Inside the Most Significant Legal Issues Arising from False Claims Act Litigation
William Harrington
Partner
Goodwin Procter LLP (New York, NY)
Stephen Payne
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (Washington, DC)
David Shapiro
General Counsel and Senior Vice President
DaVita Kidney Care (Denver, CO)
Laura Laemmle-Weidenfeld
Partner
Jones Day (Washington, DC)
- The Second Circuit’s August 2014 decision on the extraterritoriality of Dodd-Frank whistleblower protections in Liu v. Siemens A.G.
- The Supreme Court’s review of the Fourth Circuit’s decision in U.S. v. Halliburton regarding important statute of limitations and first-to-file issues.
- Taking sides in a developing circuit split, the Third Circuit’s July 2014 decision rejecting rule 9(b)’s heightened pleading requirement for FCA filings.
- The Seventh Circuit’s August 2014 decision narrowing what constitute “worthless” services under the False Claims Act in US v. Momence Meadows Nursing Center.
- The First Circuit’s August 2014 decision on the tax status of FCA settlement payments in Fresenius Medical Care Holding v. US.
- Limits on false certification theory: What is fraud in the inducement?
- Update on how the false claims act is expanding outside of traditional industries