In a recent decision, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit determined that its decades-long ban on customs-based False Claims Act actions does not apply to qui tam relator actions. The decision leaves the ban in...more
In its most recent False Claims Act decision, the US Supreme Court opted for a narrow “claim” definition analysis, limiting its impact to those involved in the E-Rate program, but signaled interest in addressing the...more
Just as the government’s exercise of its statutory authority to dismiss non-intervened False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam cases was beginning to pick up steam, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued a new...more