On Friday, June 28, the Supreme Court overturned the longstanding Chevron doctrine, on a 6-3 vote, which had previously required courts to defer to federal agencies' reasonable interpretations of statutes within an agency’s...more
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Kokesh v. SEC provides the defense bar with significant ammunition to argue for lower monetary sanctions in securities enforcement matters pending in federal district courts. In...more
On June 16, 2016, the Supreme Court issued an opinion in Universal Health Services v. United States ex rel. Escobar, a case in which the court evaluated the viability of the “implied certification” theory of liability under...more
The Supreme Court on April 19, 2016, heard oral arguments in Universal Health Services v. United States ex rel. Escobar, a case which will impact all government contractors—especially defense companies—as well as any health...more