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On April 10, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued an important decision regarding the application of the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. 3729, to contracts with the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), the temporary body established by the U.S. to govern Iraq following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003
Yesterday, in Astra USA, Inc. v. Santa Clara County, the Supreme Court issued an important decision rejecting a lawsuit against several government contractors by a plaintiff alleging that it was a third-party beneficiary of the contractors' agreements with the federal government
