Litigation

Litigation

Brian Astrup | Leader & Berkon, LLP

Determining whether written communications with outside parties may be protected from disclosure under the common-interest doctrine can be complicated in light of the differing legal standards applied by federal and state courts. For example, New York courts have held, up until recently, that...

Discovery

Ed Fiducia, Chris Joe | Inventus, LLC

MCC: Chris, please tell us about a case you handled last August. What triggered the need for Inventus’s services, and how did you collaborate to manage the initial critical phases of that litigation? Joe: We had an IP case last summer – a patent lawsuit against a very significant,...

False Claims Act

Lori L. Pines, Christopher D. Barraza, Marihug P. Cedeño, Jessica K. Weigel | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Last year, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recovered nearly $5.7 billion under the False Claims Act (“FCA”),[1] setting a new record for civil recoveries under the FCA and easily besting 2013’s take of $3.8 billion.[2] A number of decisions interpreting the FCA...