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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc, et al.: Supreme Court Clarifies Standard Under Which Government...

Today, the Supreme Court issued a decision in United States el rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc., et al, clarifying that the government maintains authority to dismiss a qui tam False Claims Act (FCA) action...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

The FCA at the Supreme Court, Part 1 of 4: The Government’s Right to Dismiss a Whistleblower Claim

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The False Claim Act (FCA) is seeing quite a bit of action at the Supreme Court this term, with multiple cases under consideration. This is the first installment in PilieroMazza’s blog series on “The FCA at the Supreme Court”...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Supreme Court Justices Agree to Hear Second FCA Issue This Term

As many of our readers are likely aware, last week the Supreme Court agreed to hear a second False Claims Act (FCA) issue this term. Having previously accepted and heard argument on a case concerning the government’s...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Court’s FCA Ruling Opens Door for SCOTUS Review

A Fourth Circuit ruling in a False Claims Act case has created a 4-4 circuit split over the issue of the act’s knowledge requirement, Bradley partner Elisha Kobre explains. This makes the issue ripe for the US Supreme Court,...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

U.S. Supreme Court to Resolve a Circuit Split Involving Qui Tam Actions

The Court will decide whether the government can dismiss qui tam actions after initially declining to intervene and what standard courts should apply to the government’s dismissal request. The Supreme Court agreed to...more

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SCOTUS to Determine Key Aspects of Government Dismissal Authority in FCA Cases

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The United States Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a case interpreting the False Claims Act (“FCA”) that may affect the government’s involvement in pending and future matters. To resolve a circuit split, the Court will...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Supreme Court to Consider DOJ’s Dismissal Authority in False Claims Act Qui Tam Cases

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What: The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari on a petition seeking to curtail the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) ability to dismiss False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam cases, even if DOJ has determined that the...more

Morgan Lewis

Supreme Court Wades into Academic Dispute over Government Dismissal in Non-Intervened Qui Tam Cases

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The US Supreme Court’s June 21 order granting certiorari in Polansky v. Executive Health Resources signals the Court’s intention to settle a circuit court split on the procedure and standard by which the government can...more

Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP

Supreme Court to Review DOJ’s Authority to Dismiss False Claims Act Whistleblower Suits

On June 21, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in United States, ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc. The Court agreed to hear the case which concerns the issue of whether or not the U.S. government can...more

ArentFox Schiff

Supreme Court Grants Review in Significant Arbitration Case Regarding PAGA 

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The United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari to address the important question of whether the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA") requires the enforcement of an arbitration agreement that would require representative...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Certiorari Granted in Eleventh Circuit Case Interpreting Tolling Provision of FCA Statute

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The Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in an Eleventh Circuit False Claims Act (FCA) case, Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. U.S. ex rel. Hunt, No. 16-12836 (11th Cir. 2018). The Supreme Court will decide how the FCA’s...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Supreme Court Agrees to Resolve Circuit Split on FCA Statute of Limitations

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On November 16, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. U.S. ex rel. Hunt, agreeing to decide how the FCA’s statute of limitations applies in qui tam actions brought by a private...more

Blank Rome LLP

White Collar Watch (April 2018 - No. 1)

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Welcome to the spring edition of our White Collar Watch. Hopefully by the time you are reading this, winter’s storms (finally?) are behind us. 2018 has gotten off to a busy start for our practice and attorneys. We look...more

King & Spalding

U.S. Supreme Court To Decide Consequences Of Relator Violating Seal Requirement In Qui Tam Cases

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Last week the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. v. USA, ex rel. Rigsby, Case No. 15-513, to resolve a circuit split regarding the consequences of a qui tam relator violating a...more

Morgan Lewis

US Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on Viability of FCA’s Implied Certification Theory

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In qui tam case, Supreme Court oral argument addresses practical implications of limiting the scope of the implied certification theory of liability under the FCA....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

False Claims Act: 2015 Year in Review

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

Morgan Lewis

US Supreme Court to Decide Fate of FCA’s Implied Certification Theory

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Supreme Court grants certiorari in qui tam case to consider viability and scope of the “implied certification” theory of liability under the False Claims Act. On December 4, the US Supreme Court granted certiorari in...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Supreme Court Declines to Opine on Circuit Split Over Rule 9(b) Pleading Requirements for FCA Claims

On March 31, 2014, in U.S. ex rel. Nathan v. Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upholding a district...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Mintz Levin Health Care Qui Tam Update - Recent Developments & Unsealed Cases: November 2013

Trends and Analysis: ..We have identified 32 health care-related qui tam cases unsealed since last month’s Qui Tam Update. Of those, only four were filed in 2013. The majority (23 cases) were filed in 2012, with the...more

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