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    Former Employee of a U.S. Construction Company Working in Afghanistan Pleads Guilty to Receiving Illegal Kickback

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    Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Former Employee of a U.S. Construction Company Working in Afghanistan Pleads Guilty to Receiving Illegal Kickback A… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Ex-Blackwater guard testifies against colleagues

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    Ex-Blackwater guard testifies against colleagues FILE – This Sept. 25, 2007 file photo shows an Iraqi traffic policeman inspecting a car destroyed by a Blackwater security detail in al-Nisoor Square in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Should Blackwater and Halliburton Pay for the People They’ve Killed: Or are Government Contractors Entitled to a Common-Law Combatant-Activities Defense

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    Should Blackwater and Halliburton Pay for the People They’ve Killed: Or are Government Contractors Entitled to a Common-Law Combatant-Activities Defense Johns, Margaret Z. Combatant-Activities Defense.” Tenn. L. Rev. 80 (2012): 347. You must be logged in to view this content. Click … Continue reading →

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    Iraq Extradites Fugitive Defense Contractor to U.S. to Face Fraud Charges

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    Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 28, 2014 Iraq Extradites Fugitive Defense Contractor to U.S. to Face Fraud Charges A Las Vegas-based former Department of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    What The DC Circ.’s KBR Decision Means For Compliance

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    What The DC Circ.’s KBR Decision Means For Compliance Law360, New York (July 07, 2014, 12:15 PM ET) — Brian Miller ​ Almost every major regulatory regime relies on a basic… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Whistleblower Presses Challenges Over Access to KBR Docs

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    Whistleblower Presses Challenges Over Access to KBR Docs By Andrew Ramonas, Legal Times July 28, 2014 Stephen Kohn.Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/NLJ Lawyers for a whistleblower on Monday asked a full federal… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Defense: Gov’t suppressed evidence in Blackwater

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    Defense: Gov’t suppressed evidence in Blackwater By PETE YOST — Jul. 28, 2014 6:17 PM EDT   This image obtained by the Associated Press, Defendants’ Trial Exhibit DX2414, shows eight spent… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    DynCorp Hit With $9M Suit Over Afghan Base Subcontract

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    DynCorp Hit With $9M Suit Over Afghan Base Subcontract Share us on: By David Siegel Law360, New York (July 24, 2014, 1:23 PM ET) — Defense contractor DynCorp International LLC was… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    A Primer on Legal Developments Regarding Private Military Contractors

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    A Primer on Legal Developments Regarding Private Military Contractors By Faiza Patel Friday, July 18, 2014 at 4:30 PM Recent events again have raised the issue of accountability for alleged human… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Witnesses Testify Against Ex-Blackwater Colleagues in Case of 2007 Iraq Killings

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    National Desk; SECTA Witnesses Testify Against Ex-Blackwater Colleagues in Case of 2007 Iraq Killings The New York Times By MATT APUZZO 16 July 2014 WASHINGTON — As a line of Blackwater… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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