Academy Sports + Outdoors is suing the global security firm originally known as Blackwater over its latest corporate rebranding, Academi. The locally based retailer claims the name "Academi ...

Suzanne Folsom was hired as Academi's general counsel and chief compliance officer in 2011. The training and security services company, which was formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide and later ...

Now the "security solutions provider" wants to wash away the taint of the 2007 Nisour Square shootings by adopting the new name "Academi." But the company is changing its name -- not its core ...

CEO Ted Wright said that the newest name, Academi, was an attempt to demonstrate that the firm had become "a new company" since investors bought it one year ago from founder Erik Prince-- a ...

In December of 2011, the North Carolina-based (but Delaware-registered) company became Academi. The lawsuit, filed last week in U.S. District Court in Houston, says the similarity of the two names ...

Among them is Academi, the 3.0 version of Blackwater, now under new ownership and management. It appears to be the first Blackwater/Academi contract with the military since a Blackwater "shell ...

A firearms and tactics instructor at Blackwater Worldwide demonstrated a weapon in Moyock, North Carolina. (Photo: Gerry Broome/Associated Press) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the ...

The security company, which rechristened itself Xe in 2009 and Academi last year, is being sued for trademark infringement by Academy Ltd., a Texas-based sporting goods chain. The lawsuit ...

ACADEMI is an innovative, privately held training and security solutions provider serving government and commercial industries worldwide. Founded in 1997, ACADEMI was initially envisioned as a ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACADEMI, a leading, privately held training and security solutions provider serving government and commercial customers worldwide, today announced that U.S. Army Gen.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the security contractor is announcing it’s switched its name to Academi, all part of an effort to be more “boring.” Academi president and CEO Ted Wright ...

Blackwater, now known as Academi LLC, agreed to pay a $7.5 million fine on top of a $42 million settlement it reached earlier regarding civil arms export violations. "Today’s proceedings ...