Edwin Childs

Jul 31, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Elissa Baur |Alex Brackett |Edwin Childs

On July 26, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division, U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security, and U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a Tri-Seal Compliance Note (the Note) detailing updates to the three agencies’ voluntary self-disclosure policies applicable to violations of U.S. sanctions, export controls, and other national security laws.

Jul 24, 2023 | lexblog.com | Edwin Childs |Michael J. Podberesky |Jonathan Ellis |Gretchen Heinze Townshend

The U.S. Supreme Court recently resolved a circuit split by holding that, in a False Claims Act action, (1) the government may seek dismissal of a qui tam case in which the government initially declined to intervene over the relator’s objection so long as it later intervened in the litigation, and (2) district courts should apply Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a), which says the government has broad latitude to seek dismissal.

Jun 26, 2023 | mondaq.com | Michael J. Podberesky |Edwin Childs |Michael Francisco |Gretchen Heinze Townshend

On June 1, 2023, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of whistleblower plaintiffs (referred to as "relators") in consolidated False Claims Act ("FCA") cases in a decision that clarified the application of the FCA's knowledge requirement. In United States ex rel. Schutte v.

Jun 12, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Brett Barnett |Edwin Childs |Jonathan Ellis

On June 1, 2023, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of whistleblower plaintiffs (referred to as “relators”) in consolidated False Claims Act (“FCA”) cases in a decision that clarified the application of the FCA’s knowledge requirement. In United States ex rel. Schutte v.

Jun 9, 2023 | lexblog.com | Timothy J. Whittle |Michael J. Podberesky |Edwin Childs |Michael Francisco

On June 1, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of whistleblower plaintiffs in consolidated False Claims Act cases in a decision that clarified the application of the FCA’s knowledge requirement. In United States ex rel. Schutte v.