Pharma Could Face Fewer False Claims Act Suits If Supreme Court Concurs With Government
Executive Summary
High court is to determine whether the government can dismiss an FCA complaint after initially declining to take it on. In recent years, the government has dismissed numerous qui tam suits against pharma companies in which it did not intervene.
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