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Earlier this month, the Seventh Circuit issued an opinion addressing a few issues of note for our Qui Notes readers, including the circuit split on the causation standard for a False Claims Act (FCA)...

On April 12, 2024, in U.S. ex rel. Vanderlan v. Jackson HMA, LLC, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi dismissed a qui tam case based on the government's motion...

On February 16, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied Medtronic's motion for summary judgment in United States ex rel.

Last week, a Minnesota federal judge sharply reduced a US$487 million False Claims Act (FCA) trial verdict against ophthalmic supply company Precision Lens and its late co-founder Paul Ehlen...

Cybersecurity has been a hot-button FCA issue ever since Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced cybersecurity initiatives in late 2021.

In a recent decision, U.S. ex rel. Vermont National Telephone Co. v. Northstar Wireless LLC, No. 15-0728, __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2023 WL 7407301 (D.D.C. Nov. 19, 2023)...

In a recent decision, U.S. ex rel. Vermont National Telephone Co. v. Northstar Wireless LLC, No. 15-0728, __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2023 WL 7407301 , a district court confirmed that the governments veto...

In June, we at Qui Notes reported on the Supreme Court decision in U.S. ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources Inc., where the Supreme Court held that the government has broad discretion...

While the federal False Claims Act typically receives the most attention in FCA circles, more than half the states and the District of Columbia have analogous statutes with qui tam provisions.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued its much-awaited opinion in U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu, Inc. and U.S. ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway, Inc., handing down a unanimous decision reversing the Seventh Circuit...