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KBR
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Trading Secrets
Left With Nothing But An Injunction: Fifth Circuit Vacates $75 Million Trade Secret Verdict After Plaintiff Fails to Apportion Damages
By Jesse M. Coleman, Gio Perez
In a case that should stand as a strong reminder to apportion your damages whenever possible, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a significant post‑trial ruling in Trinseo Europe…
The SEC Institute Blog
A Two for One Enforcement – Whistleblower Restrictions and Human Capital Resources Disclosure Controls
On February 3, 2023, the SEC announced a settled enforcement action against Activision Blizzard, Inc. that involved two issues: Provisions in separation agreements that violated whistleblower protection rules, and Ineffective…
Latham.London
SFO’s International Investigatory Powers Curbed in Supreme Court Ruling
Landmark decision holds that the SFO does not have the power to procure documents from foreign companies outside the jurisdiction. By Stuart Alford QC and Callum Rodgers On 5 February…
FCPA Professor
UK Supreme Court Rules That SFO Cannot Require Foreign Companies To Produce Documents Held Overseas
By Mike Koehler
[A guest post from Debevoise & Plimpton attorneys Karolos Seeger, Jane Shvets, Robin Loof, Thomas Jenkins and Andrew Lee] On February 5th, the UK Supreme Court handed down a highly-anticipated…
Investigations and Enforcement Blog
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office’s Powers to Obtain Documents Located Overseas are Curtailed
By Zoe Osborne
On 5 January 2021, the U.K. Supreme Court (the U.K.’s highest Court) handed down its judgment in the case brought by the Houston-based engineering, procurement, construction company, KBR, Inc., challenging…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
UK Supreme Court overturns controversial decision on extraterritorial effect of Section 2 Notices
By Andrew Reeves (UK), Thomas Hubbard (UK), Claudia Van Gruisen, Neil O’May (UK), Pamela Reddy (UK)
Today, 5 February 2021, the UK Supreme Court has handed down the long-awaited judgment on the extra-territoriality of the Serious Fraud Office’s powers to obtain documents. The Supreme Court held…
FCPA Professor
The Top 50 Corporate FCPA Settlements
By Mike Koehler
Recently, the FCPA Blog published a list of the “40 biggest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act resolutions of all time.” The list is false and misleading in many respects. For starters,…
Inside Government Contracts
Will an Unappealing Trend in Battlefield Contractor Suits Continue? Following A Pattern of Appellate Indecision—Fueled by the Government’s Equivocal Litigation Stances—the Fourth Circuit Mulls En Banc Review
By Daniel Russell Jr., Raymond Biagini
It’s often said that hard cases make bad law. In the realm of contractor-on-the-battlefield lawsuits, hard cases seem to be making no law—at least at the appellate level. As detailed…
Inside Government Contracts
Federal Circuit Further Clarifies Maropakis and CDA Interest Rule in Significant “Contractor-on-the-Battlefield” Decision
Earlier this week, the Federal Circuit unanimously affirmed a 2017 ruling by the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (“ASBCA”) that held the United States Government breached its contractual obligation…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
UK Supreme Court grants KBR Inc. leave to appeal against controversial decision on extraterritorial effect of Section 2 Notices
By Neil O’May (UK), Andrew Reeves (UK), Chloe Fryer, Thomas Hubbard (UK)
On 8 April 2019, the UK Supreme Court granted KBR Inc. leave to appeal against a decision that allows the SFO to compel certain foreign companies to hand over documents…