May 30, 2017
U.S. attorneys for a Kuwaiti contractor asked a California federal judge on Friday to deny efforts from a former employee to serve them with a $65 million False Claims Act suit against the company, saying doing so would violate Kuwaiti law.
May 08, 2017
A former employee of a Kuwaiti company asked a California federal court Monday for permission to serve the company's U.S. attorneys with a $65 million False Claims Act suit after the Ninth Circuit found service on its U.S. subsidiary improper, saying he'd made sufficient good-faith efforts to follow due process standards.
March 02, 2015
The Ninth Circuit has agreed to hear a key question over how foreign companies can be served with lawsuits through their U.S. subsidiaries under California law, an issue contested in a $40 million False Claims Act suit against a Kuwaiti contractor.
October 27, 2014
A California federal judge has called a halt to a False Claims Act suit against a Kuwait contractor to allow the Ninth Circuit the chance to decide a key question regarding how foreign companies can be served in lawsuits through their U.S. subsidiaries under California law.
September 19, 2014
A California federal judge trimmed $25 million from a False Claims Act suit brought against Kuwaiti contractor The Public Warehousing Co. but kept $40 million worth of claims, saying a whistleblower adequately alleged that the company deliberately overcharged the U.S. military under logistical support contracts in Iraq and Kuwait.