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STATE EX REL. HARRIS v. PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP

No. S131807.

48 Cal.Rptr.3d 144 (2006)

39 Cal.4th 1220

141 P.3d 256

STATE of California ex rel. Kamala HARRIS, as District Attorney, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP, et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

August 31, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence Hallinan and Kamala D. Harris, District Attorneys, David A. Pfeifer, June D. Cravett and David C. Moon, Assistant District Attorneys; Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney, Therese M. Stewart, Chief Deputy City Attorney, Joanne Hoeper, Chief Trial Attorney, Ellen M. Forman, Donald P. Margolis and David B. Newdorf, Deputy City Attorneys, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Daniel M. Kolky, Joel S. Sanders, Mark A. Perry, Ethan D. Dettmer, Rebecca Justice Lazarus, San Francisco, and Catherine H. Ahin-Halverson for Defendant and Appellant.

Law Office of Eugene Dong and Eugene Dong, Palo Alto, as Amicus Curiae.

BAXTER, J.

The California False Claims Act (CFCA; Gov.Code, § 12650 et seq.) provides that any "person" who knowingly submits a false claim to the State of California, or to a "political subdivision," may be liable in a court action for treble damages and civil penalties. (Id., §§ 12651, 12652.) The suit may be brought by the Attorney General where state funds are involved, or by the "prosecuting authority"

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