Add to ORKGOn February 29, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Cause of Action v. Chicago Transit Authority held that information disclosed to a government official and acted upon by that official has been publicly disclosed, barring a qui tam action from being brought under the False Claims Act. Several other circuits, including the First, Fourth, and Sixth, in contrast, have all interpreted the public disclosure bar within the False Claims Act to require a disclosure of information beyond the government. This Comment argues that the majority of circuit courts have correctly interpreted the False Claims Act. Barring qui tam actions when the government is in possession of information is in line with the now abolished go...
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On February 29, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Cause of Action ...
No one knows precisely why Congress used the phrase “based upon” in the Public Disclosure Bar of the...
In City of Chicago v. United States Department of Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms...
The False Claims Act has evolved into one of the U.S. Government’s most successful tools to recover ...
In Seitz v. City of Elgin, the Seventh Circuit ruled that the Federal Wire Tapping Act (FWA) does no...
The False Claims Act (“FCA”) is the government’s primary tool in combatting procurement fraud. It al...
The qui tam provision of the Civil False Claims Act effectively serves to expand the government’s ca...
Recently, the False Claims Act (FCA) was amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act o...
In 2014, in Foglia v. Renal Ventures Management LLC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit...
The False Claims Act was originally enacted during the Civil War as a result of concerns that the Un...
In United States v. Catholic Healthcare West, the Ninth Circuit held that when information leading t...
The False Claims Act (FCA) is the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) primary litigative tool to combat fr...
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Fals...
Amid the continuing national debate over deficit reduction, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court has...
An often overlooked aspect of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Citizens United v. FEC is the s...
On February 29, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Cause of Action ...
No one knows precisely why Congress used the phrase “based upon” in the Public Disclosure Bar of the...
In City of Chicago v. United States Department of Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms...
The False Claims Act has evolved into one of the U.S. Government’s most successful tools to recover ...
In Seitz v. City of Elgin, the Seventh Circuit ruled that the Federal Wire Tapping Act (FWA) does no...
The False Claims Act (“FCA”) is the government’s primary tool in combatting procurement fraud. It al...
The qui tam provision of the Civil False Claims Act effectively serves to expand the government’s ca...
Recently, the False Claims Act (FCA) was amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act o...
In 2014, in Foglia v. Renal Ventures Management LLC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit...
The False Claims Act was originally enacted during the Civil War as a result of concerns that the Un...
In United States v. Catholic Healthcare West, the Ninth Circuit held that when information leading t...
The False Claims Act (FCA) is the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) primary litigative tool to combat fr...
Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Fals...
Amid the continuing national debate over deficit reduction, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court has...
An often overlooked aspect of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Citizens United v. FEC is the s...