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Nyet: Board Finds Insufficient Evidence to Grant Summary Judgment on SOL Grounds

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 07.06.16

In Kellogg Brown & Root Servs., Inc. (June 16, 2016), the ASBCA denied KBR’s motion for summary judgment regarding two government demands for repayment of alleged overcharges that KBR argued were barred by the CDA’s six-year statute of limitations. Citing Sikorsky, the board held that, even though KBR had presented numerous documents to show that the government was made aware of its challenged practices more than six years before the final decisions, the documents themselves (without more) failed to establish undisputed material facts sufficient to meet the post-Sikorsky burden of proof in light of the government’s opposing evidence.

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Client Alert | 8 min read | 09.08.26

Saxon Woods Investments Limited v Costa [2026] UKSC 21: Good Faith in the Boardroom

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed the appeal of Mr Francesco Costa, former chairman of Spring Media Investments Limited, in the first Supreme Court judgment to consider the scope of the duty under section 172(1) of the Companies Act 2006. The foundational position is that good faith requires honest conduct as well as honest thinking. A director's genuine belief that they are acting in the company's best interests will not excuse covert or disloyal conduct in pursuit of that belief. ...