July 18, 2016
Whistleblowers accusing Blackwater successor Academi Training Center Inc. of providing unqualified security guards in Iraq and Afghanistan asked a Virginia federal judge on Friday to compel the contractor to produce documents in their False Claims Act suit, claiming that Academi set an artificial cut-off date for requested documents.
February 26, 2016
A Fourth Circuit panel revived a False Claims Act suit Thursday accusing Blackwater successor Academi Training Center Inc. of providing unqualified security guards in Iraq and Afghanistan, finding the former contractors' lawsuit preceded any public disclosure of the allegations by more than a year.
February 11, 2015
Two former Blackwater contractors said Tuesday they plan to appeal the dismissal of their False Claims Act suit to the Fourth Circuit, seeking to revive allegations that Blackwater successor Academi Training Center Inc. overbilled the government and provided unqualified snipers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
January 16, 2015
A Virginia federal judge has dismissed an ex-Blackwater contractor's claim that Academi Training Center Inc. fired him in retaliation for testifying in a False Claims Act case.
April 01, 2013
An arbitrator can decide if two former Blackwater Worldwide contractors must arbitrate their allegations that the private military contractor fired them after they testified in a False Claims Act case, a Virginia federal judge ruled Friday.