Private contractors who provide war-zone security services to the Defense Department will get to defend in federal court claims that they recruited employees who guarded bases in Iraq “under false promises with respect to the schedule” they would work.
SOC LLC, and related entities SOC-SMG Inc., and Day & Zimmerman Inc. may defend the claims originally filed in Nevada state court in the US District Court for the District of Nevada because they met the requirements of the federal officer removal statute, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday.
The guards allege they were required to work “in ultra-hazardous conditions” for more ...
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