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Qui Tam Interlocutory Appeals

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense

6th Circuit: FCA Whistleblower Protections Extend to Post-Employment Retaliation

On March 31, 2021, the Sixth Circuit addressed an issue of first impression in the circuit, holding that the False Claims Act’s (“FCA”) whistleblower protection provisions protect former employees from post-employment...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Second Circuit Accepts Appeal of False Claims Act First-To-File Issues

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The Second Circuit recently agreed to accept an interlocutory appeal to decide the question whether a violation of the False Claims Act’s “first-to-file” rule compels dismissal of the complaint or whether it can be cured by...more

BakerHostetler

Improvidently Granted Appeal Statistically Yields Sampling Uncertainty

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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed in 2015 to hear an interlocutory appeal of a district court’s decision to prohibit a qui tam relator from using statistical sampling to prove liability and damages in a False Claims...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Fourth Circuit Takes a Pass on Statistical Sampling, Finds DOJ's Settlement Veto Authority Unreviewable

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After granting the relators’ petition for an interlocutory review of the district court’s rejection of the use of statistical sampling to establish FCA liability, the Fourth Circuit ultimately declined to reach that issue in...more

King & Spalding

Fourth Circuit Grants Review of Use of Statistical Sampling in False Claims Act Case to Prove Liability and Damages

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On September 29, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit agreed to hear on interlocutory appeal the controversial issue of reliance on statistical sampling in a whistle-blower action to prove liability...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Government’s Objections to Non-Intervened FCA Settlement Are Unreasonable – Now What?

Recently, South Carolina U.S. District Judge Joseph Anderson, Jr. issued an opinion in which he struggled with how to handle a non-intervened qui tam brought under the Federal False Claims Act (FCA). In his opinion, Judge...more

Littler

District Court Holds False Claims Act Applies to Employee Allegedly Terminated for Engaging in Protected Activity Against...

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In a matter of first impression, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Cestra v. Mylan Inc. No. 15-0873 (E.D. Pa., May 22, 2015) held that the antiretaliation provision of the False Claims Act...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

U.S. District Court Rules that Results of Internal Investigations Conducted in the Ordinary Course of Business are Not Privileged...

A recent decision by a federal district court raises concerns about the ability of companies to claim privilege over the results of internal investigations. In United States ex rel. Harry Barko v. Halliburton Company, et al.,...more

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