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United States of America et al v. KBR INC et al

  1. July 05, 2023

    KBR Reaches $109M Settlement In Iraq War FCA Case

    KBR Inc. will pay $108.75 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that the company routinely charged the U.S. Army for unnecessary materials under a massive Iraq War logistics contract, whistleblowers who sued the company announced Wednesday.

  2. August 30, 2022

    KBR Says Ex-Workers Can't Prove 'Cross-Leveling' Failure

    KBR Inc. has told an Illinois federal judge that no trial was needed over claims by its former employees that it over-purchased equipment under a massive logistical support contract, saying the employees could not prove its government invoices were objectively false.

  3. July 23, 2020

    KBR Argues Judge Wrongly Saved Whistleblowers' Fraud Suit

    Texas engineering company KBR Inc. urged an Illinois federal court to reconsider its July 9 decision not to toss a fraud suit brought by whistleblowers over a $30 billion defense contract, arguing it incorrectly concluded that the court has authority to hear the case.

  4. July 09, 2020

    KBR Must Face Ex-Workers' Defense Equipment Fraud Suit

    An Illinois federal judge refused Thursday to toss out a whistleblower suit claiming KBR Inc. bought unnecessary equipment under a $30 billion defense contract, saying the former employees who launched the claims were original sources of the information fueling their lawsuit.

  5. June 05, 2020

    Ex-Workers Say They Brought KBR's Fraud To Light

    Two former KBR employees defended their whistleblower suit alleging the company bought unnecessary equipment under a $30 billion defense contract, rejecting the company's assertion that their complaint didn't tell the government anything it didn't know about the purchases.

  6. May 08, 2020

    KBR Says Whistleblower Contract Suit Copies Army Reports

    KBR Inc. has pressed an Illinois federal judge to toss a suit alleging it squirreled away hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of excess equipment under the massive LOGCAP III defense contract, saying the whistleblower suit doesn't churn up anything that Army officials' weren't already aware of.

  7. March 16, 2020

    Relators Say Atty Privilege Doesn't Apply To Ex-KBR Workers

    Two ex-KBR Inc. employees hit back at the company's bid to block ex-workers' testimony over allegations that KBR bought excess supplies under a governmental logistics contract in the Middle East, saying that the attorney-client privilege claimed does not apply to former employees.

  8. June 11, 2018

    KBR Withholding Key Employee Docs In FCA Row: Relators

    Defense contractor KBR Inc. should be ordered to add nine employees to its document and information search in a False Claims Act suit alleging that it bought excess supplies under a Middle East logistics contract, a pair of former employees told an Illinois federal court Friday.

  9. March 01, 2016

    KBR Can't Appeal Judge's Refusal To Dismiss FCA Suit

    An Illinois federal judge on Monday refused to allow KBR to appeal his decision keeping intact its former employees' False Claims Act accusations of buying excess supplies under a Middle East logistics contract, finding that the earlier ruling was not based on a contestable legal theory.

  10. December 14, 2015

    Ex-KBR Workers Say FCA Suit Shouldn't Pause For Appeal

    Former KBR employees alleging the defense contractor bought excess supplies under a Middle East logistics contract asked an Illinois federal judge Friday not to pause the False Claims Act suit while KBR appeals an intermediate decision, saying the appeal would fail and unnecessarily delay the case.

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