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October 14, 2014 By AMK

Arbitration of False Claims Act cases may bind the U.S.

False Claims Act (FCA) qui tam fraud claims must be arbitrated as a result of arbitration agreements signed by relators who have brought FCA Justice Dept. sealfraud claims on the government’s behalf, author Dino L. LaVerghetta of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP says, following the holding of a little-noticed case.

What’s more, he explains, such binding arbitration should bar the U.S. from later re-litigating issues decided in arbitration.

If so, this is a factor that both defendants and the Justice Department must weigh in assessing the grounds for DOJ to intervene in a qui tam case.

Read this article at: 

http://www.wilmerhale.com/uploadedFiles/Shared_Content/Editorial/Publications/Documents/LaVerghetta-BloombergBNA-Arbitration-of-False-Claims-Act-Cases-2014.PDF

 

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: arbitration, DOJ, False Claims Act

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