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FCA Defendant Petitions Supreme Court, Argues Statute is Unconstitutional

As many of our readers know, we have been closely following the Polukoff False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam case, which is based on allegations that certain heart procedures performed by a cardiologist were not medically...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

False Claims Act Circuit Splits—FCA Issues That May Soon Reach The Supreme Court Or Lead To Congressional Amendment

• Under the FCA there are multiple circuit court splits related to how power should be allocated between the United States and the relator and whether the relator has contributed sufficient value to merit obtaining a...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Supreme Court Asked To Clarify Application of Rule 9(b) in FCA Cases

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On September 21, 2015, counsel for AT&T, Inc., and other telecommunications providers asked the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split over what relators asserting FCA claims must do to meet Federal Rule of Civil...more

McGuireWoods LLP

The Fourth Circuit Expands the Implied Certification Theory to Anti-Retaliation Claims

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On January 8, 2015, the Fourth Circuit determined that, amid a circuit split, the “implied certification” theory of liability under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) was viable in the Fourth Circuit. United States v. Triple...more

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