Recently, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that a company’s work product created during an internal mandatory disclosure investigation was not protected by the attorney-client privilege or attorney work-product doctrines. During discovery in United States ex. rel. Barko v. Halliburton Co. et al., KBR sought to withhold internal investigation reports relating […]
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — Afghan police working with American agents arrested an Afghan man on charges of stealing more than a half million dollars from an agricultural development fund supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The money was insured, and there was no actual loss of U.S. taxpayer funds. Afghan National Police made the […]
An Illinois federal judge this week declined to dismiss a suit by the federal government claiming KBR Inc. overcharged for soldier housing in Iraq, saying the allegations were credible enough to allow it to proceed. U.S. District Judge Sara Darrow rejected KBR’s argument that the government had failed to establish adequate standing to pursue claims […]
In a growing list of legal incidents involving maritime security professionals, Port2Port West Africa has confirmed that two of its security contractors were arrested on March 28 in Nigeria. The company denies the allegations made against the two men. Vincent Hayward and Piers Eastward, were arrested by the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Bayelsa State, […]
One of the nation’s largest government contractors requires employees seeking to report fraud to sign internal confidentiality statements barring them from speaking to anyone about their allegations, including government investigators and prosecutors, according to a complaint filed Wednesday and corporate documents obtained by www.WashingtonPost.com Attorneys for a whistleblower suing Halliburton Co. And its former subsidiary, […]