Civil False Claims and Qui Tam Actions

VOLUME IChapter 1. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT§1.01 History: 1863 to 1943§1.02 The Hess Case and the Amendments of 1943§1.03 The Act Before the 1986 Amendments§1.04 Concern About Fraud and Waste and the 1986 Amendments§1.05 Present Enforcement Practices Under the False Claims Act§1.06 The Five Most Common Types of Civil False Claims Act Cases§1.07 Additional Fraud Remedies for the Government§1.08 Major FCA Amendments Proposed in 2007 and 2008§1.09 FCA Amendments in the...
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VOLUME IChapter 1. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT§1.01 History: 1863 to 1943§1.02 The Hess Case and the Amendments of 1943§1.03 The Act Before the 1986 Amendments§1.04 Concern About Fraud and Waste and the 1986 Amendments§1.05 Present Enforcement Practices Under the False Claims Act§1.06 The Five Most Common Types of Civil False Claims Act Cases§1.07 Additional Fraud Remedies for the Government§1.08 Major FCA Amendments Proposed in 2007 and 2008§1.09 FCA Amendments in the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 ("FERA")§1.10 FCA Amendments in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act("PPACA")Chapter 2. LIABILITY UNDER THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT§2.01 The Elements of a Cause of Action Under the False Claims Act Before andAfter FERA§2.02 Defining "Claim" Under the False Claims Act§2.03 When Is a Claim or Statement "False or Fraudulent"? §2.04Materiality§2.05 Causation§2.06 The "Intent" Necessary for Liability Under the False Claims Act§2.07 Establishing and Avoiding Liability Based on Res Judicata and CollateralEstoppel§2.08 Corporate Liability Under the False Claims Act§2.09 Defendants Subject to Liability Under the False Claims Act§2.10 Joint and Several Liability§2.11 Indemnification and Contribution§2.12 Alternative Common Law Causes of Action§2.13 Election of RemediesChapter 3. DAMAGES AND PENALTIES UNDER THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT§3.01 Measuring Damages in the Most Common Types of False Claims Cases§3.02 The Punitive Nature of FCA Damages and Penalties§3.03 Additional Elements of Damages§3.04 The Multiplier and Reduction of Damages for Voluntary Disclosure§3.05 Penalties Under the FCA§3.06 Constitutional Issues of FCA Damages and Penalties§3.07 Tax, Accounting, and Bankruptcy Issues Relating to Damages and Penalties§3.08 Evidentiary Hearings Regarding Damages and PenaltiesChapter 4. THE QUI TAM PROVISIONS§4.01 The Plaintiffs in a Qui Tam Case§4.02 Limits on Reliance on Public Information in the Qui Tam Complaint:"Public Disclosure" and "Original Source"§4.03 Impermissible Defendants and Claims§4.04 Special Filing Procedures in Initiating a Qui Tam Case§4.05 The Department of Justice's Role§4.06 Dismissing the Complaint§4.07 Settling the Qui Tam Case§4.08 The Relator's Share of the Proceeds§4.09 Recovery of Attorneys' Fees and Costs§4.10 Claims Against the Relator§4.11 Retaliation Claims Under the False Claims Act§4.12 Constitutionality of the Relator's RoleVOLUME IIChapter 5. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE UNDER THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT§5.01Retroactivity of Amendments to the False Claims Act§5.02Statute of Limitations§5.03Stay of False Claims Act Proceedings§5.04The Application of Rule 9(b) to False Claims Act Complaints§5.05Extraordinary Interim Remedies§5.06Pretrial Issues§5.07Discovery Issues and Alternatives§5.08Trial Issues