On July 25, 2017, the Ninth Circuit dealt a harsh blow to two relators in their appeal of a False Claims Act judgment, dismissing it for lack of jurisdiction as […]
In a May 8, 2017 statement of interest, DOJ made a bold attempt to strip the heightened materiality standard articulated in Escobar (previously reported here) of all of its meaning. […]
On April 14, 2017, DOJ filed an amicus brief to weigh in on whether the Court should grant certiorari in a case involving interpretation of the False Claims Act’s public […]
On January 31, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Currently a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, Judge […]
On August 8, 2016, the Eighth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a FCA complaint against the University of Minnesota Medical Center (“UMMC”) alleging that UMMC improperly characterized the children’s unit […]