Fifth Circuit holds federal employee may bring a claim under False Claims Act *

USA - August 2 2012
In a July 31, 2012 opinion in Little v. Shell Exploration & Prod. Co., the Fifth Circuit has held that a federal employee may be a "person" under the False Claims Act (FCA) and thus may maintain a qui tam claim.

Federal judge refuses to award settlement payment to SEC as restitution *

USA - May 9 2012
A federal judge recently allowed investment bank Morgan Stanley to recover legal fees and related costs that it had incurred as a result of a government investigation of its former employee under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (“MVRA”). 

Superior Court of Pennsylvania holds communications between attorneys and experts are not discoverable *

USA - December 5 2011
In a significant reversal of its prior opinion, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, sitting en banc, has ruled in Barrick v. Holy Spirit Hospital that communications between an attorney and his or her expert witness are not discoverable under the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure.

Co-authors: Beatrice O'Donnell.