December 21, 2017
The past year has offered a range of important litigation decisions for federal contractors, from False Claims Act rulings clarifying key points of the anti-fraud law to decisions on responsibility and liability as part of contract performance. Here, Law360 explores the cases that made an impact on federal contracting law in 2017.
November 14, 2017
The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday refused to reconsider overturning its $663 million judgment against Trinity Industries Inc. in a False Claims Act suit for allegedly making defective highway guardrails.
October 30, 2017
A Fifth Circuit panel turned the False Claims Act into a "toothless weapon" when overturning a $663 million judgment against Trinity Industries Inc. for allegedly making defective highway guardrails, the whistleblower said Friday in asking for a rehearing before the full court.
September 29, 2017
The Fifth Circuit on Friday overturned a $663 million judgment against Trinity Industries Inc. in an FCA suit over allegedly defective highway guardrails, finding that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Escobar undermined the whistleblower's case because the government — the purported victim — kept paying the claims.
August 19, 2016
A U.S. attorney's office in Massachusetts has informed Trinity Industries Inc. that the federal government has closed its investigation into the company's ET 2000 and ET Plus guardrail terminal products, the company said in a securities filing Thursday.
August 18, 2016
Trinity Industries Inc., which is fighting a $663 million judgment over allegedly defective guardrails it sold the government for installation on interstate highways, told the Fifth Circuit Thursday that a whistleblower is misinterpreting a recent Supreme Court ruling.
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.
August 08, 2016
A whistleblower asked the Fifth Circuit on Friday to reject Trinity Industries Inc.'s bid to dodge a $663 million False Claims Act judgment over defective guardrails, saying Trinity has twisted the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Escobar ruling governing FCA liability to snag a new trial.
July 22, 2016
Trinity Industries on Thursday pushed the Fifth Circuit on Thursday to upend a $663 million False Claims Act judgment over allegedly defective guardrails, saying that newly discovered evidence of crash test results necessitates a new trial.
June 16, 2016
A broad spectrum of groups — including crash victims and highway safety industry members — on Thursday urged the Fifth Circuit to uphold a $663 million False Claims Act judgment over allegedly defective guardrails against Trinity Industries, citing safety concerns and dismissing fears that the judgment will doom the market.