Protecting Your Brand in China
What the First-to-File Patent Change Means (And What IP Strategists Should Do About It)
The Corporate Law Report: First-to-File Patents, Hiring for Cultural Fit, Roth Conversions Post-Fiscal Cliff, and Global Corporate Insights
Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit overturned its own precedent to hold the FCA’s first-to-file rule is “non-jurisdictional.” In so doing, the First Circuit flipped the district court’s award...more
When a qui tam relator files a lawsuit alleging violations of the federal False Claims Act (FCA), the statute imposes one of two potential deadlines. Specifically, the FCA’s statute of limitations provisions require that a...more
Last Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. (KBR) v. United States ex rel. Carter, resolving two questions that had previously divided lower courts interpreting the federal...more
On January 13, 2015, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in Kellogg Brown & Root v. United States ex rel. Carter, No. 12-1497, a False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam case involving allegations of fraudulent billing...more
Last year continued the trend of robust False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and proliferating qui tam lawsuits brought by whistleblowers on behalf of the United States. In 2012, DOJ...more