When it was first enacted in 1863, the original purpose of the False Claims Act was to prosecute war profiteers who were selling sick mules and broken muzzle-loaded rifles to the Union Army. In recent years, its use has...more
Last month, for the second time, the D.C. Circuit in In re Kellogg Brown & Root Inc., No. 14-5319, slip op. (D.C. Cir. Aug. 11, 2015), granted a writ of mandamus sought by KBR and vacated a series of district court orders...more
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