Jurisdiction, False Claims Act (FCA), Whistleblowers

Landmark Ninth Circuit Ruling Expands Application of False Claims Act to Trade Enforcement (Part II of II)

The Volkov Law Group on 7/17/2025

DOJ’s ability to bring False Claims Act actions against companies for customs fraud was affirmed in a significant Ninth Circuit decision, United States ex rel. Island Industries Inc. v. Sigma Corp., No. 22‑55063, __ F.4th __...more

Fraud in the Inducement: The Collision of Causation, Confusion, Common Law, and Common Sense

Miller & Martin PLLC on 7/3/2025

Federal courts have long recognized fraud in the inducement (also referred to as simply “fraudulent inducement”) (“FITI”) as an actionable theory of recovery under the False Claims Act (“FCA”). However, while loosely rooted...more

Ninth Circuit Finds Importer Liable Under False Claims Act for Failure to Pay Antidumping Duties

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/27/2025

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Island Industries v. Sigma Corp., upheld a lower court jury determination that an importer of welded pipe fittings is liable for $8 million in unpaid antidumping duties under the False...more

$34 Million Reversal: First Circuit Overturns Its Precedent and Redirects Relator’s FCA Award to Another

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 5/22/2019

Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit overturned its own precedent to hold the FCA’s first-to-file rule is “non-jurisdictional.” In so doing, the First Circuit flipped the district court’s award...more

Florida Qui Tam Statute Applies to False Claims Made to State, not Local, Governments

Carlton Fields on 3/25/2016

What is the state? Before the summer of 2015, there were two schools of thought on the answer to this question in the context of the Florida False Claims Act (FFCA). The first was advanced in a February 2014 Florida Bar...more

FCA Cases and SBA Protests

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 9/16/2015

False Claims Act - As you know, the False Claims Act suit is brought against a contractor (whether through a whistleblower/relator or by the government alone) and carries very heavy civil and potentially criminal...more

California Employment Law Notes - September 2015

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 9/8/2015

Newly Enacted California Statutes - The Word "Alien" Is Stricken From The California Labor Code - Section 1725 of the California Labor Code defines "alien" as "any person who is not a born or fully naturalized...more

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