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US claims in amended complaint did not relate back to actions underlying original False Claims Act complaint, post-Iqbal

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 29 2010

On June 22, 2010, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled in United States ex rel Miller v. Bill Harbert International Construction, Inc., No. 08-5390 (D.C. Cir. June 22, 2010) (Harbert), that claims added in the amended complaint filed by the government at the time of its intervention in a lawsuit brought under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA) were time-barred under the FCA’s statute of limitations

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals overturns trial court award of roughly $500,000 in attorneys’ fees under the False Claims Act

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 27 2011

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit’s recent decision in United States ex rel. Ubl v. IIF Data Solutions, No. 09-2280, 2011 WL 1474783 (4th Cir. Apr. 19, 2011), overturned an award of attorneys’ fees under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. 3729-33 (FCA

Recent US Department of Defense solicitation for up to $7 billion of renewable or alternative energy utilizing power purchase agreements

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 13 2012

Under mandates that require the US Department of Defense (DOD) to produce or procure from renewable resources at least 25 percent of its total facility energy needs by 2025, the DOD, through the US Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Alabama (CEHNC), has recently issued and posted a solicitation (RFP) for up to $7 billion of renewable or alternative energy (RAE) generation over 10 years