Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Inc., Petitioners v. United States, ex rel. Marjorie Prather

  1. March 18, 2019

    High Court Won't Take Post-Escobar FCA Materiality Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to consider whether a senior living company's allegedly untimely certifications of medical necessity can support a False Claims Act suit, one of several recent petitions to ask the justices to clarify the materiality standard from their landmark Escobar decision.

  2. February 07, 2019

    Nurse Disses 'Wishy-Washy' Escobar Petition At High Court

    A whistleblower nurse derided a major home health company’s quest for U.S. Supreme Court clarification of its landmark Escobar decision on False Claims Act liability, calling the company's views “wishy-washy” and undeserving of the justices’ attention.

  3. January 01, 2019

    Gov't Contracts Cases To Watch In 2019

    A U.S. Supreme Court case involving statutes of limitations on False Claims Act allegations, one of a number of important FCA issues the high court may soon tackle, will join a high-profile challenge to a $10 billion U.S. Department of Defense cloud deal as one of several prominent cases for government contractors to watch in 2019.

  4. January 01, 2019

    Health Care Cases To Watch In 2019

    The health care industry in 2019 will watch with bated breath as a guillotine hangs over the Affordable Care Act, historic litigation involving the opioid crisis heads to trial and the murky meaning of a landmark False Claims Act decision becomes clearer. Here, Law360 gets attorneys up to speed on must-watch cases in the year ahead.