UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.

  1. October 26, 2022

    Honeywell Settles Faulty Body Armor FCA Case For $3M

    Honeywell will pay $3.35 million to settle a long-running False Claims Act suit over allegedly faulty body armor sold to law enforcement, following a circuit court ruling that had significantly limited its potential liability, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

  2. June 18, 2021

    Judge OKs Honeywell Appeal Of FCA Damages Offset Denial

    A D.C. federal judge said Friday that Honeywell could immediately appeal a ruling that it couldn't offset its damages based on other companies' related settlements, in a long-running False Claims Act case over allegedly defective body armor sold to government agencies.

  3. July 29, 2016

    Honeywell Will Face Feds' Amended Body Armor FCA Suit

    A D.C. federal court on Friday allowed the federal government to file an amended complaint in an 8-year-old False Claims Act suit against Honeywell International Inc. over allegedly defective body armor, asserting that letting the U.S. add a data manipulation allegation will not cause unfair delays to Honeywell's case.

  4. July 14, 2016

    Honeywell Blasts Gov't Bid To Expand Body Armor FCA Row

    Honeywell fired back at the federal government's attempts to add new allegations to an 8-year-old False Claims Act suit over allegedly faulty body armor, arguing Thursday to a D.C. federal judge the baseless additions would put Honeywell in an impossible situation.

  5. April 27, 2015

    Honeywell Says Feds Wrongly Trying To Expand FCA Claims

    Honeywell International Inc. told a Washington, D.C., federal judge Friday that the U.S. government is attempting to bolster a new legal argument through discovery nearly seven years into a False Claims Act suit over allegedly defective body armor.

  6. August 29, 2014

    Feds Press For Honeywell Docs, Inspection In Armor FCA Suit

    The federal government on Friday pressed a Washington, D.C., federal judge to force Honeywell International Inc. to comply with additional discovery requests and to open its manufacturing facility up for inspection in a long-running False Claims Act case stemming from sales of defective body armor.

  7. June 24, 2014

    Honeywell Fights Discovery Order In Body Armor FCA Suit

    Honeywell International Inc. urged a Washington, D.C., federal judge on Monday to nix an order allowing the federal government to take additional depositions in its long-running False Claims Act case stemming from sales of defective body armor, claiming the decision is "fraught with legal error."

  8. January 09, 2014

    Honeywell Can Depose Witnesses In Ballistic Vest FCA Row

    A District of Columbia federal judge on Wednesday ordered the U.S. to produce 13 witnesses for deposition it has held back in a suit alleging Honeywell International Inc. violated the False Claims Act by selling defective body armor and primary ballistic bulletproof vests to the government.

  9. March 22, 2012

    DOJ Shouldn't Be Sanctioned In Bulletproof Vest Row: Judge

    Honeywell International Inc.'s bid to sanction the U.S. Department of Justice for its conduct during discovery in a False Claims Act suit over allegedly defective bulletproof vests is premature and should be denied, a Washington magistrate judge said Thursday.

  10. January 27, 2012

    Judge Strikes Honeywell Defense In Bulletproof Vest Fight

    A Washington federal judge on Wednesday jettisoned one of Honeywell International Inc.'s defenses in a False Claims Act suit, rejecting arguments that the U.S. could not sue because it tacitly approved of the company selling it defective material for bulletproof vests.