Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a district court’s dismissal of a qui tam action under the oft-litigated, “public disclosure bar,” where the transactions that gave rise to an inference of...more
6/29/2016
/ Army ,
Corporate Counsel ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Original Source ,
Philip Morris ,
Public Disclosure ,
Qui Tam ,
Relators ,
U.S. Navy ,
US Air Force ,
Websites
The FCA first-to-file bar provides that if an action involving the same subject matter is already pending, “no person other than the Government may intervene or bring a related action based on the facts underlying the pending...more
The Ninth Circuit last week held that pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3730(d)(3) of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), a qui tam relator who is convicted of conduct giving rise to the fraud that is the subject of the FCA lawsuit must be...more
7/21/2015
/ Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Dismissals ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fraud ,
Government Investigations ,
Qui Tam ,
Relators ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers
On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of a relator based on the district court’s finding of a violation of the False Claims...more