BARKO v. HALLIBURTON COMPANY et al

  1. December 18, 2014

    Judge Snubs KBR's 'Old Args' On Privilege In Kickbacks Row

    A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday rejected Kellogg Brown & Root Services Inc.'s "old arguments" that attorney-client privilege protected its business-conduct documents from being compelled by a whistleblower alleging kickback activity in Iraq, but limited the whistleblower's access to witness statements from KBR's internal monitoring.

  2. November 24, 2014

    KBR Granted Reprieve On Whistleblower Doc Turnover Order

    A D.C. federal court has granted a reprieve to defense contractors KBR Inc. and Halliburton Co. in a long-running discovery fight, saying Monday it won't force the two to hand over their documents to a whistleblower alleging kickback activity in Iraq before it addresses a motion for reconsideration.

  3. November 10, 2014

    KBR Must Release Criminal Investigation Docs In FCA Suit

    KBR Inc. and Halliburton Co. will have to reveal the details of a Defense Criminal Investigative Service subpoena after a District of Columbia federal judge on Monday ordered the contractors to hand over the documents to a former subcontract manager accusing them of inflating the costs of certain Iraq War base contracts in exchange for kickbacks.

  4. November 03, 2014

    KBR Fights Latest Bid For Documents In FCA Row

    KBR Inc. attacked a whistleblower's contention that the company waived its privilege over certain documents in a federal suit alleging the company overbilled and accepted kickbacks during the Iraq War, saying Friday that the argument comes months late and the court risked seeming partial after asking the U.S. government for information on the documents.

  5. October 30, 2014

    Whistleblower Pushes For KBR Docs Given Only To Gov't

    A whistleblower asked a D.C. federal court Thursday to make KBR Inc. hand over nearly 70,000 pages of documents it produced in response to a 2007 government subpoena related to his claims that KBR overbilled and accepted kickbacks during the Iraq War.

  6. October 28, 2014

    KBR Whistleblower Defends DC Court's Role In Doc Dispute

    A KBR Inc. whistleblower on Tuesday rebutted the company's accusation that a D.C. federal court has taken a "quasi-prosecutorial" role in the ongoing battle over purportedly privileged documents in a suit that accuses KBR of overbilling and accepting kickbacks during the Iraq War.

  7. October 21, 2014

    KBR, Whistleblower Trade Blows Over Privileged Docs

    KBR Inc. and a whistleblower who has accused it of defrauding the Pentagon through Iraq War subcontract overbilling and a kickback scheme continued a long-running battle over production of purportedly privileged documents, lodging competing filings in D.C. federal court Monday over the requested production.

  8. March 11, 2014

    KBR Case May Weaken Atty-Client Shield For Internal Probes

    A federal judge has ordered KBR Inc. to turn over a slew of internal fraud investigations to a False Claims Act relator, and experts say the ruling's broad wording could weaken attorney-client privilege for internal investigations prepared by government contractors and other heavily regulated companies.

  9. March 10, 2014

    KBR Ordered To Hand Over Internal Fraud Investigations

    A District of Columbia federal judge on Thursday ordered KBR Inc. to provide documents related to its internal investigation of alleged overbilling on Iraq war contracts, saying a former KBR employee suing the company for fraud should be able to use KBR's documents to support his case.

  10. February 20, 2014

    KBR Accused Of Silencing Whistleblowers

    Attorneys for a whistleblower accusing KBR Inc. and Halliburton Co. of inflating construction costs during the Iraq war asked government regulators Wednesday to investigate a KBR confidentiality statement that allegedly violates obstruction of justice laws.