August 11, 2016
A Tenth Circuit panel has agreed to a mid-case appeal weighing whether the False Claims Act's so-called first-to-file rule bars a Utah federal judge from hearing a whistleblower suit over allegedly uninspected civilian and military aircraft gears.
June 28, 2016
A Utah federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Tenth Circuit should still weigh whether the False Claims Act's so-called first-to-file rule bars a whistleblower suit over uninspected aircraft gears, saying the U.S. Supreme Court's Monday decision not to review the issue in another FCA case did not resolve a circuit split.
June 24, 2016
A Utah federal judge on Thursday declined to reconsider an order that kept a Triumph Group Inc. subsidiary on the hook for a False Claims Act Suit accusing the contractor of approving uninspected aircraft gears, but asked the Tenth Circuit to weigh in on the FCA's first-to-file issue.