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Federal Judge Tosses Part Of Blackwater Lawsuit
Posted on 23 May 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - (AP) A federal judge on Friday tossed out parts of a lawsuit filed by two former employees against the security company once known as Blackwater but is allowing key claims to proceed to trial. The rulings from U.S. District Judge T.S... Read More

Tags: contract , State Department , Blackwater , Xe Services , Iraq , security , Ellis , Louisiana , Litigation , lawsuit , Settlement , Afghanistan , Hurricane Katrina

Judge: Lawsuit Against Former Blackwater 'Hangs By A Thread'
Posted on 4 Aug 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - (AP) A jury will continue to hear a civil lawsuit alleging fraud by the security contractor once known as Blackwater, but a judge said Tuesday the case "hangs by a thread." Lawyers for Blackwater, now known as Xe Services,... Read More

Tags: False Claims Act , State Department , Blackwater , Xe Services , Iraq , security contractor , Fraud , Litigation , lawsuit , Afghanistan

Virginia Jury Rules In Favor Of Blackwater In Lawsuit
Posted on 9 Aug 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - (AP) A jury ruled Friday in favor of the security firm once known as Blackwater, rejecting two former employees' claims that the company overbilled the State Department for its work in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ex-employees Brad and... Read More

Tags: False Claims Act , State Department , Blackwater , Iraq , Brad Davis , contractor , Melan Davis , security firm , Litigation , Xe Serives , lawsuit , Afghanistan

Firm Once Known As Blackwater Faces Another Lawsuit
Posted on 15 Jul 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - (AP) A current worker and a former employee of the security contractor previously known as Blackwater have filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the company, the second such suit filed against the firm, according to documents unsealed... Read More

Tags: False Claims Act , Lyle Beauchamp , Warren Shepherd , State Department , Blackwater , Iraq , security contractor , sniper , whistleblower , Litigation , lawsuit , Xe , Afghanistan , Susan Burke

Judge Dismisses Blackwater Founder From Lawsuit
Posted on 27 Jun 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - (AP) A federal judge dismissed Blackwater founder Erik Prince from a civil lawsuit alleging his former security firm cheated the government in bills it submitted for protecting government employees in Iraq and Afghanistan, in a ruling... Read More

Tags: Davis , State Department , Blackwater , Iraq , Litigation , Erik Prince , lawsuit , Afghanistan

High Court Looks At Military Funeral Protests
Posted on 2 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

YORK, Pa. - (AP) One thing Al Snyder wants to make clear: His boy fought and died for freedom in Iraq, but not for the right of some "wackos" to spew hate at soldiers' funerals under the protection of the Constitution. "It's an... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , military funerals , Margie Phelps , intentionally inflicting emotional distress , Skadden Arps , anti-gay , Al Snyder , Matthew Snyder , Fred Phelps , abortion , Iraq , freedom of speech , fundamentalist church , Jews , U.S. Marine Corps , Cliff Sloan , Marines , Chief Justice John Roberts , anti-Catholic , homosexuality , harassment , Litigation , lawsuit , First Amendment , Slate magazine , Constitution , Westboro Baptist Church , Afghanistan , free speech

Supreme Court To Hear Military Funeral Protest Case
Posted on 6 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) The father of a Marine killed in Iraq is asking the Supreme Court to reinstate a $5 million verdict against members of a fundamentalist church who picketed his son's funeral with signs like "Thank God for Dead Soldiers"... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , picket , Marine , military funerals , Margie Phelps , intentional infliction of emotional distress , Rev. Fred Phelps , Iraq , fundamentalist church , gays , homosexuality , Litigation , lawsuit , Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder , First Amendment , Westboro Baptist Church , Afghanistan , Albert Snyder , free speech , speech rights

Illinois Woman Drops Lawsuit Against 'Three Cups Of Tea' Author
Posted on 12 Jul 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

HELENA, Mont. - (AP) An Illinois woman has dropped her lawsuit against "Three Cups of Tea" author Greg Mortenson, leaving just one legal claim that millions of people were duped into buying Mortenson's books and donating to his charity based... Read More

Tags: Montana , Greg Mortenson , Illinois , David Relin , charity , Central Asia Institute , class action , 60 Minutes , Michele Reinhart , "Three Cups of Tea" , Pakistan , Litigation , Jean Price , lawsuit , Penguin Group , Dan Donovan , Afghanistan , Deborah Netter

U.S. Supreme Court Struggles With Funeral Protest Case
Posted on 6 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) Supreme Court justices on Wednesday pondered the vexing question of whether the father of a dead Marine should win his lawsuit against a fundamentalist church group that picketed his son's funeral. The complexity and weightiness... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , picket , Marine , military funerals , Margie Phelps , intentional infliction of emotional distress , Rev. Fred Phelps , Iraq , fundamentalist church , gays , homosexuality , Litigation , lawsuit , Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder , First Amendment , Westboro Baptist Church , Afghanistan , Albert Snyder , free speech , speech rights