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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A866 Biotronik, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Sam Jones Company, LLC Ninth Circuit 2026-02-02 Application circuit-split false-claims-act original-source public-disclosure-bar qui-tam statutory-interpretation Question not identified. The document provided is an "Application for Extension of Time to File a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari," not a petition …
25-893 Robert V. Smith v. Jay A. Odom, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-29 Pending false-claims-act fraud-prevention original-source public-disclosure statutory-interpretation whistleblower Whether the requirement in 31 U.S.C. § 3730(e)(4)(B) that a relator have "knowledge that is independent of and materially adds to the publicly disclos…
25A9 United States, ex rel. Mark J. O'Connor, et al. v. USCC Wireless Investment, Inc., et al. District of Columbia 2025-07-01 Presumed Complete false-claims-act fraud-allegations original-source public-disclosure qui-tam whistleblower Question not identified. The document provided is an "Application to Extend Time to File a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari," not a petition for a w…
24-1035 Omni Healthcare, Inc. v. U.S. Oncology, Inc. Second Circuit 2025-03-31 Denied Response Waived circuit-split false-claims-act original-source public-disclosure qui-tam relator 1. Is a qui tam relator barred by the "public disclosure" of its own prior complaint? No other circuit court has so held. 2. Does the public-disclosu…
24-542 United States, ex rel. James Heron v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC Tenth Circuit 2024-11-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) false-claims-act foreclosure-fraud materiality-standard original-source public-disclosure-bar qui-tam 1. The False Claims Act allows qui tam relators to sue those who violate the Act, but its "public-disclosure bar" requires courts to dismiss qui tam l…
18-1044 PharMerica Corporation v. United States, ex rel. Marc Silver Third Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (2) circuit-split false-claims-act fraud original-source public-disclosure-bar qui-tam qui-tam-action statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a relator's admission that he, in fact, derived his complaint from public disclosures triggers the Bar, requiring an analysis of whether su…