In a memorandum dated May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the establishment of a new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative (the Initiative) at the Department of Justice (DOJ)....more
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Justice Kavanaugh issued a concurring opinion in Wisconsin Bell, which Justice Thomas joined, to question again whether the False Claims Act qui tam provision violates Article II of the US Constitution....more
The Zafirov decision finds that the False Claims Act qui tam provision violates Article II of the US Constitution.
On September 30, 2024, in United States ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates LLC, Judge Kathryn...more
The Court unanimously held that a defendant’s subjective belief is relevant to scienter under the False Claims Act, even when a defendant’s conduct is consistent with an objectively reasonable interpretation of the law....more
The Seventh Circuit has created a third standard for evaluating motions to dismiss pursuant to the government’s FCA dismissal authority.
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit’s August 17, 2020, opinion in United...more
Leaked DOJ memo instructs government attorneys to consider dismissing certain False Claims Act qui tam actions.
On January 10, 2018, Michael D. Granston, Director of the Commercial Litigation Branch of the Department of...more