April 07, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court justices will likely scrutinize a new and "compelling" circuit split over evidence the U.S. Department of Justice and whistleblowers must supply in the False Claims Act's vast realm of kickback cases, one of Uncle Sam's longest-serving health fraud watchdogs told Law360.
March 18, 2023
After 50 years of existence, the nation's signature statute criminalizing health care corruption faces a moment of truth amid industry-led legal challenges and new circuit splits — an inflection point with clear echoes of the landmark law's turbulent evolution into a formidable fraud fighter, attorneys told Law360.
January 05, 2023
The never-not-busy False Claims Act realm will be extra active in 2023 as the U.S. Supreme Court delivers at least one FCA opinion — and perhaps two or even three — in headliner cases during a year in which attorneys are also eyeing a new circuit split and emerging enforcement frontiers.
July 17, 2018
The first half of 2018 has seen a number of important legal decisions handed down for federal contractors, with important developments on issues ranging from the materiality of claims and the statute of limitations under the False Claims Act to the jurisdiction of the Court of Federal Claims and the use of Other Transaction Authority. Here, Law360 looks at some of the more prominent cases that have made an impact on government contracting law so far this year.
January 19, 2018
The Third Circuit ruled in a precedential decision Friday that a whistleblower suit alleging Medco Health Solutions Inc. flouted the False Claims Act by engaging in a kickback scheme could not proceed without establishing a link between the scheme and the Medicare and Medicaid patients whose claims the government reimbursed.