Fraud Defense Suppliers Settle $10.5M False Claims Case Tied to Navy Shipbuilding Supply Chain Alleged overbilling for weld tables tied to Electric Boat-linked work underscores pressure on submarine industrial base Bryan Gottlieb March 18, 2026 No Comments A $10.5 million DOJ settlement over weld tables reveals deeper risks inside the Navy’s strained submarine supply chain—what does it signal for shipbuilding capacity?Read More
Litigation US Justice Dept. Seeks Stay of June 16 Enbridge Line 5 Shutdown Filing warns unresolved appeal and unfinished Wisconsin reroute make an immediate pipeline shutdown risky Bryan Gottlieb February 4, 2026 No Comments Why is the Justice Dept. stepping into the Line 5 fight now—and what does a looming June shutdown mean for an unfinished Wisconsin reroute?Read More
Environment Swinerton Pays $2.3M to Settle Alleged Solar Project Water Violations Tom Ichniowski January 18, 2024 No Comments Case focuses on stormwater runoff at solar energy project sites in three states.Read More
Environmental Remediation Atlantic Richfield Will Finish Anaconda Superfund Site Cleanup Tom Ichniowski October 3, 2022 No Comments Company signs consent decree with Environmental Protection Agency and Justice Dept. for former Montana metals smelter site remediationRead More
Legal Vermont Contractor to Pay $638K to Settle Federal False-Claims Charges Tom Ichniowski December 14, 2021 No Comments Allegations deal with federal-aid bridge contracts in the state.Read More
Rail Infrastructure Amtrak Settlement With DOJ Calls for ADA-Related Station Upgrades Tom Ichniowski December 2, 2020 No Comments Agreement calls for Amtrak to carry out design and construction on 135 stations over the next 10 years.Read More
Federal Contracting Construction Firm's Ex-CEO Faces Fraud Charges on Corps, NAVFAC Contracts Tom Ichniowski October 14, 2020 No Comments The defendant is Micheline Pollock, who was CEO of construction company Dover Vantage.Read More
Legal Ga. Ready-Mix Company, 4 Managers, Indicted on Price-Fixing Charges Tom Ichniowski September 3, 2020 One Comment Defendants include Evans Concrete, a top Evans official, and managers, sales reps at other Savannah-area firms.Read More
Federal Contracting Okla. Firm To Pay $2.8M To Settle Alleged Set-Aside Contract Violations Tom Ichniowski June 4, 2020 No Comments Ross Group Construction resolves charges that it set up, and controlled, firms that got set-aside contracts for which they weren't eligible.Read More
Labor Former Indiana Iron Workers Union Officials Plead Guilty to Violent Extortion Jeff Yoders February 4, 2020 No Comments Local's former president and ex-business agent plead guilty to extortion in 2016 of nonunion construction crew working on a church project.Read More