On June 1, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated opinion in the most watched False Claims Act (FCA) case in years.
The Court granted cert in U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu, Inc. and U.S. ex rel....more
On April 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) heard oral argument in the most significant False Claims Act (FCA) case to reach the Court in recent years. The Court is examining the scienter requirement in the FCA –...more
In recent years, federal courts have been grappling with the scienter element of the False Claims Act (FCA), including how to assess scienter when a statutory, contractual, or regulatory obligation could be interpreted in...more
On 23 April 2020 the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 opinion written by Justice Stephen Breyer, waded carefully into the very-muddied waters of Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisprudence when it issued a new test to determine when the...more
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