Industry News : Lawsuits
Updated: Blackwater loses bid to move suit to federal court
Blackwater Security Consulting took a hit in court Thursday, losing its bid to have a landmark lawsuit moved from a North Carolina state court to federal court. If Blackwater loses the lawsuit, other companies like it could find themselves the target of similar legal action for their own casualties.
Saturday, August 26, 2006

Industry News : Lawsuits
Slain Contractors' Families Sue Syria
Survivors of two civilian contractors taken hostage and beheaded in Iraq filed a federal lawsuit Friday against Syria, which they claim supported the group who murdered him.
Saturday, August 26, 2006

Industry News : Lawsuits
$10M Verdict Overturned in Contractor Fraud Case
A federal judge has overturned on a technicality a $10 million jury verdict against a military contractor accused of defrauding the U.S. government in the first months of the Iraq war. The award, levied in March against Fairfax-based Custer Battles LLC, had been the first civil fraud verdict arising from the Iraq war.
Saturday, August 19, 2006

Industry News : Lawsuits
Private Security Guard Sues after Reporting Claims of 'Unprofessional Conduct'
A Westminster man ousted from his $300,000-a-year job as a bodyguard in Baghdad has brought a wrongful termination suit against a U.S. contractor providing top-tier security services for Iraq's reconstruction. The lawsuit alleges a bungled cover-up, in which MVM guards fabricated a horrific shootout with roadside snipers and later bragged about killing three enemy soldiers.
Friday, December 16, 2005

Industry News : Lawsuits
Suit says Halliburton Shirked on Overtime
Five workers claim Army contract was broken. Halliburton and KBR violated their contracts with the Army when they failed to pay workers in Iraq and Kuwait overtime, a lawsuit filed in a Houston federal court alleges. The lawsuit, filed by five workers seeking class-action status, claims Halliburton and its subsidiaries shorted 20,000 to 40,000 truck drivers, cooks, mechanics and other workers millions of dollars.
Friday, November 4, 2005

Industry News : Lawsuits
Infotech and the law: False Claims Act covers Iraq work
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a significant decision in the Custer Battles qui tam False Claims Act case. Often associated with whistleblower laws, a qui tam lawsuit is initiated by a citizen on behalf of the government and alleges that a citizen or contractor performing a government contract has violated a law or regulation. Custer Battles addressed a novel question: Does the act applies to Coalition Provisional Authority contracts? The court concluded that the False Claims Act may apply, depending on the source of the funds used.
Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Industry News : Lawsuits
Federal Court Rules in Favor of the Families of American Security Contractors Executed in Iraq
The U.S. District Court issued a pivotal ruling in favor of the family members of four Blackwater security contractors executed, mutilated and hung under a bridge in Iraq last year. The lawsuit was originally filed on January 5, 2005, against Blackwater Security Consulting and its managing agents for wrongful death and fraud after the incident.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Industry News : Lawsuits
Federal Judge says whistleblower suit against Custer Battles can proceed.
Two whistleblowers who allege that a Fairfax-based contractor cheated taxpayers out of tens of millions of dollars on reconstruction projects in Iraq can proceed with their lawsuit, a judge has ruled. But parts of the ruling could have negative consequences for those who file similar claims against other contractors, according to a lawyer for the whistleblowers.
Friday, July 15, 2005