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Will Supreme Court Address Widening Split on FCA Implied Certification Liability?

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 08.31.15

On June 5, 2015, defense contractor Triple Canopy filed a petition for writ of certiorari calling on the Supreme Court to address the scope of the implied certification theory of FCA liability. As Crowell & Moring attorneys explain in their Feature Comment published in The Government Contractor (article available here), the Supreme Court will likely address the issue in the near future because of the current circuit split and the outcome-determinative nature of the application of the theory in FCA cases.


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Client Alert | 5 min read | 06.01.26

California Court Upholds Insurer’s Duty to Defend After Covered Claim Is Dismissed

On April 30, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a significant ruling in an insurance coverage dispute between a commercial general liability insurer and its policyholder. The decision addresses several critical issues in insurance law, including the scope and continuity of the duty to defend and the standard for insurer reimbursement of defense costs in mixed-claim actions. The court ruled largely in favor of the insured, SVO Building One, LLC ("SVO"), and the matter now heads toward settlement or trial on SVO's remaining counterclaims....