Justices Asked To Cure Circuit Split Over Particularity Application In FCA Suits

Mealey's (January 10, 2022, 7:27 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court should grant review of a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling affirming the dismissal of False Claims Act (FCA) and related state law claims brought in a qui tam action against a home health agency and others to cure a circuit split regarding how the particularity standard set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) is applied to FCA cases, the relator argues in a Dec. 21 petition for a writ of certiorari....