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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

Arizona Governor Files Brief In Immigration Battle
Posted on 29 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

PHOENIX - (AP) Gov. Jan Brewer's lawyers on Thursday filed the first brief in their appeal of a ruling that put the most controversial elements of Arizona's new immigration law on hold. Brewer asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San... Read More

Tags: United Nations , illegal immigrants , racial profiling , State Department , immigration , Arizona , Hillary Clinton , 9th Circuit , Judge Susan Bolton , Gov. Jan Brewer , Litigation , lawsuit , Human Rights , immigration law , U.S. Justice Department

DynCorp To Pay $7.7 Million In Whistleblower Case
Posted on 26 Apr 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) Leading U.S. contractor DynCorp International has agreed to pay $7.7 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it submitted false claims for a State Department civilian police training program in Iraq. The Justice Department announced... Read More

Tags: Brian Evancho , State Department , Iraq , whistleblower , Justice Department , Drew Halldorson , Litigation , DynCorp , settle , false claims , The Saudi Group

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

High Court To Hear U.S. Passport Dispute Over Jerusalem
Posted on 3 May 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from an American born in Jerusalem over whether he can have Israel listed as his birthplace on his passport even though U.S. policy does not recognize the once-divided city as belonging... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , Middle East , passport , State Department , Jerusalem , Zivotofsky v. Clinton , Obama , Zivotofsky , Litigation , lawsuit , Bush , Israel , Congress

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