Confidential
Settlement – $82,000,000Judge
Court
USDC Central
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Defendant
Brad D. Brian
(Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP)
Experts
Plaintiff
Kenneth Walls
(technical)
Patrick McGeehan
(technical)
John J. Higgins
(technical)
Facts
Between 1981 and 1992, Defendant data processing firm, Litton Systems, Inc. (a subsidiary of Litton Industries, Inc.), allegedly shifted costs for data processing from its commercial customers to Pentagon contracts. Litton is based in Beverly Hills. The case was originally filed under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act by Taxpayers Against Fraud and whistle-blower Jim Carton, a former Litton technical director. After investigation of the claims, Plaintiff United States intervened in the case and took over the litigation.
Settlement Discussions
Offers and demands were not disclosed.
Damages
$650,000,000 in damages and penalties
Other Information
Although confidentiality on settlements is our normal policy, we made an exception here due to high media coverage of this settlement.
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