July 18, 2017
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday denied Australian contractor CPB Contractors Pty. Ltd.'s bid to appeal the court's order sending to arbitration its AU$1.9 billion ($1.4 billion) suit against KBR Inc. over a liquefied natural gas project, a request KBR had railed against a day earlier.
March 16, 2017
A Texas federal judge refused Wednesday to pause discovery in an Australian contractor's AU$1.9 billion ($1.4 billion) suit against KBR Inc. over a liquefied natural gas project, hinting at trouble ahead for KBR's bid to force CPB Contractors Pty Ltd. into arbitration.
January 11, 2017
KBR Inc. argued in Texas federal court on Tuesday that an AU$1.9 billion ($1.4 billion) case filed against it by an Australian contractor stemming from a liquefied natural gas project should be resolved through arbitration, saying that the contractor can't avoid the terms of the underlying contract.
November 07, 2016
An Australian contractor suing KBR Inc. in Texas over alleged underpayments on natural gas project work told a court Friday that the engineering giant made one argument for taking the case federal and a contrary one for pausing the litigation until a related arbitration concludes.
September 27, 2016
KBR Inc. asked a Texas federal judge on Monday to pause a $1.4 billion suit brought by an Australian builder that claims it was underpaid on a massive natural gas project, saying that related arbitration proceedings are ongoing and the lawsuit should be halted to avoid clashing outcomes.
September 19, 2016
Engineering and contracting giant KBR Inc. asked a Texas federal judge on Monday to send an AU$1.8 billion ($1.4 billion) state-court case filed by an Australian contractor on a liquid natural gas project to arbitration, saying the lawsuit violates their disputes agreement.