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 the False Claims Act. As described in a previous client alert, the Universal Health Services case had the potential to drastically impact the liability of government contractors, especially defense and health care companies, under the False Claims Act.
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