November 23, 2022
A former Safeway Inc. pharmacist-turned-whistleblower told the U.S. Supreme Court that he's noted "more than a dozen appellate judges" who have a different view of the standards for determining knowledge of wrongdoing in False Claims Act cases.
November 08, 2022
Safeway has urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to review the Seventh Circuit's refusal to revive an Illinois pharmacist's False Claims Act suit against the grocery chain, saying the pharmacist is trying "to gin up a split with" other circuits.
October 24, 2022
False Claims Act cases targeting erroneous yet reasonable views of compliance duties have produced an acrimonious "muddle" in the nation's circuit courts, a whistleblowing former executive told the U.S. Supreme Court, which is already signaling interest in the law's disputed standards for intentional overbilling.
September 27, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its new term by scrutinizing the litigation rights of nursing home residents and the False Claims Act powers of the U.S. Department of Justice, and the justices are also signaling interest in other FCA disputes, Uncle Sam's rulemaking authority and advertising by drug and device lawyers.
September 15, 2022
Fourth Circuit judges seemed splintered Thursday regarding the use of shrewd legal advice to evade False Claims Act liability, a tactic that has abruptly become one of the FCA's hottest topics amid outcry from the U.S. Department of Justice and interest from the U.S. Supreme Court.
August 09, 2022
An Illinois pharmacist wants the U.S. Supreme Court to review a refusal by a split Seventh Circuit to revive his False Claims Act suit against Safeway, raising an issue about how to determine a defendant's knowledge of wrongdoing in an FCA case.