Publications September 19, 2024 – Articles Recent Trio of Eighth Amendment Challenges to FCA Judgments Includes Two Successes; Lack of Uniformity Across Courts Remains Pablo J. Davis June 27, 2024 – Articles First Circuit Poised to Consider Anti-Kickback Statute’s Causation Element in FCA Cases, Take a Position on Circuit Split Pablo J. Davis August 31, 2023 – Articles 5th Circuit Trims FCA Award as DOJ’s Delayed Intervention Runs into Statute of Limitations; Knocks Seal Provision Misuse Patrick M. Hagan & Pablo J. Davis August 14, 2023 – Articles Proposed FCA Changes Would Muddy Materiality Defense and Create Retaliation Remedy for Former Employees Pablo J. Davis July 7, 2023 – Legal Alerts Supreme Court Sends Two FCA Cases Back to Circuits After Major Scienter Decision in Schutte Pablo J. Davis June 30, 2023 – Legal Alerts Supreme Court Backs DOJ’s FCA Dismissal Power; Dissent Questions Relator’s Role in Declined Cases Patrick M. Hagan, Pablo J. Davis, and Jennifer O. Mitchell February 23, 2023 – Legal Alerts The DOJ’s Revised FCPA and Corporate Enforcement Policy Enhances Potential Benefits for Self-Disclosure, Cooperation, Remediation Ivan W. Bilaniuk, Lindsay K. Gerdes, and Pablo J. Davis December 30, 2022 – Articles FCA in the Courts: Late-2022 Developments Pablo J. Davis October 5, 2022 – Articles On Even Split, En Banc Fourth Circuit Affirms FCA Dismissal Based on ‘Objectively Reasonable Interpretation’ Defense Patrick M. Hagan and Pablo J. Davis September 8, 2022 – Articles DOJ to Join Oral Argument in En Banc Rehearing of Fourth Circuit Case on ‘Objectively Reasonable’ Defense Patrick M. Hagan and Pablo J. Davis June 29, 2022 – Articles Cases Highlight Ongoing Uncertainty, Complexities of Rule 9(b) in FCA Context Patrick M. Hagan & Pablo J. Davis March 17, 2022 – Articles Fourth Circuit Joins Other Circuits Recognizing Safeco ‘Objectively Reasonable Interpretation’ Standard as FCA Defense Pablo J. Davis June 18, 2021 – Articles FCA Allegation That Surgeons Let Residents and PAs Obtain Patient Consent for Procedures Fails Materiality Test Pablo J. Davis May 6, 2021 – Articles District Court Finds DOJ ‘Falls Short’ of Showing Good Cause for Late FCA Intervention Pablo J. Davis March 4, 2021 – Articles Supreme Court Declines to Address FCA Falsity Standard, Denying Cert in Cases from Third and Ninth Circuits Pablo J. Davis January 29, 2021 – Insight Eleventh Circuit Panel Revives FCA Mortgage Fraud Case, Reversing Materiality-Based Summary Judgment Dismissal Pablo J. Davis January 21, 2021 – Insight DOJ Stats Show Dip in Fraud Recoveries in ’20, but Signs Point to Impending Rise in False Claims Act Litigation Pablo J. Davis November 24, 2020 Defense Department Interim Rule Requiring Contractors to Self-Assess Cybersecurity Compliance Creates Potential FCA Risk Pablo J. Davis November 3, 2020 – Analysis In Morehouse, Eleventh Circuit Underscores Threshold Test for FCA Retaliation Claims Dinsmore on FCAPablo J. Davis September 30, 2020 – Analysis District Court in Eleventh Circuit Holds Relator Cannot Overcome First-to-File Bar by Amending Complaint Dinsmore on FCAPablo J. Davis August 21, 2020 – Insight Continued Uncertainty Clouds DOJ’s Dismissal Power Under False Claims Act Dinsmore on FCAPablo J. Davis June 30, 2020 – Insight Fourth Circuit Holds Qualified Immunity Cannot Shield Government Employees from False Claims Act Liability Dinsmore on FCAPablo J. Davis May 28, 2020 – Analysis Court Tosses Patent Attorney’s Qui Tam Based on Patent Appeal Board Decision, Calls it Quintessential ‘Parasitic Lawsuit’ Dinsmore on FCAPablo J. Davis May 14, 2020 – Analysis 1st Circuit Revives 13-Year-Old Qui Tam Suit Against Nursing-Home Pharmacy Chain, Finds Relator Was ‘Original Source’ Dinsmore on FCAPatrick M. Hagan | Pablo J. Davis April 17, 2020 – Analysis Supreme Court Denies Cert in Schneider, Leaving Circuit Split on Extent of DOJ Power to Dismiss FCA Cases Dinsmore on FCABy: Pablo J. Davis February 11, 2020 – Analysis 2nd Circuit Holds Fed Banks Are Government Entities For FCA Purposes, Revives Qui Tam Suit Against Wells Fargo Dinsmore on FCAPablo J. Davis January 29, 2020 – Articles DOJ False Claims Act Stats Show Growth in Recoveries in 2019, Continued High Level of Qui Tam Actions Filed HealthBEATPablo J. Davis December 5, 2019 – Insight 9th Circuit Skeptical of Government Interlocutory Appeal of Unprecedented Denial of Motion to Dismiss Qui Tam Case Dinsmore on FCAPablo J. Davis and Tony M. Busch October 17, 2019 – Insight Feinwachs Holds FCA Relator’s Emails to Counsel, Even Though on Employer’s Server, Protected as Work Product Dinsmore on FCAPablo J. Davis October 17, 2019 – Insight IBM Wins Dismissal of FCA Qui Tam Suit Alleging It Used Faked Audit to Pressure IRS to Renew Software License Dinsmore on FCAPablo J. Davis Page 1 of 2 Next
September 19, 2024 – Articles Recent Trio of Eighth Amendment Challenges to FCA Judgments Includes Two Successes; Lack of Uniformity Across Courts Remains Pablo J. Davis
June 27, 2024 – Articles First Circuit Poised to Consider Anti-Kickback Statute’s Causation Element in FCA Cases, Take a Position on Circuit Split Pablo J. Davis
August 31, 2023 – Articles 5th Circuit Trims FCA Award as DOJ’s Delayed Intervention Runs into Statute of Limitations; Knocks Seal Provision Misuse Patrick M. Hagan & Pablo J. Davis
August 14, 2023 – Articles Proposed FCA Changes Would Muddy Materiality Defense and Create Retaliation Remedy for Former Employees Pablo J. Davis
July 7, 2023 – Legal Alerts Supreme Court Sends Two FCA Cases Back to Circuits After Major Scienter Decision in Schutte Pablo J. Davis
June 30, 2023 – Legal Alerts Supreme Court Backs DOJ’s FCA Dismissal Power; Dissent Questions Relator’s Role in Declined Cases Patrick M. Hagan, Pablo J. Davis, and Jennifer O. Mitchell
February 23, 2023 – Legal Alerts The DOJ’s Revised FCPA and Corporate Enforcement Policy Enhances Potential Benefits for Self-Disclosure, Cooperation, Remediation Ivan W. Bilaniuk, Lindsay K. Gerdes, and Pablo J. Davis
October 5, 2022 – Articles On Even Split, En Banc Fourth Circuit Affirms FCA Dismissal Based on ‘Objectively Reasonable Interpretation’ Defense Patrick M. Hagan and Pablo J. Davis
September 8, 2022 – Articles DOJ to Join Oral Argument in En Banc Rehearing of Fourth Circuit Case on ‘Objectively Reasonable’ Defense Patrick M. Hagan and Pablo J. Davis
June 29, 2022 – Articles Cases Highlight Ongoing Uncertainty, Complexities of Rule 9(b) in FCA Context Patrick M. Hagan & Pablo J. Davis
March 17, 2022 – Articles Fourth Circuit Joins Other Circuits Recognizing Safeco ‘Objectively Reasonable Interpretation’ Standard as FCA Defense Pablo J. Davis
June 18, 2021 – Articles FCA Allegation That Surgeons Let Residents and PAs Obtain Patient Consent for Procedures Fails Materiality Test Pablo J. Davis
May 6, 2021 – Articles District Court Finds DOJ ‘Falls Short’ of Showing Good Cause for Late FCA Intervention Pablo J. Davis
March 4, 2021 – Articles Supreme Court Declines to Address FCA Falsity Standard, Denying Cert in Cases from Third and Ninth Circuits Pablo J. Davis
January 29, 2021 – Insight Eleventh Circuit Panel Revives FCA Mortgage Fraud Case, Reversing Materiality-Based Summary Judgment Dismissal Pablo J. Davis
January 21, 2021 – Insight DOJ Stats Show Dip in Fraud Recoveries in ’20, but Signs Point to Impending Rise in False Claims Act Litigation Pablo J. Davis
November 24, 2020 Defense Department Interim Rule Requiring Contractors to Self-Assess Cybersecurity Compliance Creates Potential FCA Risk Pablo J. Davis
November 3, 2020 – Analysis In Morehouse, Eleventh Circuit Underscores Threshold Test for FCA Retaliation Claims Dinsmore on FCAPablo J. Davis
September 30, 2020 – Analysis District Court in Eleventh Circuit Holds Relator Cannot Overcome First-to-File Bar by Amending Complaint Dinsmore on FCAPablo J. Davis
August 21, 2020 – Insight Continued Uncertainty Clouds DOJ’s Dismissal Power Under False Claims Act Dinsmore on FCAPablo J. Davis
June 30, 2020 – Insight Fourth Circuit Holds Qualified Immunity Cannot Shield Government Employees from False Claims Act Liability Dinsmore on FCAPablo J. Davis
May 28, 2020 – Analysis Court Tosses Patent Attorney’s Qui Tam Based on Patent Appeal Board Decision, Calls it Quintessential ‘Parasitic Lawsuit’ Dinsmore on FCAPablo J. Davis
May 14, 2020 – Analysis 1st Circuit Revives 13-Year-Old Qui Tam Suit Against Nursing-Home Pharmacy Chain, Finds Relator Was ‘Original Source’ Dinsmore on FCAPatrick M. Hagan | Pablo J. Davis
April 17, 2020 – Analysis Supreme Court Denies Cert in Schneider, Leaving Circuit Split on Extent of DOJ Power to Dismiss FCA Cases Dinsmore on FCABy: Pablo J. Davis
February 11, 2020 – Analysis 2nd Circuit Holds Fed Banks Are Government Entities For FCA Purposes, Revives Qui Tam Suit Against Wells Fargo Dinsmore on FCAPablo J. Davis
January 29, 2020 – Articles DOJ False Claims Act Stats Show Growth in Recoveries in 2019, Continued High Level of Qui Tam Actions Filed HealthBEATPablo J. Davis
December 5, 2019 – Insight 9th Circuit Skeptical of Government Interlocutory Appeal of Unprecedented Denial of Motion to Dismiss Qui Tam Case Dinsmore on FCAPablo J. Davis and Tony M. Busch
October 17, 2019 – Insight Feinwachs Holds FCA Relator’s Emails to Counsel, Even Though on Employer’s Server, Protected as Work Product Dinsmore on FCAPablo J. Davis
October 17, 2019 – Insight IBM Wins Dismissal of FCA Qui Tam Suit Alleging It Used Faked Audit to Pressure IRS to Renew Software License Dinsmore on FCAPablo J. Davis