A recent decision by a federal district court affirmed the ability of defendants in False Claims Act actions brought by qui tam relators to assert counterclaims against relators. The court’s opinion highlights the opportunity...more
In what could be the most significant development for False Claims Act (FCA) jurisprudence since Universal Health Services v. United States ex rel. Escobar, on January 13, 2023, the US Supreme Court agreed to consider whether...more
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that fiscal 2019 recoveries from False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments exceeded $3 billion, with healthcare and procurement fraud as the largest areas of recovery....more