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Dechert LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 8 Mar 2019
The Long Arm of the Law Gets Longer - UK Introduces Overseas Production Orders
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
Better to Ask Permission than Forgiveness: ASBCA Denies Subcontract Payments
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
High Court finds SFO can compel production of documents held by foreign company outside the jurisdiction
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
Extra-territorial reach of SFO production Notices served pursuant to Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (CJA 1987)
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
Case Note: KBR Inc. v SFO
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
Court rules SFO can require foreign corporates with a “sufficient connection” to the UK to produce overseas documents
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
KBR Inc.: Foreign Companies Can Now Be Compelled to Produce Documents to the UK Serious Fraud Office
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
Arbitration Class Waivers, Past Practice (not established) and Skirmishing Over Information Requests All Part of Recent NLRB Action
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
SEC Files Settled Action Concerning Accounting Issues That Led To A Restatement In 2014
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
Fourth Circuit Address “Political Question’ Doctrine in Case Against Government Contractor
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…
