July 31, 2017
The Fourth Circuit on Monday refused to revive a whistleblower suit accusing Halliburton and its ex-subsidiary KBR Inc. of overcharging the government for water purification services, finding that, because the suit was filed while two similar cases were pending, it couldn't clear the first-to-file rule's primary hurdle.
February 18, 2016
A Virginia federal judge denied an attempt to revive a long-running False Claims Act row accusing Halliburton and its former subsidiary KBR Inc. of overbilling the government for water purification services Wednesday, but also ruled that only the first-to-file rule barred the suit from going forward.
November 12, 2015
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's May ruling in a long-running False Claims Act suit accusing Halliburton and its former subsidiary KBR Inc. of overbilling the government for water purification services, a Virginia federal judge tossed the suit, saying it was barred by the FCA's first-to-file rule.
September 25, 2015
Halliburton and other defendants urged a Virginia federal court Thursday to grant their motion to dismiss a False Claims Act suit accusing them of overbilling the government for water purification services, saying a May U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the claims were time-barred has effectively ended the case.
September 09, 2015
A whistleblower told a Virginia federal judge Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court's May ruling didn't doom his False Claims Act case against Halliburton Co. and KBR Inc. but rather pushes it toward finally going to trial.
September 20, 2013
The False Claims Act's public disclosure bar does not prevent a water purification specialist's lawsuit accusing Halliburton Co. and KBR Inc. of violating contractual duties to test and purify lavatory and drinking water used by U.S. troops in Iraq, a federal court in Virginia ruled on Thursday.
October 21, 2011
Halliburton Co. and KBR Inc. on Friday sought to dismiss a water purification specialist's third whistleblower suit accusing the companies of violating contractual duties to test and purify lavatory and drinking water used by U.S. troops in Iraq.