Supreme Court to Rule on Seal Rule
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 06.02.16
The Supreme Court has granted review in State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. U.S. ex rel. Rigsby to address the applicable standard for dismissal in False Claims Act cases when whistleblowers, in violation of the statute’s requirements, make public the allegations in their complaint while it is under seal and being investigated by the government. The Court will address a split in which circuits have applied (1) a bright-line rule of dismissal, (2) a rule that considers whether the violation frustrates the congressional goals served by the seal requirement, and (3) a balancing test that focuses on whether the violation actually harms the government.
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Client Alert | 1 min read | 10.03.25
DOE Grant Termination Shutdown Show Down
Yesterday, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) announced its termination of 321 grants and other awards supporting 223 energy projects. The terminated awards were issued by the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, the Grid Deployment Office, the Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, and the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.
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