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The Top FCA Decisions of 2015 for Government Contractors

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 02.16.16

From the Supreme Court’s decision rejecting the applicability of the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act to several rulings widening the circuit split on the implied certification theory of liability, 2015 saw a number of important False Claims Act case law developments. In a "Feature Comment" published in The Government Contractor, C&M attorneys highlight the top ten decisions from 2015 on key issues—such as damages calculations, original source requirements, statistical sampling, and more—that will shape this ever-active area of litigation in 2016 and beyond.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 04.01.26

Supreme Court Rejects “Mere Knowledge” Standard for Contributory Copyright Infringement in Cox v. Sony, Reverses $1 Billion Judgment Against Cox

On March 25, 2026, in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a $1 billion verdict against Cox. The judgment was the result of a jury trial in which Sony claimed that Cox was liable for contributory copyright infringement because it knew that its customers were using its service to infringe yet did not respond with sufficient diligence to prevent that infringement....