153 0 obj Beth S. Brinkmann, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Michael S. Raab, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae. See, e.g., Mayfield v. NASCAR, Inc., 674 F.3d 369, 379 (4th Cir.2012) ([A] request to amend should only be denied if one of three facts is present: the amendment would be prejudicial to the opposing party, there has been bad faith on the part of the moving party, or amendment would be futile. (internal quotation marks omitted)). /AP 115 0 R However, a jurisdictional dismissal still operates to bar relitigation of issues actually decided by that former judgment. Goldsmith, 987 F.2d at 1069. /Rotate 0

/Parent 30 0 R Assuming without deciding that the complaint does not allege the fraudulent conduct with the specificity required by Rule 9, see U.S. ex rel. endobj endobj 43 0 obj /Subtype /Widget /D 361 0 R The amended complaint does not contain allegations that connect the dots for even a single alleged false claim Berger wrote. /Type /Page /AS /Off As we explained, Radcliffe had a statutory [FCA] claim, and the necessary legal standing as partial assignee once the government suffered an injury and Radcliffe became aware of the fraud. /Parent 28 0 R << endobj /Parent 3 0 R /DA (/Helv 0 Tf 0 g ) Gage v. Davis S.R. endobj Angela said her knowledge of the alleged fraud came from conversations with her husband, while May alleged some of his knowledge came from conversations with Mark and some came from observations during his own employment. >> >> >> 53 0 obj /Kids [66 0 R 67 0 R] /Subtype /Widget << endobj /Rect [36 450.8399963379 240 475.4400024414] 111 0 obj SeeFed.R.Civ.P. >> /FT /Btn The Release executed by Mark Radcliffe in Qui Tam I was personal to him and addressed only his rights and the claims that he might assert against Purdue. /Parent 25 0 R United States ex rel. /Filter /FlateDecode /Resources 265 0 R /Subtype /Widget /DA (/Helv 10 Tf 0 g) << /Type /Page >> /Contents [274 0 R 275 0 R 276 0 R] Sys., Inc., 613 F.3d 1186, 1188 n. 3 (8th Cir.2010). /DA (/ZaDb 0 Tf 0 g) << /Parent 11 0 R /Kids [42 0 R 43 0 R] /Resources 269 0 R 65 0 obj 1483. << /F 4 Our decision in Radcliffe enforcing the Release did not (and could not) broaden the scope of the Release. If the district court determines that the Relators' knowledge of the fraud alleged here was actually derived, even in part, from a qualifying public disclosure and that the Relators are not original sources of the information, then the district court must dismiss this action for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. /Kids [34 0 R 35 0 R] /S /ResetForm /DA (/Helv 12 Tf 0 g) /AP 134 0 R /DA (/Helv 12 Tf 0 g) /Kids [56 0 R 57 0 R] >> 135 0 obj Mr. Mark D. Perdue. 137 0 obj /Ff 12587008 endobj >> United States ex rel. /Contents [242 0 R 243 0 R 244 0 R] /Kids [40 0 R 41 0 R] /F 4 endobj Ctr., 680 F.3d 933, 934 (7th Cir.2012); United States ex rel.

Mr. They allege Purdue Pharma misrepresented the potency of OxyContin when marketing it to doctors. >> Share. >> 25 0 obj /BC [0] 2230, 173 L.Ed.2d 1255 (2009). Indeed, Mr. Hurt drafted the core allegations not on the basis of information and facts relayed to him by Relators, but rather by using information and documents provided to him by Mark Radcliffe (the plaintiff in the first, unsuccessful case), the motion says. /Next 310 0 R endobj << On Nov. 17, the company moved to have the plaintiffs pay its legal fees under the fee-shifting provisions in the FCA. /Subtype /Widget /T (Email Address) /Type /Page 3730(e)(4)(A) (2010) (emphasis added). /Type /Page endobj /N 342 0 R 124 0 obj

The similarity between the allegations in each complaint could provide a basis for disbelieving the Relators' assertions, see Vuyyuru, 555 F.3d at 35051, but that is an issue for the district court as fact-finder, not this court. /Subtype /Widget /MK 175 0 R << endobj >> Bancorporation Retirement Plan, 407 F.3d 643, 650 (4th Cir.2005) (Res judicata precludes the assertion of a claim after a judgment on the merits in a prior suit by the parties or their privies based on the same cause of action.). /Parent 30 0 R /Parent 32 0 R /Contents [282 0 R 283 0 R 284 0 R] >> << 76 0 obj /Rect [252.0549926758 592.6970214844 270.0549926758 610.6970214844] /Rect [33.6072998047 632.9180297852 425.9339904785 654.9180297852] Solomon v. Lockheed Martin Corp. United States v. Premier Educ. /Subtype /Widget 70 0 obj Purdue argues that the amended version of the statute applies, while the Relators argue that the prior version of the statute applies. /Rotate 0 at 94849, 117 S.Ct. He subsequently executed a general release (the /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Rect [35.3760986328 565.7030029297 263.2040100098 587.7030029297] Because the Relators allege that they did not derive their knowledge of Purdue's fraud from any public disclosure, their claims are viable under the pre-amendment version of the FCA, but not under the amended version, which focuses on the similarity of the allegations of fraud rather than the derivation of the knowledge of fraud. (1986 FCA amendment had retroactive effect because it eliminate[d] a defense to a qui tam suit and therefore change[d] the substance of the existing cause of action for qui tam defendants (internal quotation marks and alteration omitted)); id. << endobj

As previously noted, the pre-amendment version of the public-disclosure bar provides that: No court shall have jurisdiction over an action under this section based upon the public disclosure of allegations or transactions in a criminal, civil, or administrative hearing, in a congressional, administrative, or Government Accounting Office report, hearing, audit, or investigation, or from the news media, unless the action is brought by the Attorney General or the person bringing the action is an original source of the information. /MK 128 0 R /Subtype /Widget /F 4 /Title (36 Amicus Curiae/Intervenor Brief filed \(with appearance of counsel form\) - 07/01/2009, p.1) Twitter. /N 344 0 R Hurt thus acted in bad faith by bringing an action when he knew that Relators had no personal knowledge of the allegations he drafted in their name.. Our dismissal in Radcliffe may well have been a dismissal on the merits under Rule 41. /Resources 253 0 R See Siller, 21 F.3d at 1348 ([A] relator's action is based upon a public disclosure of allegations only where the relator has actually derived from that disclosure the allegations upon which his qui tam action is based. (emphasis added)). 47 0 obj ARGUED:Mark Tucker Hurt, Abingdon, Virginia, for Appellant. /TU (Date) endobj /Rect [35.3760986328 565.7030029297 263.2040100098 587.7030029297] /Type /Font endobj /Rotate 0 /T (Firm Name) 641, 648, 181 L.Ed.2d 619 (2012) (Subject-matter jurisdiction can never be waived or forfeited.); Brickwood Contractors, Inc. v. Datanet Eng'g, Inc., 369 F.3d 385, 390 (4th Cir.2004) (en banc) (Subject-matter jurisdiction cannot be conferred by the parties, nor can a defect in subject-matter jurisdiction be waived by the parties.). /First 109 0 R 9(b) (In alleging fraud or mistake, a party must state with particularity the circumstances constituting fraud or mistake.). 156 0 obj 118 0 obj 115, 74 L.Ed. /Subtype /Widget /DA (/Helv 12 Tf 0 g) endobj endobj United States

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In this case, that information was the first FCA suit filed by Mark Radcliffe. 136 0 obj endobj 57 0 obj United States ex rel. Although most circuits have interpreted the based upon language to bar actions where the allegations of fraud were supported by or substantially similar to fraud that had been publicly disclosed, see, e.g., United States ex rel.

/DA (/HeBo 12 Tf 0 g) >> /MK 173 0 R >> 6130 w flamingo rd email spam; prince philip quote about being reincarnated as a virus; mark radcliffe purdue pharma; le merveilleux voyage de nils holgersson personnages principaux; funny nicknames for josie How to get into football - /D 331 0 R << /F 4 /Rotate 0 /CropBox [0 0 612 792] endobj /FT /Btn Cyanamid Co. v. Capuano, 381 F.3d 6, 17 (1st Cir.2004) ([A] dismissal with prejudice contained in a consent decree is not a ruling on the merits that applies to others under the law of claim preclusion. (internal quotation marks and alterations omitted)). endobj /Contents [198 0 R 199 0 R 200 0 R] >> >> /FT /Tx /Parent 18 0 R >> << November 12, 20217:00 AM ET. 1396.

Winkelman v. CVS Caremark Corp. United States ex rel. The Relators argue on appeal that the district court erred by giving preclusive effect to Radcliffe and dismissing their action on res judicata grounds. >> /Kids [58 0 R 59 0 R] /BG [1] Accordingly, because the 2010 amendments have retroactive effect and the legislation is silent as to retroactivity, the 2010 version of the public-disclosure bar cannot be applied in this case, notwithstanding the fact that the complaint was filed after the effective date of the amendments. 134 0 obj /N 332 0 R Purdue makes two additional arguments for sustaining the district court's dismissal of this action that do not require extended discussion. 48 0 obj Neither the Relators nor the government were parties to or intended beneficiaries of the Release. 1483 (internal quotation marks omitted). /Contents [270 0 R 271 0 R 272 0 R] /TU (Fax Number) /Rotate 0 >> 40 0 obj 113 0 obj /T (Fax Number) endobj 'Dopesick' casts the Sacklers as villains of the opioid crisis. And as we will discuss in more detail in the next section, the 2010 amendments also changed the required connection between the plaintiff's claims and the qualifying public disclosure. In United States ex rel. /Helv 187 0 R /Contents [190 0 R 191 0 R 192 0 R] >> >> /N 352 0 R /Type /Page /Parent 22 0 R endobj >> 131 0 obj /F 4 /F 4 Stevens, 529 U.S. 765, 773, 120 S.Ct. v. United States ex rel. /Kids [74 0 R 75 0 R 76 0 R 77 0 R] 177 0 obj 2130, 119 L.Ed.2d 351 (1992) (internal quotation marks omitted). %PDF-1.4 After the amendments, however, only disclosures in federal trials and hearings and in federal reports and investigations qualify as public disclosures. 3730(e)(4), the FCA's public disclosure bar. See Gonzalez v. Thaler, U.S. , 132 S.Ct. /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] May v. Purdue Pharma L.P. Make your practice more effective and efficient with Casetexts legal research suite. /AP 113 0 R >> Purdue also argued that the FCA's public-disclosure bar, see31 U.S.C. /V (Jennifer M. O'Connor\rWilmerHale\r1875 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.\rWashington, D.C. 20006) 189 0 obj endobj 35 0 obj >> /V (Washington, D.C. 20530) /N 338 0 R << /D 327 0 R /F 4 /N 323 0 R >> /Rotate 0 /Parent 9 0 R 173 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj Radcliffe was laid off as part of a reduction in force in June 2005, and he 75 0 obj /AS /Off 1397, 167 L.Ed.2d 190 (2007) (explaining that 3730(e)(4) is a jurisdiction-removing provision). /Type /Page /StructParent 5 endobj /AP 132 0 R 9 0 obj << /Count 26 v. United States ex rel. 3730(e)(1) (2010) (providing that [n]o court shall have jurisdiction over certain FCA actions brought by present or former members of the armed forces); id. 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At that time, the public-disclosure bar provided: No court shall have jurisdiction over an action under this section based upon the public disclosure of allegations or transactions in a criminal, civil, or administrative hearing, in a congressional, administrative, or Government Accounting Office report, hearing, audit, or investigation, or from the news media, unless the action is brought by the Attorney General or the person bringing the action is an original source of the information. /Contents [206 0 R 207 0 R 208 0 R] >> endobj >> << United States ex rel. 457 (1930) (The deliberate selection of language so differing from that used in the earlier acts indicates that a change of law was intended.); Pirie v. Chi. in active transport quizlet. >> endobj >> /MK 179 0 R It is apparent, however, that the public-disclosure bar is no longer jurisdictional. 145 0 obj /Resources 249 0 R Purdue suggests the analysis should be different in this case, however, because Graham County and Schindler, unlike this case, involved complaints that were filed before the statute was amended. United States ex rel. /Type /Page Siller v. Becton Dickinson & Co., 21 F.3d 1339, 1348 (4th Cir.1994). endobj >> /AP 158 0 R << /Parent 11 0 R 82 0 obj /TU (\(Phone\)) Beauchamp v. Academi Training Ctr., Llc. 28 0 obj Indeed, we made this very point in Radcliffe when we noted that the Release did not prohibit the government or another relator from pursuing similar claims against Purdue. Radcliffe, 600 F.3d at 329 n. 8. /Type /Page See id. We interpreted this version of the public-disclosure bar as a jurisdictional limitationthe, That is so because the FCA does not have retroactive force and therefore may not be applied to cases arising, Full title:UNITED STATES ex rel. << filed,82 U.S.L.W. /Kids [72 0 R 73 0 R] /StructParent 9 /Kids [44 0 R 45 0 R] /MK 121 0 R /StructParent 1 /StructParent 13 184 0 obj << /Rect [252.0549926758 592.6970214844 270.0549926758 610.6970214844] endobj Second, Purdue argues that we can affirm the district court's order because dismissal is required by the FCA's first to file bar. WebPurdue Pharma L.P. University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. /DA (/ZaDb 0 Tf 0 g) >> The company made a tonic compound made with sherry and glycerin. /Rect [297.717010498 318.6000061035 419.8800048828 343.200012207] >> endobj endobj /BG [1] /Resources 233 0 R >> 1 0 obj >> /Fields [] /Subtype /Widget N. endstream endobj Hurts co-counsel in the case is Beckley, W.Va., attorney Paul Roop. /BG [1] << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] 1711, 114 L.Ed.2d 152 (1991) (When an issue or claim is properly before the court, the court is not limited to the particular legal theories advanced by the parties, but rather retains the independent power to identify and apply the proper construction of governing law.). /StructParent 10 16 0 R 17 0 R 18 0 R 19 0 R 20 0 R 21 0 R 22 0 R 23 0 R 24 0 R 25 0 R /T (Phone2) << On Nov. 17, Purdue Pharma alleged attorney Mark Hurt of Abingdon, Va., used information from a previous, unsuccessful whistleblower lawsuit against Purdue Pharma to file another through the plaintiffs wife and former coworker. << endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Parent 15 0 R >> /D 341 0 R 147 0 obj x+ | Under the prior version of the statute, disclosures in federal and state trials and hearings qualify as public disclosures, see, e.g., McElmurray v. 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(We are aware that other circuits have not embraced this interpretation of the phrase, assuming instead that an action is based upon a public disclosure of allegations if its allegations are identical or similar to those already publicly disclosed.). << >> /Contents [202 0 R 203 0 R 204 0 R] 151 0 obj /Rect [328.9979858398 593.5819702148 346.9979858398 611.5819702148] endobj /MK 145 0 R Accordingly, the district court erred by dismissing Qui Tam II as barred by principles of res judicata. See, e.g., Brewster v. Gage, 280 U.S. 327, 337, 50 S.Ct. /DA (/Helv 12 Tf 0 g) 149 0 obj << << << << /T (Check Box11) endobj 182 0 obj /First 33 0 R MATH 911. /Count 10 at 269, 114 S.Ct. /MK 125 0 R /StructParent 7 123 0 obj /MK 181 0 R /Resources 193 0 R /Kids [83 0 R 84 0 R 85 0 R 86 0 R 87 0 R 88 0 R 89 0 R 90 0 R 91 0 R 92 0 R] /MediaBox [0 0 612 792]

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Vuyyuru v. Jadhav, 555 F.3d 337, 351 (4th Cir.2009). /Name /Helv /CropBox [0 0 612 792] We did not conclude that Radcliffe lost standing when he executed the Release, but instead simply held that his execution of the Release effected a waiver of his right to sue Purdue. /AP 144 0 R << 71 0 obj /BaseFont /ZapfDingbats << 103 0 obj /Last 110 0 R

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<< /F 4 << Google+. /Rotate 0 << /Kids [70 0 R 71 0 R] << Instead of the 2:1 ratio Purdue Pharma claimed, the actual ratio was more like 1.5:1, the whistleblowers said. << /T (Name2) << The Relators argued that Radcliffe was not a decision on the merits for res judicata purposes, but they did not directly dispute Purdue's contention that the parties were identical. << 12 0 obj /Resources 261 0 R /FT /Tx May v. Purdue Pharma L.P., 737 F.3d 908 (4th Cir.2013), the Fourth Circuit held that the PPACA amendments make it clear that the public-disclosure bar is no longer a jurisdiction-removing provision because Congress deleted the unambiguous jurisdiction-removing language previously contained in 3730(e)(4) and replaced it with a generic, not-obviously-jurisdictional phrase (shall dismiss'), while at the same time retaining jurisdiction-removing language in other sections of the statute. /N 314 0 R /D 321 0 R endobj << /T (Check Box3) << 3730(e)(4) (2010). /DA (/Helv 12 Tf 0 g) /N 370 0 R

/F 4 << << /Parent 8 0 R 1871 (refusing to apply 1986 FCA amendments to action that was commenced after the effective date of the amendments), but because application of those new rules often does not have an impermissible retroactive effect. Goldberg v. Rush Univ. /N 312 0 R >>

/Type /Page It was dismissed for failure to plead fraud with sufficient particularity. /MK 131 0 R /AP 153 0 R /CropBox [0 0 612 792] << /Kids [48 0 R 49 0 R] >> Citing Adkins v. Allstate Insurance Co., 729 F.2d 974 (4th Cir.1984), the district court held that Radcliffe was necessarily a decision on the merits because it affirmed the grant of a summary-judgment motion. /DA (/Helv 10 Tf 0 g) stream << /MK 151 0 R << /Subtype /Widget We disagree. /Ff 8388608 /T (Service2) /F 4 /MediaBox [0 0 612 792]

endobj >> 1396, 176 L.Ed.2d 225 (2010) (The legislation makes no mention of retroactivity, which would be necessary for its application to pending cases given that it eliminates petitioners' claimed defense to a qui tam suit.); see also Schindler Elevator Corp. v. United States ex rel. /F 4 endobj endobj 168 0 obj United States ex rel. Vitale v. MiMedx Grp., Inc. United States ex rel. In Purdue, the Fourth Circuit held that the amendments are also inapplicable to claims arising from conduct that took place before the effective date, even if the complaint was filed after that date. /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Kids [38 0 R 39 0 R] Henry C. Whitaker, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae. See id. Qui Tam I, therefore, was no longer pending at the time this action was commenced, thus making the first-to-file bar inapplicable. << /Ff 12582912 esthetician rooms for rent pros and cons of open admissions colleges mark radcliffe purdue pharma. 180 0 obj 3730(e)(4)(A) (2009), a standard we have interpreted to mean that the plaintiff must have actually derived his knowledge of the fraud from the public disclosure. /Rotate 0 << /DA (/Helv 12 Tf 0 g) /N 322 0 R endobj /Rect [34.2237014771 60.2118988037 202.796005249 82.2118988037] Radcliffe was laid off as part of a reduction in force in June WebUpdated Nuclear Pharmacy Programs | Purdue University Nuclear Pharmacy Programs. /Ff 12582912 As to the res judicata question, Purdue contended that Radcliffe was a judgment on the merits because it affirmed a with-prejudice dismissal; that the claims asserted in Qui Tam I and Qui Tam II were identical; and that the parties were identical because Qui Tam I was brought on behalf of the United States as the real party in interest, such that the government and any other relators seeking to allege identical claims are bound by its judgment. J.A. 74 0 obj Report this profile Brands celebrated Black History Month with a program about Contempt of Court by Mark /MK 135 0 R /Parent 18 0 R 22 0 obj /FT /Tx Thus, where a dismissal is based on a settlement agreement, the principles of res judicata apply (in a somewhat modified form) to the matters specified in the settlement agreement, rather than the original complaint. Id. << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] >> endobj 170 0 obj /Rect [48.64220047 343.2959899902 66.6421966553 361.2959899902] >> << /Type /Pages /Parent 6 0 R We turn now to the contention urged by Purdue and the government that the district court's dismissal can be affirmed because the action is prohibited by 31 U.S.C. << at 275, 114 S.Ct. /BG [1] << 129 0 obj /Parent 32 0 R 6 0 obj 179 0 obj >> /BC [0] 60 0 obj /DA (/Helv 12 Tf 0 g) >> 41 (Unless the dismissal order states otherwise, a dismissal under this subdivision (b) and any dismissal not under this ruleexcept one for lack of jurisdiction, improper venue, or failure to join a party under Rule 19operates as an adjudication on the merits.); Shoup v. Bell & Howell Co., 872 F.2d 1178, 1181 (4th Cir.1989) ([F]or purposes of res judicata, a summary judgment has always been considered a final disposition on the merits. (internal quotation marks omitted)).

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The story of Purdue Pharma, now the target of several lawsuits across the country, and the marketing of fentanyl throughout the 2010s, demonstrate the danger of >> He is a producer and assistant director, known for The Help (2011), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of endobj /Ff 12582912 endobj >> endobj /FT /Tx /F 4 79 0 obj A doctor relying on the 2:1 ratio would initially prescribe half as much OxyContin as MS Contin, which, according to the relators, did cost less, Berger wrote. /F 4 >> /Rect [70.2312011719 318.6000061035 287.233001709 343.200012207] /BC [0] 1483 (statute has retroactive effect if it takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws (internal quotation marks omitted)); cf. See Keith v. Aldridge, 900 F.2d 736, 74041 (4th Cir.1990). 101 0 obj 52 0 obj /N 326 0 R Ten years ago, Mark Radcliffe, a former district sales manager for Purdue Pharma, filed a qui tam action under the FCA against Purdue. endobj /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /N 360 0 R << The motion says the whistleblowers attorney, Hurt, knewthe two would take up the baton after the first FCA suit was dismissed and that the two did not have personal knowledge of the allegations of fraud they would make against Purdue, claiming they even contradicted the claims made in the complaint during their testimony. endobj 3650 (May 10, 2013), the Relators have yet to amend their complaint, and they requested an opportunity to amend if the court believed the allegations deficient. >> United States ex rel. >> /T (Address1) BECKLEY, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) In demanding two whistleblowers in what it feels was a frivolous lawsuit pay its legal fees, the maker of the painkiller OxyContin says a Virginia attorney supplied the information that the two were blowing the whistle on. /AS /Off >> /Parent 10 0 R Giving preclusive effect to this court's decision in United States ex rel. /Parent 14 0 R /Ff 12582912 /FT /Tx endobj

45 0 obj endobj >> /StructParent 5 << Purdue moved to dismiss the Relators' complaint on res judicata grounds, arguing that our decision in Radcliffe barred the Relators from proceeding with Qui Tam II. >> Maharaj v. Estate of Zimmerman, United States ex rel. /CA (Reset Form) /Rect [35.1156005859 484.7739868164 239.4759979248 504.733001709] << /Rect [36 411.9599914551 240 436.5599975586] /Type /Page 111148, 10104(j)(2), 124 Stat. endobj

endobj 96 0 obj Communications Specialist - Science Administration and Biological Sciences. endobj >> /Parent 31 0 R endobj /Resources 241 0 R 95 0 obj /AS /Off >> Magistrate judge recommends dismissal of lawsuit over Panera's 'unlimited' drink subscription, Suit: Lack of proper pedestrian detour caused UMass student's death, Generic-drug makers escape Prop 65 lawsuit over Zantac labels, Dunkin Donuts owner sued as man says coffee sent him into anaphylactic shock, Lifelong smoker sues Philip Morris after cancer diagnosis. 1871, 138 L.Ed.2d 135 (1997). /Kids [80 0 R 81 0 R] >> On October 7, 2013, the Supreme Court invited the Solicitor General to express the views of the United States on the pending petition. 50 0 obj Treating all allegations as true, patients may have received less effective pain relief, but it is far from clear that the government paid more money.. 13 0 obj 114 0 obj Relators claims had no objectively reasonable chance of success, the company argues. >> /FT /Btn endobj A private enforcement action under the FCA is called a qui tam action, with the private party referred to as the relator. United States ex rel. In Radcliffe, we discussed FCA standing principles in the course of rejecting one of Radcliffe's arguments against enforcement of the Release. >> 144 0 obj 130 0 obj >> Applying these principles, the Supreme Court has twice held that the 2010 FCA amendments may not be applied to cases arising before the effective date of the amendments. << << /Length 375 0 R That is, given the contractual nature of consent decrees and settlement agreements, the preclusive effect of a judgment based on such an agreement can be no greater than the preclusive effect of the agreement itself. endobj /DA (/Helv 12 Tf 0 g) 55 0 R 63 0 R 45 0 R 43 0 R] Coal. 99 0 obj Wilson, 559 U.S. 280, 283 n. 1, 130 S.Ct. /Type /Page /AP 185 0 R

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/Contents [238 0 R 239 0 R 240 0 R] /Rect [297.7760009766 84.9751968384 555.6729736328 188.3399963379] Mark Radcliffe, 59, of Shady Spring, was convicted following a three-day jury trial. /Resources 309 0 R Ten years ago, Mark Radcliffea former district sales manager for Purdue Pharma (Purdue)filed a qui tam action under the FCA against Purdue. >> /AS /Yes /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj >> /Flags 1 /Rect [35.3760986328 83.7035980225 277.3540039062 187.0690002441] 159 0 obj endobj >> /DA (/ZaDb 0 Tf 0 g)