June 04, 2021
A U.S. Department of Energy contractor has agreed to pay more than $3 million to resolve allegations that it falsely presented two subcontractors as HUBZone small businesses in billing for a nuclear waste remediation contract worth $7 billion.
October 13, 2020
An equipment logistics subcontractor accused of submitting false invoices for cleanup work on a decommissioned nuclear testing site in Washington in violation of the False Claims Act has settled its part in a years-long $5.7 billion suit.
August 25, 2016
A Washington federal judge on Thursday lifted a stay in a False Claims Act suit filed by a trucking company that claims a prime contractor breached its $4.5 billion contract with the government for cleanup of a decommissioned nuclear site, letting the case proceed after the parties sought clarity from the U.S. Supreme Court's Escobar decision.
April 27, 2016
A hazardous waste transportation company that claims it was wrongly denied work at a decommissioned nuclear site and the prime contractor tasked with cleaning up the site both asked a Washington federal court Tuesday to put their False Claim Act fight on hold until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on another FCA case.
February 04, 2016
A Washington federal court ruled Wednesday that a spurned contractor provided enough evidence to continue her False Claims Act suit alleging two people ran fake small businesses to win work on the $4.5 billion cleanup of the federal Hanford nuclear production site.