On September 25, 2015, a Central District of California judge denied the government’s request to maintain documents under seal in a declined qui tam suit, on the basis that the […]
Posted by Scott Stein, Meenakshi Datta, and Catherine Kim A recent opinion examines the interplay between the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) and the False Claims Act (“FCA”). […]
Posted by Scott Stein and Catherine Kim Several circuit courts have recognized the “worthless services” theory of FCA liability, which allows qui tam relators to assert FCA claims premised on the […]
Posted by Jaime Jones and Catherine Kim In a June 23, 2014 opinion, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of qui tam claims against suppliers of the National Center for Employment […]
Posted by Scott Stein and Catherine Kim We previously reported on the federal district court’s decision in U.S. ex rel. Shea v. Verizon Business Network Services, Inc. (“Verizon II“), which held […]
Posted by Scott Stein and Catherine Kim In contrast to the Fourth Circuit’s holding in United States ex rel. Carter v. Halliburton, No. 12-1011 (4th Cir. Mar. 18, 2013), which we previously […]
On June 12, 2013, the First Circuit in United States ex rel. Duxbury v. Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., No. 12-2141, held that the district court properly limited discovery on the […]
Posted by Scott Stein and Catherine Kim Under a “false certification” theory of FCA liability, a party certifies compliance, expressly or impliedly, with a statute or regulation as a condition of […]
Posted by Scott Stein and Catherine Kim In August, we wrote about a decision in which a court rejected the government’s theory that submission of claims for services that failed to comply […]