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Fifth Circuit Ruling Shows Government’s Actions Are Key Under Escobar

October 26, 2017 By Jessica Sharron

Government contractors continue to closely follow the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark False Claims Act decision in Universal Health v. U.S. ex rel Escobar. Most recently, in U.S. ex rel Harman v. Trinity Industries, the Fifth Circuit considered the heightened standard whistleblowers must meet under Escobar to prove materiality if the government continued to pay claims despite its knowledge of misconduct allegations. In Trinity Industries, Trinity, a manufacturing company and government contractor, appealed the denial of its motion for judgment as a matter of law. The underlying [...]Read more

Filed Under: Advice to Contractors & Grant Recipients, Government Contract-Related Investigations and the False Claims Act Tagged With: False Claims Act (FCA), Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Qui Tam, U.S. ex rel Harman v. Trinity Industries, U.S. Supreme Court, Universal Health Services Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar, Whistleblower

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