The federal wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1343, is one of the commonly used statutes in federal white-collar criminal cases. In our digital age, nearly any significant fraud or scheme could probably be charged as a wire...more
On June 1, 2023, in U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc., the Supreme Court clarified the state-of-mind (or “scienter”) standard under the False Claims Act (FCA), holding that a defendant’s subjective belief that a claim...more
6/20/2023
/ Drug Pricing ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Reasonable Interpretations ,
Safeco ,
Safeco Insurance Co of America v Burr ,
Scienter ,
SCOTUS ,
US ex rel Thomas Proctor v Safeway Inc ,
US ex rel Tracy Schutte et al v SuperValu Inc et al
Resolving a circuit split, the United States Supreme Court in Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. U.S. ex rel. Hunt held that False Claims Act (FCA) whistleblowers are able to take advantage of an expanded statute of limitations,...more
5/17/2019
/ Appeals ,
Cause of Action Accrual ,
Cochise Consultancy Inc v United States ex rel Hunt ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Government Officials ,
Intervenors ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Oral Argument ,
Qui Tam ,
Reaffirmation ,
Relators ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Split of Authority ,
Statute of Limitations
We are pleased to present Bradley’s annual review of significant False Claims Act (FCA) cases, developments, and trends. From a relatively short article several years ago, the Review has grown to a significant publication...more
1/10/2017
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Appeals ,
Calculation of Damages ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Defense Contracts ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False-Certification of Conformance ,
Federal Contractors ,
FRCP 9(b) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Materiality ,
Objective Falsity ,
Off-Label Promotion ,
Overpayment ,
Public Disclosure ,
Qui Tam ,
Retaliation ,
SCOTUS ,
Standard of Review ,
Successor Liability ,
Transfer of Venue ,
United States ex rel Nelson v Sanford-Brown ,
Universal Health Services Inc v United States ex rel Escobar ,
Whistleblowers ,
Yates Memorandum
Last week, in McDonnell v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the bribery convictions of Bob McDonnell, the former governor of Virginia. In doing so, the unanimous Court rejected prosecutors’ expansive...more
The Supreme Court’s decision in Universal Health Services v. United States ex rel. Escobar reframes when falsity may be implied under the False Claims Act (FCA) and raises the bar for materiality under the statute. Though the...more
This year continued the trend of aggressive False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and high volumes of qui tam lawsuits brought by whistleblowers. In fiscal year 2015, the DOJ marked the fourth...more
12/22/2015
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Certiorari ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False-Certification of Conformance ,
Federal Contractors ,
First-to-File ,
Implied Certification ,
Public Disclosure ,
Qui Tam ,
SCOTUS ,
Split of Authority ,
Stark Law ,
Whistleblowers