February 14, 2017
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday declined to decide whether statistical sampling can be used to prove False Claims Act liability, saying it erred by accepting a high-profile dispute between whistleblowers and a hospice chain.
January 02, 2017
The direction federal contracting policy will take under the new administration remains somewhat vague, but there are hints available about what may be coming, and a number of pending court cases could also help shape the government contracts landscape in 2017.
October 27, 2016
After a year of anticipation, the Fourth Circuit appeared unlikely Wednesday to decide whether statistical sampling can prove False Claims Act liability, an outcome that would leave district courts without eagerly awaited guidance.
October 24, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court's Escobar decision means that statistical sampling cannot prove False Claims Act liability in suits that rest on physician judgment, hospice chain Agape Senior Community told the Fourth Circuit on Monday in a high-profile case.
July 05, 2016
From a looming first appellate decision on the use of statistical sampling in False Claims Act disputes to the U.S. Supreme Court considering the rigidity of the FCA's seal requirement, the second half of 2016 offers several consequential cases that government contractors are closely watching. Here are four cases that contractors and their counsel should pay attention to in the second half of 2016.
March 24, 2016
The U.S. Department of Justice is trying to avert an eagerly anticipated ruling on the use of statistical sampling to prove False Claims Act liability, telling the Fourth Circuit that the issue doesn't necessarily need to be resolved.
January 14, 2016
Whistleblowers on Thursday asked the Fourth Circuit to approve the use of statistical sampling to prove False Claims Act liability against a hospice chain, kicking off a case with major implications for efforts to punish large-scale fraud.
December 24, 2015
The health care industry's legal docket in 2016 is jam-packed with momentous litigation that will shape the future of False Claims Act liability, Affordable Care Act coverage and abortion rights. Here are key cases to watch in the year ahead.
December 24, 2015
An unusual number of relevant cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including a prominent dispute involving the validity of the "implied certification" doctrine under the False Claims Act, headline what promises to be a busy 2016 for government contracts cases.
September 30, 2015
The Fourth Circuit has agreed to review whether statistical sampling can be used to demonstrate False Claims Act liability without directly analyzing Medicare billing claims, a significant development that paves the way for the first appeals court ruling on the controversial approach.