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DOJ Denies Alleged Circuit Split on Particularity Requirement in FCA Cases
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Rebecca W. Foreman, Elizabeth Satarov

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US Supreme Court Requests Solicitor General's Views in FCA Rule 9(b) Context
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Rebecca W. Foreman, Mattie Bowden

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DC Circuit Narrowly Interprets False Claims Act’s “Government-Action Bar”
D. Jacques Smith, Michael F. Dearington

On May 17, 2022, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit issued an opinion in a False Claims Act suit, narrowly interpreting the so-called “government-action bar.” The government-action bar, 31 USC § 3730(e)(3), forecloses qui tam suits.

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Federal Contractors Beware: Firm-Fixed-Price Contract Negotiations & FCA Liability
D. Jacques Smith, Michael F. Dearington, Kevin R. Pinkney

Federal Contractors Beware: Sixth Circuit Recognizes False Claims Act Exposure Based on Allegedly Inflated Labor Cost Estimates Leading To Firm-Fixed-Price Contract.

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DOJ and SEC Bring Charges Against Executive in Alleged $62 Million Global Crypto Investment Fraud Scheme
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Mattie Bowden

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Hearing Aid Company Agrees To Pay $34.37 Million To Settle Claims That It Submitted False Claims to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Nadia Patel

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Archegos Executives Charged With Conspiring To Defraud Banks Out of Billions
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Nadia Patel, Apeksha Vora

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DOJ Brings Charges Against 21 People in $150 Million COVID-19 Fraud Action 
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Apeksha Vora

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Physician Partners of America Agrees To Pay $24.5 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Laura Zell

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Prosecutors Target Fake COVID-19 Immunization and Vaccination Cards
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Elizabeth Satarov, Laura Zell

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California Man Convicted in $27 Million PPP Fraud Scheme
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Rebecca W. Foreman

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Four Indicted for $16 Million Money Laundering Scheme
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Mattie Bowden, Rebecca W. Foreman

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DOJ and Treasury Announce Multilateral Russian Oligarch Task Force Called “REPO” 
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Mattie Bowden

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DOJ Civil Cyber-fraud Initiative Obtains First Settlement 
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Nadia Patel

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DOJ Continues To Prosecute PPP Fraud
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Nadia Patel, Apeksha Vora

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DOJ Attorneys Comment on the Rise of Telehealth Fraud During the COVID-19 Pandemic
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Apeksha Vora

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DOJ Releases Highly Anticipated 2021 Fraud Report
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Apeksha Vora, Laura Zell

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Millennial Couple Faces Twenty Years in Prison for Largest DOJ Bitcoin Seizure in History
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Elizabeth Satarov

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DOJ Secures $5.6 Billion in False Claims Act Recoveries in Fiscal Year 2021 
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Rebecca W. Foreman, Elizabeth Satarov

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DOJ Notches Key Win for Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative: Court Holds That Cyber Security Compliance May Be Material Under the False Claims Act
D. Jacques Smith, Michael F. Dearington

On February 1, 2022, a federal court in California issued the first major ruling in a False Claims Act case testing the Department of Justice’s newly minted Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative, notching a win for the government. In United States ex rel. Markus v. Aerojet RocketDyne Holdings, Inc.

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4th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of FCA Medicaid Suit Against Allergan 
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Rebecca W. Foreman, Mattie Bowden

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Lab Owner Pleads Guilty to $6.9 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme Involving Kickbacks and Bribery
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Mattie Bowden, Michael F. Dearington

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Sixth Circuit Rules That Statute of Limitations for FCA Retaliation Claims Is Triggered by Decision To Terminate, Not Notice of Termination
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Michael F. Dearington, Nadia Patel

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Former Theranos CEO Convicted of Defrauding Investors
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater

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Texas Man Arrested for Alleged COVID-19 Fraud Scheme 
D. Jacques Smith, Randall A. Brater, Laura Zell

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