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Industry News : Lawsuits

     



Industry News : Lawsuits
Former ArmorGroup North America Director of Operations Files False Claims Act Whistleblower Retaliation Law Suit Against ArmorGroup
Executive charges that ArmorGroup discharged him in retaliation for blowing the whistle about company's inadequate staffing and equipment, procurement of counterfeit goods, abetting of sex trafficking in Kabul and other violations of ArmorGroup's contract with Department of State.
Friday, September 11, 2009

Industry News : Lawsuits
ACLU reaches settlement for veteran denied State Department contractor job because he has HIV
The American Civil Liberties Union has reached a settlement on behalf of a U.S. Army veteran who was denied a security job with U.S. State Department contractor Triple Canopy, Inc. because he has HIV. People with HIV will no longer be automatically barred from working with State Department contractors.
Saturday, August 29, 2009

Industry News : Lawsuits
Critical Mission Support Services sued for $80 million
EOD Technology Inc. on Wednesday filed an $80 million lawsuit against Maryville-based Critical Mission Support Services, claiming the former employees who run CMSS stole trade secrets and violated a non-compete agreement.
Sunday, May 3, 2009

Industry News : Lawsuits
Judge deals blow to families suing Blackwater
The survivors of four Blackwater Worldwide contractors killed in a grisly ambush in Iraq five years ago have suffered yet another setback in their legal battle with the company. A federal administrative law judge ruled last week the children of one of the slain contractors should receive compensation through a government insurance program known as the Defense Base Act. It prohibits those eligible for benefits from filing lawsuits against companies covered by the insurance.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Industry News : Lawsuits
Family of slain contractor sues Halliburton, KBR
A lawsuit against two military contractors claims the companies' mistakes led U.S. soldiers to believe an American truck driver working for the contractors might be an insurgent steering a bomb-laden truck onto a U.S. military base.
Monday, February 9, 2009

Industry News : Lawsuits
Award to Halliburton Worker Upheld
A federal judge has refused to overturn an arbitrator's award in favor of a former Halliburton worker who claimed he was fired from a job in Iraq because of a sexual harassment complaint that the company never investigated.
Monday, December 1, 2008

Industry News : Lawsuits
Afghan Subcontractor Accuses DynCorp of Fraud
An Afghan construction company and eight of its employees filed a federal lawsuit against Falls Church-based DynCorp International, alleging that the large government contractor engaged in fraud, threatened workers and took $2.5 million worth of equipment and materials that belonged to it.
Saturday, October 18, 2008

Industry News : Lawsuits
Woman says Dyncorp job in Dubai was revoked before she started
A Huntington, West Virginia woman has filed suit against Dyncorp after she allegedly was hired for a job in Dubai, but was laid off before she began work.
Sunday, September 7, 2008

Industry News : Lawsuits
Garda's Iraq business involved in legal skirmish
At Garda World Security Corp., the high-margin, high-risk business of providing personal protection in Iraq is showing signs of strain. Garda founder and chief executive officer Stephan Cretier has built his company into a global security powerhouse over the past few years and the Kroll acquisition in particular transformed Garda into a major private security player in the hot spot that is the Middle East.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Industry News : Lawsuits
DynCorp to Pay Subcontractor In Racial Discrimination Suit
A federal jury this week ordered DynCorp International, to pay more than $15 million to a former minority-owned subcontractor, finding that DynCorp breached its contract and racially discriminated against the firm.
Saturday, May 17, 2008

Industry News : Lawsuits
Former employees claim ArmorGroup lied to US
Two former employees have filed a lawsuit against ArmorGroup, charging the security firm with lying to the US state department in order to win a $187m contract to protect the American embassy in Kabul.
Saturday, April 26, 2008

Industry News : Lawsuits
Family of Iraqi Mother Killed in Baghdad Sues Private Security Firm, U.S. Contractor
The family of slain Iraqi Marou Awanis has instructed the U.S.-based legal team of Burke O'Neil LLC, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Akeel & Valentine PLC to pursue legal claims against private security firm Unity Resources Group and the U.S. company that retained them in Iraq, RTI International, the family announced today.
Friday, January 18, 2008

Industry News : Lawsuits
No-Show Contractor Hit With $4.9M Default Judgment
When Lt. Col. Dominic R. Baragona died in a traffic accident on an Iraqi highway in 2003, few would have foreseen that his death would prompt a federal judge in Atlanta to levy a $4.9 million judgment against a U.S. military contractor in Kuwait. Defendant Kuwait & Gulf Link Transport Co., which transports supplies into Iraq, is one of the U.S. military's largest contractors in the Middle East. The company has $100 million a year in Army contracts and also handles subcontracts.
Friday, December 21, 2007

Industry News : Lawsuits
KBR in Vanity Fair
The November 2007 issue of Vanity Fair contains an article covering the multi-billion LOGCAP-III contract in Iraq. More specifically, it covers qui tam lawsuits launched by former KBR contractor employees, alleging fraud and/or misconduct on the part of that Halliburton subsidiary.
Monday, November 19, 2007

Industry News : Lawsuits
US judge: contractor can face Iraqi torture suit
Iraqi torture victims and their relatives can proceed with a lawsuit against a defense contractor that provided interrogators to the U.S. military in Iraq, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
Thursday, November 8, 2007

Industry News : Lawsuits
Blackwater 'trade secrets' lawsuit settled out of court
A long-running lawsuit in which Blackwater USA accused a former employee of stealing trade secrets has ended with a whimper. The case, which featured a late-night police raid and allegations of false imprisonment, has been settled out of court. The terms are confidential. Each side must pay its own attorney fees and costs.
Friday, August 31, 2007

Industry News : Lawsuits
Appeals court orders stay on Blackwater arbitration
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ordered a stay on arbitration between Blackwater USA and the families of four security contractors killed and mutilated in Iraq.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Industry News : Lawsuits
Triple Canopy Cleared in Two Firings
Triple Canopy did not wrongly fire two employees who reported seeing their supervisor randomly shoot into two Iraqi civilian vehicles in Baghdad last year, a Fairfax County jury ruled yesterday. But the jury also issued a harshly worded note criticizing the company's actions.
Friday, August 3, 2007

Industry News : Lawsuits
Blackwater manager blamed for 2004 massacre in Fallujah
Military contractors write that a site manager sent four Americans on an ill-advised, fatal mission.
Monday, July 9, 2007

Industry News : Lawsuits
Ex-KBR workers' suit against firms alleges abuse
Four women who worked for Houston-based Halliburton Co.'s former subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root have filed federal lawsuits against the companies, claiming they endured sexual harassment and, in two cases, rape while working in Iraq.
Sunday, July 1, 2007