December 09, 2015
Bollinger Shipyards Inc. will pay the government $8.5 million to settle False Claims Act allegations it misled the U.S. Coast Guard about vessel modifications which ultimately made them unseaworthy, according to a U.S. Department of Justice announcement Wednesday.
October 21, 2013
A Louisiana federal judge on Monday tossed the federal government's False Claims Act suit over the alleged failure of eight U.S. Coast Guard vessels' hulls that Bollinger Shipyards Inc. modified at a cost of roughly of $78 million, saying the government could not prove fraud had occurred.
September 12, 2013
Prosecutors said Thursday that a Louisiana magistrate judge erred in ordering the government to produce a trove of allegedly privileged documents in a False Claims Act suit over the failure of eight U.S. Coast Guard vessels modified by Bollinger Shipyards Inc., arguing the judge misapplied the law.
August 01, 2013
A Louisiana federal judge on Thursday refused to revive a sunken lawsuit over the alleged failure of eight U.S. Coast Guard vessels that Bollinger Shipyards Inc. modified for $78 million, saying the government could have brought its argument earlier and unjust enrichment would be improper.
June 26, 2013
Bollinger Shipyards Inc. on Tuesday urged a Louisiana federal judge to bar the U.S. government from pursuing $117 million in noncontract damages against it in a False Claims Act suit, saying the sanction was merited by the government's "complete neglect" of its discovery responsibilities.
January 30, 2013
A Louisiana federal judge on Wednesday threw out the federal government's False Claims Act suit over the alleged failure of eight U.S. Coast Guard vessels' hulls that Bollinger Shipyards Inc. modified at a cost of roughly of $78 million, saying the government has yet to specify where fraud had occurred.