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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

There Are Limits! Reining In FCA Penalties Pursuant to the Excessive Fines Clause

In the high-stakes realm of False Claims Act (FCA) litigation per-claim penalties can reach daunting levels that dwarf even treble damages. A recent ruling from the Eighth Circuit Court provides valuable guidance on the...more

Porter Hedges LLP

Wellbore Transactions Update - Conveyances, Reservations And Related Lease Severance Issues

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This article focuses on the state of Texas law regarding wellbore rights and various related issues raised by transactions involving such rights (and other similar lease severance issues) and provides some practical tips to...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Is there a better route to nationwide relief than multiple preliminary injunction motions in the Texas lawsuit challenging the...

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This past Thursday, August 31, another preliminary injunction motion was filed in the Texas lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s small business lending rule (Rule). The latest motion was filed by XL Funding, LLC d/b/a Axle...more

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Trade associations urge CFPB to pause effective date and tiered compliance dates of small business lending rule

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A group of trade associations has sent a letter to CFPB Director Chopra urging the CFPB to address the disparity that has resulted from the order entered by the Texas federal district court in the lawsuit challenging the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Extending relief granted in lawsuit challenging CFPB small business lending rule to all covered entities will require more...

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Last week, we published a blog post urging the CFPB to agree to extend the relief granted by the Texas federal district court in the lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s final small business lending rule (Rule) to all entities...more

Jones Day

Supreme Court Increasingly Wading Into False Claims Act's Morass

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In Short - The Situation: The federal False Claims Act ("FCA") allows the United States to dismiss the action if the qui tam relator "has been notified by the Government of the filing of the motion and the court has...more

Cozen O'Connor

Western AGs Seek to Intervene In Opposition to Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion

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California AG Rob Bonta, Washington AG Bob Ferguson, and Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum have filed a Motion to Intervene and Protest requesting that FERC deny an application for a capacity expansion for the Gas Transmission...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Ninth Circuit Case Reflects Split Judicial Landscape Regarding Intervenors’ Appellate Rights in Class Settlements

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A recent Ninth Circuit decision—In re Cathode Ray Tube Antitrust Litig., 20-15697, 2021 WL 4306895 (9th Cir. Sept. 22, 2021)—that prevented a group of plaintiffs from challenging the approval of a settlement award in a...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Ninth Circuit Holds That Nonparty Aggrieved Employee Has No Standing to Challenge PAGA Settlement

On February 11, 2022, the 9th Circuit issued its decision in Saucillo v. Peck, — F.4th —, 2022 WL 414692 (9th Cir. 2022), holding among other things that a nonparty aggrieved employee does not have standing in federal court...more

K&L Gates LLP

The Essentials - California Employment Law Update

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Near the end of 2021, a flurry of decisions that significantly affect employers facing and settling Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) lawsuits were published. The first two decisions, Uribe v. Crown Building Maintenance...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

Bid Protests – Intervention

Bid Protests – Who Can Intervene If I File A Protest, And When Can I Intervene If I’m The Awardee And A Protest Has Been Filed Against The Award? Intervening in a bid protest case serves several purposes, and knowing these...more

Smart & Biggar

PMPRB posts submissions from Guidelines consultation; Federal Court challenge of amended Regulations rescheduled

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As previously reported, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) extended the consultation period for its draft Guidelines to February 14, 2020.....more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Texas, et. al., v. U.S. – The Fifth Circuit Rules

As you may recall, in late September, we expected a decision from the Fifth Circuit in Texas v. United States—the case challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)—in the fall of...more

Kilpatrick

False Claims Act SCOTUS Update: Supreme Court Rules on False Claims Act Qui Tam Statute of Limitations

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In a recent 9-0 decision issued by the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS), the Court has set to rest the applicable statutes of limitations for claims brought under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §3731(b) (FCA). Cochise...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Supreme Court Rules On False Claims Act Limitations Period

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Should relators rejoice? The Supreme Court may have put to rest the vast uncertainty surrounding the applicable statute of limitations in False Claim Act (“FCA”) suits where the government declines to intervene with its...more

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UIC/Wastewater Enforcement - Bethel Heights, Arkansas Notice of Violation: Adjoining Property Owners' Petition to Intervene

As noted in a September 13th post, the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment filed a Notice of Violation (“NOV”) against the City of Bethel Heights, Arkansas (“Bethel Heights”) alleging violations of a No-Discharge...more

Carlton Fields

Intervenor-Defendant Obtains Stay of SDNY Action in Favor of Arbitration 14 Months After Complaint Filed

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The plaintiff and intervenor-defendant entered into a contract wherein they agreed to arbitrate claims arising out of the contract. Following a dispute, the plaintiff asserted that the intervenor-defendant had waived its...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Unanimous Supreme Court Ruling Expands Statute of Limitations for Filing Qui Tam Cases

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On May 13, the US Supreme Court (the Court) unanimously ruled in Cochise Consultancy, Inc., v. U.S. ex rel. Hunt that the “government knowledge” statute of limitations under the federal False Claims Act (FCA), §31 U.S.C....more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Supreme Court Settles Debate Over Limitations Period for FCA Relators

On May 13, 2019, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hunt, wherein it recognized a prolonged statute of limitations for a qui tam relator bringing an action under...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill

On June 17, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill, No. 18-281, holding that the Virginia House of Delegates and its speaker lacked standing to appeal an order...more

Troutman Pepper

Qui Tam Action Defense Alert: Supreme Court Recognizes Extended False Claims Act Statute of Limitations For Relators

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In an unanimous decision in Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hunt, the U.S. Supreme Court settled a circuit split and gave qui tam relators more time to file actions alleging violations of the False Claims...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

Supreme Court Resolves Statute of Limitation Circuit Split in False Claims Act Cases

Last month, in a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the analysis of the applicable statute of limitations under the False Claims Act (FCA) as set forth in 31 U.S.C. § 3731 is the same regardless of whether...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Supreme Court Maximizes Statute of Limitations for Relators Suing Under the False Claims Act

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Health care providers, government contractors, and others who receive money from the federal government are at greater risk of suit under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., following the Supreme Court’s...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of False Claims Act Statutes of Limitations

In a unanimous decision issued on May 13, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court sought to resolve lingering confusion over the statute of limitations under the False Claims Act (FCA) for qui tam suits in which the federal government...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

In Win for Whistleblowers, Supreme Court Clarifies Statute of Limitations for False Claims Act Actions Where Government Elects Not...

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Recently, in Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hunt, the Supreme Court resolved a circuit split and clarified in a unanimous decision that the statute of limitations period for qui tam actions where the...more

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