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February 2012 2011 False Claims Act Year in Review

Presentation | Webinar
Kathleen McDermott, Nathan Andrisani, Lisa Dykstra, Meredith Auten, Eric Sitarchuk, Joanna Hendon

Morgan Lewis's Nate Andrisani, Meredith Auten, Joanna Hendon, Lisa Dykstra, Katie McDermott, and Eric Sitarchuk presented this webinar discussing the most significant False Claims Act cases of 2011. more

06/21/11 False Claims Act and Qui Tam Update: The Times They Are a-Changin'

Presentation | Webinar
Kathleen McDermott, Lisa Dykstra, Meredith Auten

Discussion topics included: Recent U.S. Supreme Court and Federal Court decisions involving FCA procedural and substantive challenges Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act amendments and expansion o... more

05/17/11 U.S. Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split: FCA Relators Cannot Base Claims on Information Received Through FOIA Requests

LawFlash/Client Alert | Litigation LawFlash
Kathleen McDermott, Daniele Capasso, Meredith Auten

The U.S. Supreme Court resolved a split among federal circuits in its May 16 ruling that the public disclosure bar of the federal False Claims Act (FCA) precludes plaintiffs from bringing claims under the FCA based on informatio... more

03/30/10 False Claims Act Qui Tam Defense: Employment Releases Not Presumptively Void for Public Policy under the False Claims Act

LawFlash/Client Alert | FDA and Healthcare LawFlash
Kathleen McDermott, Meredith Auten

For False Claims Act actions, the Fourth Circuit has followed the Ninth Circuit and adopted a public policy balancing test to hold that employment releases are not presumptively void for public policy, when challenged to bar dec... more

10/30/09 Courts Reject Application of FERA’s Retroactivity Provision to Pending “Cases”

LawFlash/Client Alert | Litigation LawFlash
Litigation Practice

Since the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (FERA) was signed into law by President Obama on May 20, three federal courts have rejected the application of FERA's retroactivity provision to "cases" pending on June 7, 200... more

07/17/09 As Courts Assess Impact of New FCA Amendments, Senate Looks Toward Making Further Changes

LawFlash/Client Alert | Litigation LawFlash
Meredith Auten

The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (FERA) has already begun to make its mark. In the less than two months following its passage, at least two courts have issued opinions interpreting and applying FERA's amendments to... more

06/25/09 The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009: A New Day has Dawned for the False Claims Act Webinar

Presentation | Webinar
Barbara Van Gelder, Kathleen McDermott, Meredith Auten

The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA), recently signed into law by President Obama, includes the most comprehensive amendments to the federal False Claims Act (FCA) since 1986. Morgan Lewis's FCA team discussed these subs... more

06/23/09 Supreme Court to Resolve the Scope of the FCA’s Jurisdictional “Public Disclosure Bar”

LawFlash/Client Alert | Litigation LawFlash
Barbara Van Gelder, Kathleen McDermott, Meredith Auten, Eric Sitarchuk

On June 22, 2009, the United States Supreme Court issued certiorari in Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District v. United States ex rel. Wilson , No. 08-304, in order to resolve a circuit split on the question of "[... more

05/20/09 Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act Signed into Law

LawFlash/Client Alert | Litigation LawFlash
Barbara Van Gelder, Meredith Auten

Earlier today, President Obama signed into law the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (FERA) (S. 386). Overwhelmingly supported by both chambers of Congress, FERA is intended to strengthen and enhance the arsenal of cri... more

04/30/09 Senate Passes Bill to Protect the Economic Recovery from the "Scourge of Fraud"

LawFlash/Client Alert | Litigation LawFlash
Barbara Van Gelder, Meredith Auten

On April 28, the Senate overwhelmingly passed (by a vote of 92 to 4) the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (FERA) (S. 386). While FERA has yet to pass in the House of Representatives and be signed into law by President... more

03/12/09 False Claims Act Year in Review, presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's 15th Annual Health Law Institute

Presentation | Speech
Eric Sitarchuk

03/11/09 False Claims and Criminal Liability Under TARP, presented at a Washington Legal Foundation webcast

Presentation | Speech
Barbara Van Gelder

02/10/09 Make a Successful Lateral Move in a Partnership Year, The Legal Intelligencer (click here to read the article)

Outside Publication | Article
Meredith Auten

02/10/09 TARP Oversight Agency Promises Vigorous Civil and Criminal Enforcement, Raising Risk of False Claims Act Liability for Claimants of Federal "Bailout" Funds

LawFlash/Client Alert | Litigation LawFlash
Barbara Van Gelder, Meredith Auten

On December 22, 2008, Morgan Lewis released a Litigation LawFlash discussing the risk of False Claims Act (FCA) liability for claimants of federal "bailout" funds under the recently enacted Emergency Economic Stabilization Act o... more

12/22/08 Risk of False Claims Act Liability for Claimants of Federal “Bailout” Funds

LawFlash/Client Alert | Litigation LawFlash
Barbara Van Gelder, Meredith Auten

On October 3, 2008, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) was signed into law. The EESA authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase troubled assets with taxpayer funds up to a limit of $700 billion. T... more

October 2008 False Claims Act Year in Review, presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's a Day on Health Law

Presentation | Speech
Eric Sitarchuk

05/20/08 School of Hard Knocks: Uncertainty in FCA Damages Awards Looms for Universities, published in ABA's Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement Conference Materials

Outside Publication | Article
Barbara Van Gelder

2008 Corporate Investigations and White Collar Deskbook 2008

Morgan Lewis Title | Deskbook
White Collar Practice Amy Conway-Hatcher

Request a copy of the deskbook here. more