Part I […]
April 28, 2017
Contractor Fraud
Violations of “Buy American” Laws Can Be Grounds for Lawsuits Under the False Claims Act
In a two-part Executive Order (“EO”) issued earlier this month, the president took steps towards his campaign promise to promote “Buy American” and “Hire American” policies. This post focuses only on the “Buy” side of the EO. Any tightening of Buy American policies at the federal procurement level raises the […]
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