public-disclosure-bar
6 cases — ← All topics
| 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 … | |
| 24-845 | Steven Zorn, et al. v. Stephen B. Grant, on Behalf of the United States and the State of Iowa, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2025-02-07 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | circuit-split false-claims-act fraud-allegation public-disclosure-bar qui-tam statutory-interpretation | The public disclosure bar of the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., forecloses a qui tam FCA action or claim if "substantially the same… |
| 24A594 | Steven Zorn, et al. v. Stephen B. Grant, on Behalf of the United States and the State of Iowa, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2024-12-17 | Presumed Complete | audit-letter billing-codes false-claims-act public-disclosure-bar qui-tam scienter | Question not identified. | |
| 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… |
| 23-1093 | Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., et al. v. Zachary Silbersher, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-04-08 | Denied | Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | false-claims-act federal-administrative-hearing federal-report inter-partes-review public-disclosure-bar qui-tam | 1. Whether a relator can avoid the public disclosure bar by "stitching together" public disclosures. 2. Whether inter partes review (IPR)—which this … |
| 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… |