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Fraud Healthcare US ex rel Thomas Proctor v Safeway Inc

Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
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False Claims Act Enforcement: Looking Back and What to Expect in 2024

This is the eighth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year... It is not often that we can say that a federal fraud statute had a blockbuster...more

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SCOTUS Rejects Defense-Friendly Scienter Standard In Schutte Opinion

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On June 1, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued its much-anticipated opinion in United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc. and United States ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway, Inc. (Schutte), holding...more

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SuperValu: Supreme Court Clarifies FCA’s State-of-Mind Requirement

On June 1, 2023, in U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc., the Supreme Court clarified the state-of-mind (or “scienter”) standard under the False Claims Act (FCA), holding that a defendant’s subjective belief that a claim...more

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SuperValu: It’s Not Super Bad! A Practical Look at the Supreme Court’s Recent FCA Scienter Ruling

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Two separate lawsuits alleging False Claims Act (FCA) violations by retail drug pharmacies made their way to the Supreme Court of the United States this term. The lawsuits decided whether the pharmacies could defeat these...more

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Supreme Court Clarifies False Claims Act Scienter Element in Schutte

On June 1, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decision in the consolidated cases United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc. and United States ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway, Inc., Nos. 21-1326 &...more

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Supreme Court Rejects “Objectively Reasonable” Defense to False Claims Act Liability

The SuperValu case arose from separate lawsuits against two companies that operate retail drug pharmacies across the country: SuperValu Inc. and Safeway, Inc. In each case, a whistleblower – on behalf of the federal...more

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US Supreme Court Clarifies Knowledge Requirement in False Claims Act Cases—Raising New Interpretive Issues

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A defendant’s knowledge of and subjective beliefs about the meaning of legal requirements—not what an objectively reasonable person may have believed—are what matters when determining whether a defendant “knowingly” submitted...more

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Part III | SCOTUS Ruling: “Knowing” Violations of Unknowable Rules: Is the Supreme Court Poised to Alter the FCA Enforcement...

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For background on this case, please refer to Part I. For updates from the Supreme Court oral arguments on April 18, please refer to Part II. On Thursday, June 1, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in United States et al....more

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Supreme Court FCA Scienter Ruling Revives Fraud Lawsuits Against Safeway and SuperValu

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Supreme Court FCA Scienter Ruling Revives Fraud Lawsuits Against Safeway and SuperValu On Thursday, the US Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated ruling regarding the threshold of liability under the False Claims Act...more

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Supreme Court Clarifies that Subjective (Not Objective) Knowledge of Falsity of Claim Dictates False Claims Act Liability

On June 1, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision holding that the scienter element of the False Claims Act (“FCA”) is met if a defendant subjectively knew his or her claims were false and submitted them anyway....more

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Part II - April 18 Oral Argument: “Knowing” Violations of Unknowable Rules: Is the Supreme Court Poised to Alter the FCA...

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On April 18, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in United States ex rel. Schutte v. Supervalu Inc., 9 F.4th 455, 459 (7th Cir. 2021) and United States ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway, Inc., 30 F.4th 649 (7th Cir. 2022)...more

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SCOTUS Appears Poised To Reject Defense-Friendly Safeco Scienter Standard In FCA Cases

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On April 18, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard oral arguments in a pair of monumental False Claims Act (FCA) cases to decide whether and when a defendant’s subjective understanding of an objectively...more

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False Claims Act Enforcement: Looking Back and What to Expect in 2023

This is the first in our 2023 series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Up next: criminal tax enforcement. The False Claims Act (or “FCA”) continued to drive significant enforcement...more

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