Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in the telecommunications case Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Heath, No. 23-1127, to assess whether reimbursement requests submitted to...more
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
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
The Supreme Court handed down its decision today in Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hunt, a closely-watched case about the False Claims Act’s (FCA) statute of limitations....more
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