The Eleventh Circuit revived allegations Monday that a unit of security contractor AAR Corp. stole information from rival DynCorp to gain an edge in its bid for a multibillion-dollar State Department contract, finding a lower court erred in deciding DynCorp failed to identify a claim. An Eleventh Circuit panel, in an unpublished opinion, overturned a […]
KBR has urged the D.C. Circuit not to revive False Claims Act allegations over a military supply contract, arguing in a Thursday brief that the alleged low staffing levels have nothing to do with the government paying the contract. In Thursday’s brief, KBR Inc., KBR Services and Halliburton all argued that the lower court entirely […]
A former DynCorp employee urged the full Fifth Circuit to reconsider a panel’s decision to reject class action allegations that the company cheated him and others of overtime pay and benefits earned on a Kuwaiti logistics contract for the U.S. Army, arguing the provision to resolve disputes in Kuwait should be void. The petition from […]
Law360 — KBR assailed the discovery efforts of a group of soldiers in Maryland federal court Friday, arguing their motion to compel on already-set timelines is simply trying to pad the record of the multidistrict litigation, over hazardous wastes allegedly burned in open-air pits at military bases, with “frivolous” discovery process complaints. The military contractor […]
Law360 — The U.S. Supreme Court vacated a Fourth Circuit decision holding Triple Canopy Inc. liable for unqualified guards hired at a U.S. base in Iraq, ordering the court Monday to consider the case anew in light of this month’s new standard for evaluating False Claims Act liability from regulatory violations. In a summary disposition, the […]