Notice of Appeal Winter 2021 | Cozen O'Connor
BACKGROUND Three individuals formed a partnership. That partnership served as the relator in a qui tam suit alleging that pharmaceutical companies submitted false claims for healthcare reimbursement. After the relationship among the individual partners soured, a new partnership was formed, and the individuals forming the new partnership filed an amended complaint using the same name as the relator. The district court dismissed the suit and concluded that, under applicable Delaware partnership law, the partnerships were distinct legal entities, and the new partnership’s presence in the suit...
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