On January 7, the US Supreme Court declined to review United States ex rel. Campie v. Gilead Sciences, Inc., 862 F.3d 890 (9th Cir. 2017), leaving in place a plaintiff-friendly decision by the Ninth Circuit regarding the False Claims Act’s materiality requirement.
On January 7, 2019, the US Supreme Court denied certiorari in United States ex rel. Harman v. Trinity Industries, Inc., 872 F.3d 645 (5th Cir. 2017), a closely watched case regarding the False Claims Act’s materiality standard.
WASHINGTON, DC — Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce that 11 partners have been rated as ‘Top Lawyers’ by Washingtonian magazine. The honorees are recognized as being among the Washington, DC-area’s “star legal talent.”
Arent Fox attorneys D. Jacques Smith, Randall Brater, and Michael Dearington spoke with Bloomberg Law about an upcoming US Supreme Court case and its potential ramifications for False Claims Act cases.
The Department of Justice recently published its annual False Claims Act (FCA) recoveries statistics for Fiscal Year 2018, reporting nearly $2.9 billion in FCA settlements and judgments in FY 2018.
The $50 billion dollar global online event ticketing market is expected to grow to $70 billion dollars by 2025. This growth coincides with recently heightened allegations of deceptive practices.
On December 4, Complex Litigation Partner James H. Hulme was elected Vice President of the Council for Court Excellence at the nonprofit’s semi-annual board meeting held in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
Schiff Hardin announced today that the firm has received 40 top-tier rankings and national recognition for its premier practices in the 2019 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms.”
Schiff Hardin LLP has been recognized on the BTI Litigation Outlook 2019 Honor Roll in three separate areas of litigation, including Complex Employment Litigation and Complex Commercial Litigation.
Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce that 11 attorneys have been recognized on the 2018 New York Metro Super Lawyers list and two have been named Rising Stars.
Schiff Hardin LLP announced today that Derek G. Barella has joined the firm as a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group in the Chicago office.
In a recent decision, the Sixth Circuit adopted an objective intent standard: an employee alleging constructive discharge in violation of the False Claims Act need not prove that the employer took actions designed to force the employee to quit.
Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce that Managing Partner Marci Eisenstein has been named to Benchmark Litigation’s seventh edition of the Top 250 Women in Litigation guide for the third year in a row and fourth time overall.
LOSANGELES – Jeffrey R. Makin, partner in Arent Fox LLP’s Complex Litigation practice in Los Angeles, has been honored by the Daily Journal as one of the “Top 40 Under 40” lawyers in California.
Complex Litigation and International Partner Hunter Carter was recently quoted by Latin Lawyer from a lively dialogue on whether Miami rates as a world-class seat for arbitration at this year’s Latin Lawyer GAR Annual Arbitration Summit.
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit just issued a 32-page decision affirming the district court’s conflict of laws ruling, in favor of an Arent Fox LLP client, that New York law, rather than New Jersey law, applied to an insurable interest dispute between AEI Life LLC and Lincoln Benefit
In a decisive victory for class action defendants, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a pending class action tolls the statute of limitations only for putative class members’ individual claims, and not for any “follow-on” class actions they file on their own.