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Hooper, Kearney and Macklin on Cutting Edge Topics in the False Claims Act

While the pandemic put many things on hold, it did not do the same for the False Claims Act (FCA). To find out what is happening in FCA activity we spoke with Patrick Hooper, Jordan Kearney and Alicia Macklin, partners at the...more

Polsinelli

CMS Outlines New Standard for Challenging Medicare Payment Denials, Echoing Brand Memo on Force of Sub-Regulatory Guidance

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On October 31, 2019, the Office of General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an important memo from Kelly M. Cleary, CMS Chief Legal Officer, and Brenna E. Jenny, Deputy General...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

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Disagreements over a Medical Judgment Cannot Form the Basis for Liability Under the False Claims Act

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A new federal court decision offers a ray of light to those providers defending false claims actions based on an alleged lack of medical necessity. On September 9, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Granston Memo in Action: Eighth Circuit Affirms Government Dismissal of FCA Claims Related to Minnesota Bridge Collapse

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Just days after the twelfth anniversary of the Minnesota 35W bridge collapse, the Eighth Circuit summarily affirmed the dismissal of a False Claims Act case alleging that Minnesota government officials conspired to submit...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

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

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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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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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Supreme Court Expands the Time for Private Suits Under the False Claims Act

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In Cochise Consultancy Inc. v. United States, ex rel. Hunt, the Supreme Court expanded the time in which False Claims Act (“FCA”) lawsuits may be filed by qui tam relators in which the government does not intervene. The Court...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

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

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

Morgan Lewis

Supreme Court Expands Whistleblower Ability to Bring FCA Cases

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The US Supreme Court issued its decision on May 13 in Cochise Consultancy v. United States ex rel Hunt, unanimously holding that the three-year tolling provision in 31 U.S.C. 3731 (b)(2) applies in favor of relators in...more

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Supreme Court Clarifies FCA Statute of Limitations

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In a unanimous decision, the US Supreme Court held on Monday that the three-year False Claims Act (FCA) tolling provision applies in all FCA actions. In Cochise Consultancy, Inc. et al. v. United States ex rel. Hunt, the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Supreme Court Addresses False Claims Act Statute of Limitations

On Monday, May 14, 2019, the Supreme Court issued a decision essentially expanding by four years the time available for private suits to be brought by relators under the False Claims Act (“FCA”), regardless of whether the...more

Jones Day

Supreme Court Extends False Claims Act’s Statute of Limitations for Non-Intervened Suits

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A case must be filed within either six years of the FCA violation or three years from when the government knew or should have known of the violation. In Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. U.S. ex rel. Hunt, the Supreme Court...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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hunt

On May 13, 2019, the Supreme Court decided Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hunt, No. 18-315, holding that the limitations period in 31 U.S.C. § 3731(b)(2) applies to False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuits in which...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Extends Statute Of Limitations for Privately Initiated False Claims Act Lawsuits

On May 13, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the 31 U.S.C. § 3731(b)(2) equitable tolling provision—allowing as much as ten years for the filing of a False Claim Act suit—should be available for private relators as well...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Seventh Circuit Revisits Sanford-Brown, Rejects Implied Certification Claim

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In one of the few cases to apply the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Universal Health Services v. Escobar, the Seventh Circuit recently revisited and affirmed its prior rejection of an implied certification claim under the...more

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