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Supreme Court accepted eight new issues for consideration during final months of 2022-23 term. Those decisions will affect numerous areas of law, including employment, civil liberties, bankruptcy, immigration, civil forfeiture.

In what may lead to the biggest FCA opinion in recent history, the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month agreed to consider two cases addressing the necessary state of mind (i.e.,...

U.S. Supreme Court earlier agreed to consider two cases addressing necessary state of mind to violate FCA. FCA prohibits defendants from knowingly submitting false claims. That scienter standard is broader than just actual knowledge.

Four nominees to the U.S. Court of Appeals have become controversial because of an important, but often misunderstood, feature of the judicial confirmation process. That feature, called the “blue-slip” courtesy, highlights the views of Senators from a state in which a judicial nominee would serve. A dispute has arisen regarding whether the views of those home-state Senators should dictate, or merely influence, whether the Senate considers these nominees. More specifically, the question is wh...

On November 21, 2022, the Supreme Court declined to review whether federal law preempts a Seattle Ordinance mandating that large hotels offer their employees health insurance coverage...

The Supreme Court declined to review whether federal law preempts a Seattle Ordinance mandating large hotels offer their employees health insurance coverage or increased pay. This left the Ninth Circuit’s ruling, which found that the particular ordinance was not preempted.

On November 21, 2022, the Supreme Court declined to review whether federal law preempts a Seattle Ordinance mandating that large hotels offer their…

U.S. federal Maritime Commission Chairman Daniel B. Maffei announced Phillip C. “Chris” Hughey has been hired as the General…

The federal government has a legitimate interest in protecting classified information and financial data. This interest, however, does not extend to using the criminal law to prohibit employees’ occasional use of work computers for personal purposes.

Last week, a federal district court in West Virginia denied defendants' motions to dismiss and allowed an FCA action to proceed in another case involving an interpretation of Rule 9(b).