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Mediating False Claims Act Cases: Issues for Attorneys to Keep in Mind

When I started practicing law in 1981, I focused on labor and employment law. My practice involved management and union matters such as unfair labor practice charges and breaches of collective bargaining agreements. As a...more

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A Recipe for Bad Tax Policy: False Claims Acts and Class Action Lawsuits in the World of State Taxation

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Perfection is often an admirable goal, but rarely achieved. However, in the current environment, failure to collect, report and remit your taxes perfectly, particularly in the sales and use tax arena, can leave a taxpayer...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

False Claims Act Decisions to Know from Q3 2023

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Below are noteworthy False Claims Act (FCA) decisions from the third quarter of 2023. The main issues in the cases are: Materiality. The Fourth Circuit held that a pharmacist’s efforts to falsify patient eligibility...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court - May 13, 2019

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The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions this morning: Apple, Inc. v. Pepper, No. 17-204: Apple’s App Store is the only place iPhone users may lawfully buy apps. Although Apple sells the apps...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Supreme Court Permits Use of Statistical 'Representational Evidence': Implications for the FCA"

On March 22, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) class action Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo. In an opinion authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the majority held that class...more

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