August 03, 2017
A California federal judge on Thursday shot down a former Raytheon engineer's fifth try at a $1 billion False Claims Act suit over a satellite sensor contract, saying his latest amended complaint failed to fix problems with previously tossed allegations described by the judge at the time as "incomprehensible."
May 18, 2017
The U.S. government asked a California federal judge on Wednesday to reconsider a portion of his order tossing a whistleblower's $1 billion False Claims Act suit against Raytheon regarding a subcontract for satellite sensors, saying it was partly based on an incorrect reading of a Ninth Circuit decision.
April 11, 2017
Defense contractor Raytheon asked a California federal judge to toss a $1 billion False Claims Act suit regarding a subcontract for satellite sensors, arguing that the would-be whistleblower's fifth amended complaint failed to fix problems in a fourth that a judge tossed as "incomprehensible."
February 17, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Universal Health Services v. Escobar continues to affect a range of False Claims Act cases. In the third installment of an ongoing series, Law360 looks at the latest court rulings to interpret the blockbuster decision.
February 13, 2017
A California federal judge has thrown out a would-be whistleblower’s False Claims Act suit accusing Raytheon of defrauding the government over the course of a $1 billion weather satellite contract, calling the most recent complaint “incomprehensible” and not up to snuff under the U.S. Supreme Court’s Escobar decision.
September 02, 2016
A whistleblower suing Raytheon for allegedly defrauding the government over the course of a $1 billion weather satellite contract asked a California federal judge Thursday to take stock of the Justice Department’s interpretation of False Claims Act liability under the Supreme Court’s Escobar decision, the latest move in a struggle to avoid dismissal of the lawsuit.
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 17, 2016
The U.S. government told a California federal judge Tuesday that Raytheon has taken an overly broad reading of the Supreme Court's Escobar decision in its bid to duck a whistleblower's False Claims Act suit accusing the company of defrauding the government over the course of a $1 billion weather satellite contract.
August 15, 2016
A whistleblower suing Raytheon for allegedly defrauding the government over the course of a $1 billion weather satellite contract urged a California federal judge to reject the company’s bid to dodge the False Claims Act case Monday, saying Raytheon has wildly over-exaggerated the standard the Supreme Court recently laid out in Escobar for FCA claims.
July 19, 2016
Raytheon urged a California federal court Monday to bury a $1 billion False Claims Act suit that was brought back to life by the Ninth Circuit over a weather satellite contract, arguing the allegations aren’t specific enough to sustain the suit under the Supreme Court’s recent Escobar decision.