Reply #18: Now You're Talking... [View All]

[CorpGovActivist]

... huge fan of ancient Greece and ancient Rome.

"Given that Halliburton maintains its principal place of business(Corp HQ) outside the United States, is this a problem in collecting evidence and bringing them to court in the US?"

Halliburton is a Delaware corporation: http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=&CIK=hal&filenum=&State=&SIC=&owner=include&action=getcompany (See the header info.)

See also the latest annual report: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45012/000004501206000124/ed10k2005_final.htm

This is the list of its "principal" subsidiaries, an exhibit to the Annual Report: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45012/000004501206000124/exhibit21.htm

Pay careful attention to the Caymans affiliate. You'll be hearing lots about that one, in connection with those FCPA activities that took place on Dick Cheney's watch.

"And would it not be legal for them to stockpile damaging docs outside the country, and destroy those docs without violating the law of the United States?"

Shredder farms in the Caymans gain them nothing.

- Dave