Civil Procedure

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News & Analysis as of May 22, 2013

Wartime Suspension Of Limitations Act Suspends Statute Of Limitations In False Claims Act Cases

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/6/2013

The False Claims Act (FCA), which allows both the government and whistleblowers to seek treble damages for claims of civil fraud on the United States, is a powerful tool. In the past two years, the government has aggressively...more

Short Wins - If The Circuits Are Only Going To Give One Victory To A Defendant In A Week, This Is A Pretty Good One

by Matthew G. Kaiser | The Kaiser Law Firm PLLC on 1/28/2013

Perhaps our nation's circuit court judges took it easy last week because of the inauguration, or Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but there's only one case where a defendant won in a published opinion in a federal appellate court....more

Prosecutorial misconduct stymies Department of Justice in FCPA trials

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/6/2012

In a stunning conclusion to the U.S. Department of Justice’s first guilty jury verdict against a corporation under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the U.S. District Court, Central District of California...more

Construction OberView: "Objection, Privilege": Protecting the Attorney-Client Relationship amidst the Shifting Sands of False...

by Ober|Kaler on 1/10/2012

“Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.” – Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. With the Government’s prosecution of False Claims Act (“FCA”) and Contract Disputes Act (“CDA”) violations on the...more