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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Blackwater: "We're not suing families"
Contrary to a recent press release by California plaintiff lawyers Dan Callahan and Marc Miles, Blackwater USA is not "suing the families" of four Blackwater USA contractors murdered by insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq, on March 31, 2004.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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Suit against Blackwater over contractor deaths moves to arbitration
This week, on orders of a federal judge, the dispute is scheduled to be taken up out of court by a three-man panel of arbitrators. By steering the case into arbitration, Blackwater has shifted a legal showdown over issues of battlefield accountability and presidential authority into a non judicial arena where the proceedings occur behind closed doors and the outcome is confidential.
Monday, May 21, 2007
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Security company sued over deaths of contractors in Iraq
Don Feeney is a legendary special forces operative known for putting together crack teams of security contractors for difficult and dangerous assignments. But the families of two men who were killed when their security detail was struck by a massive car bomb in Baghdad believe Feeney also took unnecessary risks in order to hold on to multimillion dollar security contracts in Iraq.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
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War contractors settle in Manatee
When they bought homes in quiet Lakewood Ranch, Scott Custer and Mike Battles were becoming the poster children for wasted government money in war-torn Iraq.
Sunday, April 1, 2007
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Judge Throws out False Claims Act Lawsuit Against Custer Battles
A federal judge in Virginia has dismissed a False Claims Act lawsuit against Iraq contractor Custer Battles. Federal court judge T.S. Ellis ruled in favor of Scott Custer, Mike Battles and their company – Custer Battles – and dismissed allegations that the company committed fraud in connection with its contract with the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) to provide security support services at the Baghdad International Airport.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
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Employee sues Halliburton over rape in Iraq
A Florida woman who says she was raped by a colleague while working for Halliburton Co. in Iraq has sued the mega-government contractor claiming the firm did not do enough to protect female employees from such attacks.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
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Blackwater seeks $10M from plaintiffs in wrongful-death suit
Private security contractor Blackwater USA is seeking $10 million from the attorney representing the estates of four employees killed and mutilated in Iraq, arguing their families breached the security guards' contracts by suing the company for wrongful death.
Saturday, January 20, 2007
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