First Circuit Articulates New Standard for Government Dismissals of Qui Tam False Claims Act Suits

Patrick F. Linehan, Paul R. Hurst and Caitlin Conroy authored an article titled "First Circuit Articulates New Standard for Government Dismissals of Qui Tam False Claims Act Suits" for Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report. The article discusses how in a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit set forth a slightly different legal standard for assessing government motions to dismiss qui tam actions, but affirmed the generally accepted principle that the government has broad—though not completely unfettered—authority to end qui tam False Claims Act actions.