October 31, 2016
A California federal judge on Friday cleared the way for Ninth Circuit review of key questions about how to interpret the U.S. Supreme Court's Escobar ruling, including whether its test for gauging False Claims Act liability is mandatory.
October 17, 2016
Academy of Art University cannot "warp" the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Escobar decision in a bid for the Ninth Circuit to weigh in on a False Claims Act suit against the school, a group of whistleblowers told a California federal judge on Friday.
September 20, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent Escobar decision did not require False Claims Act suits to always satisfy a two-part test of falsity in cases alleging implicit misstatements about regulatory compliance, a California federal judge ruled Tuesday.
August 26, 2016
False Claims Act attorneys are deeply split over a crucial section in the U.S. Supreme Court's Escobar ruling, debating whether its test of implicit statements about regulatory compliance is mandatory and how the test should be applied.
August 15, 2016
The U.S. Department of Justice and defense attorneys are sharply divided over the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Escobar decision, debating whether it limited False Claims Act liability to situations where the government would have denied payment had it known about misconduct.
September 08, 2014
A California federal court on Friday ruled that an art school didn't waive attorney-client privilege when it mistakenly sent protected documents to the relators who had accused it of violating the False Claims Act by paying admissions counselors commission for enrollment.