On May 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Kellog Brown & Root Service, Inv. et al. v. United States ex rel. Carter, 575 U.S. ____ (2015), Case No. 12-1497. Most of the commentary on the case centers around the Court’s decision on the Wartime Suspension... Continue Reading →Tags: bar, Brown, Carter, False Claims Act, FCA, first to file, Kellogg, original source, prejudice, public disclosure, qui tam, Root, settlement, whistleblower
From October 1 through October 12, 2014, there were 14 federal cases reported that mentioned the False Claims Act. One was previously discussed in the September 2014 FCA Update. Eight more only tangentially discussed the False Claims Act. Five cases might be of interest to parties and counsel in a False... Continue Reading →Tags: attorney, Boeing, Cephalon, Cestra, conspiracy, deposition, FAA, False Claims Act, FCA, first to file, fraud with particularity, Graves, individual defendants, jurisdiction, Kelly, May, Plaza Medical Centers, privilege, Purdue Pharma, regulatory compliance, Serco, Smith, specific claims
US ex rel Cestra v Cephalon Case No. 14-01842 (E.D.Penn. Oct. 9, 2014) In considering a first-to-file challenge to jurisdiction, the court compared the other relator’s complaint to the instant relator’s initial complaint, not his subsequently amended complaint, as the original complaint offers the facts at the time the second... Continue Reading →Tags: Cephalon, Cestra, False Claims Act, FCA, first to file, jurisdiction, timing