Matthew L. Knowles
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Eleventh Circuit Decision Expands Circuit Split on the FCA’s Statute of Limitations
By Matthew L. Knowles and Nicholas Alarif on Apr 26, 2018
Posted In Knowledge/Scienter
On April 11, 2018, the Eleventh Circuit split from several other circuits on the question whether False Claims Act (FCA) relators can rely on the three-year statute of limitations extension in 31 U.S.C. § 3731(b)(2) in cases where the United States declines to intervene. Under § 3731(b), an FCA case must be filed within the later...
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