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SCOTUS Tosses Objective FCA Scienter Standard 

Hall Render

3] FCA Requires Subjective Knowledge of and Belief in Falsity of Claims The FCA prohibits an individual from knowingly submitting a false claim for payment to a government health care program. [4] 47 (2007), the U.S. 47, 70 (2007). [10] 8] In Safeco Insurance Company of America v. Burr , 551 U.S. Special thanks to Samuel R.

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Government Delay Reduces False Claims Act Verdict – How Can This Protect Your Practice?

Hall Render

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals refused the defendants’ request to overturn the entire verdict but enforced the consequences of the government’s prejudicial delay by tying the conduct together with the government’s failure to toll the statute of limitations for many of its claims. The ruling in U.S. Aldridge v. Corporate Mgmt.,

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Seventh Circuit Clarifies “Authoritative Guidance” for the False Claims Act

Hall Render

Turning to the present case, in Safeway , the relator alleged that the defendant engaged in the submission of false claims to the government when it “reported its ‘retail’ price for certain drugs as its ‘usual and customary’ price.” Your primary Hall Render contact. SuperValu Inc., of America v. 4th 455 (7th Cir. 2021); 551 U.S.

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Taxotere Timing Troubles Persistently Plague Plaintiffs

Drug & Device Law

T]he applicable body of law that governs these motions is identical. In addition, the four plaintiffs’ warranty claims were all governed by New Jersey’s warranty statute of limitations, which like other UCC-based statutes of limitations, is four years from the date of delivery of the product – with no discovery rule. Sanofi U.S.