Management Alert: DOJ Files Motion to Dismiss Eleven False Claims Act Suits

Seyfarth Synopsis: The United States Department of Justice recently filed a seismic motion to dismiss in a series of healthcare fraud-related cases. In doing so, the government questioned the whistleblowers’ theory of False Claims Act liability and stressed the expense to the government of monitoring the litigation and responding to discovery. This is the latest step the DOJ has taken to reign in potentially unwarranted FCA suits in the wake of its so-called Granston Memo.

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