Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter seeks to bring you up to speed on key federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) developments, with links to primary resources. Each quarter, we...more
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit considered an appeal from the Eastern District of Louisiana, which dismissed appellants’ FCA retaliation claims based on res judicata. Res judicata, or “claim...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - The General Services Administration (GSA) implemented a new process in SAM that allows non-federal entity registrants to submit common federal government-wide Representations and Certifications for...more
In a decision issued earlier this month (Hooper v. Lockheed Martin Corporation, D.C. No. 2:08-cv-00561-DSF-FMO, __ F.3d __ (9th Cir., August 2, 2012), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that "false...more