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Roundtable-False Claims

Aug. 1, 2014

False Claims

An update with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein; Morrison & Foerster; and the U.S. Attorney's office.

When the U.S. government is at war, which arguably has been the case since 2002, the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act kicks in. It was first passed in 1942 and allows the statute of limitations to be tolled until the fog of war has ostensibly cleared. Just how the law applies to the False Claims Act is up for review by the Supreme Court. Our panel of experts discusses these issues as well as how penalties should be counted in false claims cases, implied certification, and voluntary disc...

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