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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Courts Should Finally Rule That the False Claims Act Qui Tam Provisions Are Unconstitutional

Last term, in U.S. ex rel. Polansky v. Exec. Health Res., Inc., three Justices noted that there are “substantial arguments” that the False Claims Act’s (FCA) qui tam provisions do not conform with Article II of the...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Challenge to False Claims Act Qui Tam Provisions Fails in an Initial Attempt to Revive Long-Dormant Arguments as to...

This July, we detailed the Supreme Court’s surprising revival in United States ex rel. Polansky v. Exec. Health Resources, No. 21-1052 (S. Ct. June 16, 2023) of the question of whether the qui tam provisions of the False...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Blowing the Whistle on the False Claims Act Qui Tam Provisions: Dissent and Concurrence in Polansky Invite Constitutional...

Do the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA), see 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(1), violate the Executive Branch’s exclusive grant of authority under Article II of the United States Constitution? This long-dormant question...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

US Supreme Court Upholds Broad, but Not Unfettered, Government Authority to Dismiss FCA Cases

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DOJ may dismiss qui tam False Claims Act cases at any point, as long as it intervenes in the case and satisfies the deferential Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a) standard. The US Supreme Court, in its 8-1 June 16,...more

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SCOTUS Majority Affirms the DOJ's Ability to Dismiss Whistleblower Cases Under the False Claims Act - But Dissent Raises Suspicion...

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On June 16, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued an 8-1 decision in the case of United States, ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc., which held that the Department of Justice (DOJ) can move to dismiss...more

Hogan Lovells

The False Claims Act Guide: 2022 and the road ahead - Supreme Court to weigh in on DOJ’s dismissal authority

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissal authority: Supreme Court will resolve Circuit split in standard, but DOJ seems unlikely to pick more fights with relators. For nearly two decades, when DOJ invoked its authority...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

SCOTUS to Decide Whether the Government has the Authority to Dismiss an FCA Suit After Initially Declining to Intervene and, if...

Arguments were heard in the case of United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc., No. 21-1052 to determine whether and on what statutory grounds, the government, after initially declining to intervene,...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Why Supreme Court Nominations Are Important

Article II of the Constitution provides that the President “shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and...more

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Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Year End Review: A Look Back…A Look Ahead

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Perhaps the single most appropriate word to describe the current state of the civil and criminal healthcare fraud enforcement environment is uncertainty. From changes in personnel and policy at the highest levels of...more

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SEC About-Face, About Time, on ALJs

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On November 29, the SEC did an about-face and admitted its ALJs are “inferior officers” (not merely employees) subject to the Constitution’s Article II appointment provisions. The Solicitor General’s brief on behalf of the...more

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President's Immigration Ban Remains Blocked

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Federal Appeals Court Rejects Government Bid To Reinstate Travel Ban - After hearing an emergency oral argument late Tuesday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a lower federal court judge and late today upheld...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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The question of forum selection by the SEC was a key issue this week. While to date suits challenging the SEC’s right to bring an action as an administrative proceeding rather than in federal court have had little success –...more

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