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California FCA Strengthened to Parallel the Federal Act

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 10.23.12

On September 27, Governor Brown signed into law amendments to the California False Claims Act predominantly designed to strengthen the CFCA and conform it to the federal FCA. The new law, which takes effect on January 1, 2013, increases incentives to bring lawsuits against state and local contractors by broadening anti-retaliation provisions, raising the amount of civil penalties recoverable, facilitating whistleblower suits, and extending liability for retention of an overpayment.


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Client Alert | 3 min read | 05.19.26

Bad Match, Big Consequences: Supreme Court Holds Freight Brokers Accountable for Negligent Carrier Selection

According to the U.S. Supreme Court, freight brokers are the transportation industry’s “matchmakers, connecting sellers of goods to the carriers who move them.” Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, No. 24-1238, slip op. at 1 (U.S. May 14, 2026). Those matchmakers now potentially face liability when they make a bad match....