Legal & compliance
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Legal & compliance record
Settlements, enforcement and governance matters, each with exactly where it stands.
Items
8
2012 to November 2026
Settlements with stated amounts
$97M
Three matters, 2019–2025
Largest
$62M
False cost and pricing data, May 2025
Open
1
FAA ground stop, fault not established
| Date | Type | Matter | Amount | Status | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-10 | Civil suit | L3 Services and CACI settled a suit by 72 Iraqi civilians over alleged detainee abuse. L3 predecessor | — | Settled; amount not stated | en.wikipedia.org |
| 2019-09 | Export controls | Harris settled 131 alleged violations of arms-export law from before the merger. Harris predecessor | $13M | Settled | en.wikipedia.org |
| 2023-04 | False claims | Settlement over alleged double-billing of the Defense Department for parts. L3Harris | $22M | Settled | en.wikipedia.org |
| 2025 | Operational | After a Dallas-area air traffic outage the FAA said L3Harris’s oversight failed to ensure redundant paths worked. The FAA put the primary failure on the carrier Frontier. L3Harris | — | FAA statement; no enforcement action found | nbcnews.com · cbsnews.com |
| 2025-05-22 | False claims | Settlement of allegations that L3 units submitted false cost and pricing data in dozens of proposals. L3 units | $62M | Settled; not an admission of liability | cnbc.com |
| 2026-02-24 | Employee crime | Former Trenchant general manager Peter Williams was sentenced to 87 months for selling eight exploits to a Russian broker for about $4 million. Former employee | — | Sentenced; the company was the victim and was not accused of wrongdoing | cyberscoop.com · itnews.com.au |
| 2026-08-17 | Governance | The board removed chair and CEO Christopher Kubasik over conduct inconsistent with the code of conduct, unrelated to financial reporting or operations. Semafor, cited by CNBC and Quartz, reported an inappropriate relationship with an employee. Former CEO | — | Separation agreement; no severance; company has not described the conduct | sec.gov · virginiabusiness.com · qz.com · fortune.com |
| 2026-11-13 | Operational | A nationwide FAA ground stop followed data flooding on the FAA telecommunications network that L3Harris runs. Officials trace it to routers L3Harris installed in Arkansas and Texas. L3Harris | — | Under investigation. Fault between installation, configuration and hardware not established; no finding against the company. | cnn.com · cnbc.com · aljazeera.com · cnbc.com · tovima.com |