Infinity got the contract after challenging the initial awarding of the bid to Microsoft.
Mr. Storm's lawyer said the compensation case was "a little peculiar," though he said the size of the initial award was fairly standard.
CRRC won the initial award with a $567 million bid, which was $154 million lower than the nearest competitor, according to an Eno report.
The verdict and size of the initial award will stick in the minds of jurors in future cases, as well as encouraging further claims, he says.
It is unclear whether the decision to question Ms. Greenhouse reflects an expansion of the criminal inquiry on fuel charges into the broader, more politically explosive allegation of favoritism in the initial award.
By this time, post-judgment interest added to the initial award had increased it to $20.7 million, an amount Goldman paid to the Bayou Hedge Funds litigation trust on July 30.
7. Except as provided in paragraph (c)(1) of § 200.414 Indirect (F&A) costs, Federal agencies must use the negotiated rates in effect at the time of the initial award throughout the life of the Federal award.
The decision of the committee to suspend a French judge who admitted coming under pressure, and to award a second set of gold medals to the Canadian pair, Jamie Salé and David Pelletier, compounded a bitterness that was already mounting among Russians over the outcry in American and Canadian news media about the initial awarding of the gold to the Russians.
If negotiated rate agreements do not extend through the life of the Federal award at the time of the initial award, then the negotiated rate for the last year of the Federal award must be extended through the end of the life of the Federal award.
Because Samsung was found to have willfully infringed Apple patents, the judge in the case could grant an Apple request to triple the damages Samsung is required to pay, though lawyers said the size of the initial award made this less likely.
