April 13, 2017
A Texas federal judge has reduced the initial government kickback judgment she ordered against KBR, following a Fifth Circuit opinion finding only one of two employees had the authority to act on the company's behalf when taking alleged bribes from a U.S. Army subcontractor.
December 04, 2015
KBR Inc. gave notice in Texas federal court Thursday that it would ask the Fifth Circuit to toss a $108,000 civil penalty for bribes that two of its employees allegedly took from a subcontractor who was seeking favorable treatment on a military logistics contract for Iraq and Afghanistan.
October 16, 2015
A Texas federal judge hit KBR Inc. with a $108,000 civil penalty Thursday after finding the contracting giant liable for thousands of dollars worth of bribes two of its employees allegedly took from a subcontractor seeking favorable treatment on a military logistics contract for Iraq and Afghanistan.
June 26, 2015
KBR Inc. took a hit in an ongoing False Claims Act suit from the federal government Thursday when a Texas federal judge ordered the company to hand over an internal investigation report on alleged kickbacks at the center of the case on the grounds it had waived attorney-client privilege of the document.
June 25, 2015
The United States blasted Kellogg Brown & Root Inc. for hiding behind attorney-client privilege after using an internal investigation as a defense during a False Claims Act bench trial, according to a midtrial motion Thursday in a Texas federal court.
June 18, 2015
Kellogg Brown and Root Inc. asked a Texas federal judge Wednesday to toss kickback claims in a bribery case against it, saying the claims passed their six-year statute of limitations and could not be revised after the government dismissed False Claims Act allegations.
June 10, 2015
Federal prosecutors won't be able to introduce recently acquired grand jury testimony in a bribery case against KBR Inc., a Texas federal judge ruled Tuesday, agreeing with the contracting giant that the government should have provided the testimony during discovery.
June 03, 2015
KBR Inc. asked a Texas federal judge on Tuesday to sanction the U.S. government for allegedly trying to sneak in the use of grand jury testimony in a suit accusing the defense giant of taking dozens of kickbacks for subcontracts in Iraq.
April 14, 2015
A Texas federal judge allowed KBR Inc.'s defense in an Anti-Kickback Act case to proceed Monday, saying an employee's guilty plea to taking bribes from a subcontractor in a related case did not prove the defense giant was liable.
February 03, 2015
Kellogg Brown & Root Inc. on Monday said the U.S. government adopted an untenable position in claiming a former employee's apparent authority in accepting illegal gratuities shows the contractor knowingly violated the Anti-Kickback Act.