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Supreme Court Clarifies that Subjective (Not Objective) Knowledge of Falsity of Claim Dictates False Claims Act Liability

On June 1, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision holding that the scienter element of the False Claims Act (“FCA”) is met if a defendant subjectively knew his or her claims were false and submitted them anyway....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on False Claims Act Scienter Standard

Companies regularly are required to interpret ambiguous and vague regulatory provisions. Today, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a pair of consolidated cases to determine whether a defendant’s...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

EnforceMintz — 2022 Teed Up Two False Claims Act Issues That the Supreme Court Is Poised to Answer in 2023

Over the last year, a few important questions related to False Claims Act (FCA) cases have garnered significant attention. Two of those questions ultimately made their way to the Supreme Court. In one case, which has already...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

SCOTUS Skeptical About Limits on DOJ’s Dismissal Authority in FCA Cases

On December 6, 2022, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc. As previously reported, this case raises whether the government has the authority to dismiss a...more

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Third Circuit Says the FCA Does Not Guarantee A Hearing When DOJ Seeks to Dismiss Declined FCA Cases

The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently weighed in on a relator’s right to a hearing where the government moves to dismiss a declined qui tam case, holding that the False Claims Act (FCA) does not guarantee a...more

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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

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

Perkins Coie

Supreme Court Clarifies Statute of Limitations in Qui Tam Suits Under the False Claims Act

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Whistleblowers bringing qui tam suits under the False Claims Act have up to ten years to file suit against defendants in cases in which the government declines to intervene, the U.S. Supreme Court has held, rejecting a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Supreme Court Recognizes Extended False Claims Act Statute of Limitations for Whistleblowers - Government Enforcement Update

Resolving a circuit split, the United States Supreme Court in Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. U.S. ex rel. Hunt held that False Claims Act (FCA) whistleblowers are able to take advantage of an expanded statute of limitations,...more

Holland & Knight LLP

False Claims Act Statute of Limitations: Relators Now Get Up to 10 Years to File Suit

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• The U.S. Supreme Court's much-anticipated decision in Cochise Consultancy, Inc. et al. v. United States ex rel. Hunt, issued on May 13, 2019, holds that whistleblowers have more time to bring their qui tam suits. • The...more

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With Cochise Decision, Supreme Court Expands Limitations Period in Declined Qui Tam Cases

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The Supreme Court handed down its decision today in Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hunt, a closely-watched case about the False Claims Act’s (FCA) statute of limitations....more

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Supreme Court Unanimously Decides Relator May Use Ten-Year Limitation Period In Declined FCA Case

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The Supreme Court yesterday unanimously decided that a relator may take advantage of the longer ten-year statute of limitations under the False Claims Act in a case in which the United States has declined to intervene, as...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Supreme Court Wrestles with “Terribly Drafted” FCA Statute of Limitations

On March 19, 2019, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Cochise Consultancy Inc. v. United States, ex rel. Hunt regarding how the False Claims Act’s (FCA) statute of limitations applies in qui tam actions brought by a private...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Self-Disclosure and the FCA Statute of Limitations: Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States v. ex rel. Billy Joe Hunt

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The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case mentioned in our prior blog post, Cochise Consultancy v. United States, ex rel. Hunt, 887 F. 3d 1081 (11th Cir. 2018). The main question before the Supreme...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in False Claims Act Statute of Limitations Case

On March 19, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hunt, a False Claims Act (“FCA”) case in which the Court is generally expected to resolve the ongoing...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Supreme Court Considers Whether to Extend FCA Statute of Limitation

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On Tuesday, March 19, the Supreme Court considered whether to extend the FCA’s alternate 10-year statute of limitations to cases in which the government does not intervene. The case, Cochise Consultancy Inc. v. United States,...more

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The Government Never Dies: Ninth Circuit Upholds Government Action Rule Dismissal - Appellate Court Affirms District Court's...

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• A key ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will block qui tam relators from bringing copycat False Claims Act suits. • In United States ex rel. Max Bennett v. Biotronik, Inc., the Ninth Circuit held...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Supreme Court Considers Circuit Split On The “Implied Certification” Theory Under the False Claims Act

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On April 19, 2016, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument on the viability and breadth of the “implied certification” theory of the False Claims Act (“FCA”). The implied certification theory supports FCA...more

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Supreme Court Hears Argument On Two Procedural Issues In False Claims Act Litigation

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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

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