United States of America et al v. Washington Closure Hanford LLC et al

  1. April 02, 2019

    Contractor Fights 'Cash Grab' Fee Request In FCA Suit

    A joint venture that included Bechtel Group blasted a whistleblower's bid for nearly $2 million in attorney fees and expenses as a "cash grab" after the contractor agreed to pay $3.2 million to resolve claims it lied about its subcontractors at a nuclear waste cleanup. 

  2. June 08, 2018

    JV Settles FCA Suit Over Nuclear Waste Site Cleanup Contract

    A joint venture of several engineering giants reached a settlement Thursday to end a long-running False Claims Act suit accusing it of using shell companies to fulfill small-business subcontracting requirements for a multibillion-dollar nuclear waste cleanup project at the Hanford Site in Washington state.

  3. December 08, 2017

    Feds Blast Contractor's Quick Win Bid In FCA Suit

    The federal government on Friday shot back at a U.S. Department of Energy contractor's bid to toss False Claims Act allegations in litigation accusing it of falsifying small, disadvantaged businesses' participation in a multibillion-dollar nuclear waste cleanup contract.

  4. November 20, 2017

    Contractor Urges Toss Of Nuclear Waste Cleanup FCA Suit

    A U.S. Department of Energy contractor accused of falsifying small, disadvantaged business participation in its multibillion-dollar nuclear waste cleanup contract urged a Washington federal judge Friday to toss the government's False Claims Act suit it says is based on honest mistakes and conduct that didn't affect contracting decisions.

  5. July 18, 2011

    DOE Contractor Rigged $4.8M Subcontract, Suit Claims

    Washington Closure Hanford LLC, the contractor in charge of the U.S. Department of Energy's largest nuclear cleanup effort, was accused Friday in Washington state of rigging a $4.8 million trucking subcontract, allegedly giving the work to a phony small business.

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