September 26, 2018
A District of Columbia federal judge has declined to sanction attorneys at Neel Hooper & Banes PC for allegedly refusing to quit when fired by a defense subcontractor from a $77 million civil forfeiture litigation, instead granting the attorneys' request to intervene to pursue a cut of any potential award.
February 14, 2018
A defense subcontractor accused of fraudulently winning thousands of military contracts in Afghanistan is nearing an agreement to settle a $77.9 million forfeiture claim with the federal government, representatives for the parties told a D.C. federal judge Wednesday.
November 16, 2017
A defense subcontractor accused of fraudulently securing jobs in Afghanistan urged a D.C. federal court on Wednesday to sanction its former attorneys at Neel Hooper & Banes PC for allegedly refusing to quit when fired from the $77 million civil forfeiture litigation and pushing for an improper lien.
February 12, 2016
The federal government won a one-month stay on discovery in a $77 million forfeiture proceeding in D.C. federal court Friday after accusing the Afghani defense subcontractor at the center of the case of abusing the civil process to aid his defense against criminal bribery charges.
February 08, 2016
The U.S. government asked a D.C. federal court Monday to pause its effort to recover more than $70 million held at an Afghan bank by a NATO subcontractor accused in a kickbacks scheme, saying developments in the civil case could undermine a criminal case filed late last year against the company's owner.
September 15, 2015
A D.C. federal court Monday largely refused to strike Afghanistan International Bank's claim to $4.3 million seized in a $77.9 million forfeiture claim against a government contractor accused of bribery, saying AIB showed enough standing as the owner of all but $147,939.
August 06, 2015
A government contractor facing a $77.9 million forfeiture claim over bribery allegations urged a Washington, D.C., federal judge Thursday to toss the suit, arguing the federal government's clawback claim wrongly ignores a related Afghan legal decision that found no wrongdoing.
July 20, 2015
The Afghanistan International Bank doesn't have standing to fight for $4.3 million seized as part of a larger $77 million forfeiture action, according to the United States, which told a Washington, D.C., federal judge Monday the forfeiture statute only allows the depositor, not the bank, to contest the seizure.
July 13, 2015
The United States government urged a D.C. federal judge Friday to reject a former contractor's discovery request and related effort for sanctions in a $77.9 million bribery suit, saying it had followed the limited discovery ordered to protect a criminal investigation.
November 07, 2014
A government contractor facing a $77.9 million forfeiture suit urged a federal judge Thursday to sanction the government for withholding requested documents it says will exonerate it of the U.S.'s bribery charges.