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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EX REL. et. al. v. RAYTHEON COMPANY et al
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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."
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.