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Federal Contractors Beware: Firm-Fixed-Price Contract Negotiations & FCA Liability

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Federal Contractors Beware: Sixth Circuit Recognizes False Claims Act Exposure Based on Allegedly Inflated Labor Cost Estimates Leading To Firm-Fixed-Price Contract. On May 16, 2022, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth...more

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Recent Developments in False Claims Act Pleading Standards

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently released its report detailing the settlements and judgments obtained in 2019 from civil cases involving fraud and abuse claims. As in years past, the substantial majority of these...more

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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

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

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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

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$34 Million Reversal: First Circuit Overturns Its Precedent and Redirects Relator’s FCA Award to Another

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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

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U.S. Supreme Court Holds that FCA Relators can Rely on “Government Knowledge” Statute of Limitations even if the Government does...

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On May 13, 2019, in a unanimous decision, the United States Supreme Court held that even in cases where the government does not intervene in a False Claims Act (FCA) action, a relator is entitled to rely on the portion of the...more

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Blow a Whistle! New Relator-Friendly Standard Under the False Claims Act

The U.S. Supreme Court has just issued a unanimous decision in the case Cochise Consultancy Inc. et al. v. U.S. ex. rel Hunt (decided on May 13, 2019), that qui tam whistleblowers can invoke the ‘”government knowledge”...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Supreme Court Settles Circuit Split and Reads the False Claims Act Statute of Limitations Provision Broadly in Boon to Relators

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On May 13, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hunt, No. 18–325, and resolved a circuit split regarding the statute of limitations for an FCA claim brought by a relator...more

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False Claims Act Alert: Fourth Circuit Punts on Sampling and Extrapolation

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Tuesday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the interlocutory appeal in United States ex rel. Michaels v. Agape Senior Community, Inc.. In an opinion considering two significant questions arising under the qui tam...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

False Claims Act: 2016 Year in Review

We are pleased to present Bradley’s annual review of significant False Claims Act (FCA) cases, developments, and trends. From a relatively short article several years ago, the Review has grown to a significant publication...more

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Fourth Circuit May Address Use of Statistical Sampling in False Claims Act Actions

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Court has the opportunity to assess the use of statistical sampling/extrapolation as a method to prove FCA liability or damages. Courts require that plaintiffs prove each element of a legal claim with evidence — mere...more

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Fourth Circuit's Triple Canopy False Claims Act Decision

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The decision unexpectedly expands potential liability. On January 8, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a panel decision that established a new and potentially significant False Claims Act (FCA)...more

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