McGuire v. Estate of Robert Cunningham, et al

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Case Number:

17-1106

Court:

Appellate - 1st Circuit

Nature of Suit:

3375 Other Statutes

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  1. July 02, 2019

    Biggest Gov't Contracts Decisions Of 2019: Midyear Report

    Ranging from a pair of U.S. Supreme Court cases touching on important False Claims Act and Freedom of Information Act issues to a first-of-its-kind FCA ruling involving cybersecurity claims, courts have issued a number of important decisions for federal contractors in the first half of 2019.

  2. June 20, 2019

    Whistleblower Seeks Justices' Take On $34M FCA Award Flip

    The First Circuit paused its decision that flipped a $34 million False Claims Act award from one whistleblower to another as the initial award winner's estate asks the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a circuit split over a technical aspect of the "first-to-file" rule.

  3. May 06, 2019

    1st Circ. Flips $34M FCA Award To New Whistleblower

    The First Circuit on Monday rejected a lower court's view of how the federal government learned of allegedly fraudulent billing by drug-testing giant Millennium Health, flipping a $34 million False Claims Act award from one whistleblower to another.