Dechert LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 8 Mar 2019
On February 12 2019 the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019 (the “COPO Act”) came into force in the UK. This new law gives UK authorities…
Crowell & Moring LLP | USA | 18 Jan 2019
On November 19, 2018, the ASBCA denied KBR’s claim for reimbursement of REA payments made to KBR’s subcontractor supplying trailers to the Army in…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 9 Nov 2018
In a recent decision in the context of a judicial review, the High Court held that the SFO was able to compel a foreign company to produce documents…
Macfarlanes LLP | United Kingdom | 10 Oct 2018
In R (on the application of KBR Inc) v The Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2018] EWHC 2368 (Admin), the High Court has recently considered the…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | United Kingdom, USA | 25 Sep 2018
On 6 September 2018 the UK High Court handed down its judgment in the application for judicial review brought by KBR Inc. (“KBR”) against the Director…
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP | United Kingdom | 12 Sep 2018
On 6 September 2018, the Administrative Court rejected a judicial review challenge brought by KBR, Inc. (a US company) against the Serious Fraud…
Jenner & Block LLP | United Kingdom | 11 Sep 2018
On 6 September 2018, following hot on the heels of the important decision on the application of litigation privilege in internal investigations in…
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 8 Aug 2018
Since December 2017, when the Board issued a number of decisions which restored precedent that had been changed in the last few years, (discussed here…
Shearman & Sterling LLP | USA | 10 Jul 2018
On July 2, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) entered into a settlement with Houston-based global engineering, construction, and…
Pillsbury | USA | 21 Jun 2018
On June 20, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decided the case of In re: KBR, Inc. Burn Pit Litigation, affirming the ruling of…