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FCA Litigation Forecast: Bad News, Good News

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 03.24.17

The FCA remains the federal government’s number one recovery tool, but how will that be impacted by recent developments in the case law and regulations? In a recent Westlaw Journal piece, C&M’s Brian Tully McLaughlin previews the impact of the Supreme Court’s landmark Escobar decision for defendants in all manner of FCA suits as well as the significant increases in the Act’s statutory penalties.

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Client Alert | 5 min read | 07.01.26

What U.S. Patent Holders Need to Know About Inequitable Conduct Right Now

If a court finds that a patent applicant intentionally misrepresented or withheld material information from the USPTO with the intent to deceive, the consequences are severe, leading to unenforceability of the entire patent (and likely any later patents claiming priority to the unenforceable patent)....